On the Usabilla blog, I answered reader’s questions about Interviewing Users. The best questions won a free copy of the book. Check out the questions, answers and winners here.

Elise: What are your best tips for handling low-energy / quiet interviewees? I wonder if my extroverted body language is making them shut down more! Also, I have R&D team members who love to be involved in customer-facing activities. What’s worked for you in training teammates in user interviewing?

Congrats to the five winners of the first phase of the IxD13 Student Design Challenge who will be joining us in Toronto in January! Special thanks to our wonderful slate of judges who helped us get to this point.

James McIntyre, Malmo Hogskola

Mani Hariharan, National Institute of Design, India

Ari Zilnik, Carnegie Mellon University

Yongsoon Choi, Graduate School of Media Design in Keio University, Japan
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Bethany Stolle, Austin Center for Design

We’ve got video of the four finalists giving their presentations. You can see their slide decks here.

Grand Prize: Priscilla Mok

1st Runner Up: Diksha Grover

2nd Runner-Up: Siri Johansson

Honourable Mention: Jaime Krakowiak