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REMOTE RESEARCH Real Users, Real Time, Real Research by NATE BOLT and TONY TULATHIMUTTE foreword by Peter Merholz

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Remote studies allow you to recruit subjects quickly, cheaply, and

immediately, and give you the opportunity to observe users as they

behave naturally in their own environment. In Remote Research,

Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte teach you how to design and conduct

remote research studies, top to bottom, with little more than a

phone and a laptop.

“Nate and Tony use the attitude and power of Web 2.0 technologies to create a new way of thinking about user experience research.”

MIKE KUNIAVSKY Author, Observing the User Experience

“This tackles everything you need for remote research from soup to nuts.”

JARED SPOOLCEO and Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering

“Bolt and Tulathimutte provide a delightfully clear and practical introduction to how to do remote research.”

JAMES D. HOLLANProfessor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science, University of California, San Diego

“No longer must you only test your interfaces with people who come to your office or some expensive lab. So stop doing boring research! Stop having a boring life! Read this book!”

MARK TRAMMELLUser Researcher, Twitter

www.rosenfeldmedia.com

MORE ON REMOTE RESEARCHwww.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/remote-research/

R E M O T E R E S E A R C H Real Users, Real Time, Real Research

b y N AT E BOLT a n d TON Y T U L AT HIM U T T E

foreword by Peter Merholz

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