@JanAhrend

Sr UX Researcher @YouTube. I run User Weekly, a free weekly email to understand what mattered in user research this week: https://xitter.cf/t.co/GgDMi1Xc1u

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Verkehrsmeldung: Aufgrund der Street Parade ist am Wochenende vom 8. und 9. August 2026 in der Zürcher Innenstadt mit erheblichen Verkehrseinschränkungen zu rechnen. Wir empfehlen dringend, auf öffentliche Verkehrsmittel auszuweichen. stadt-zuerich.ch/de/aktuell/…
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Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
@smashingmag24 Mar 2025
Our Person of the Week is a Senior UX Researcher at YouTube, creator of the User Weekly newsletter, and mentor. Please give a warm round of applause for... Jan Ahrend! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @JanAhrend! #smashingcommunity
The Person of the Week is Jan Ahrend.

ALT The Person of the Week is Jan Ahrend.

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CHI'24 Preprints are here! Also, I'm launching a community-driven UX Research calendar. What events should I include? userweekly.com/chi-preprints… #uxresearch #userresearch #hci #marketresearch

🗞️ CHI’24 Preprints are here!

CHI’24 Preprints | Trends shaping the future of User Research from 1,200+ professionals | What GenAI in UXR needs to get right | Quantifying

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An area that user researchers may expand into?
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Data-driven investing is growing in adoption. We wrote about: • How funds use data to source and evaluate startups • Tools you can use for data-driven investing • Pros and cons of using data to invest Here's the TL;DR. Link to the full Signature Block piece below.
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Dr Maria Panagiotidi@mariapage5 Aug 2023
Check out the latest @user_weekly! Thanks for featuring my article @JanAhrend userweekly.com/stakeholders/…

🗞 Creating Stakeholder FOMO

Uncovering hidden insights | UX Research tools on a budget | Unveiling UX insights with competitive research | Research Milestones | Falling in love with chaos

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Shira Ben-Cohen@shirabc7 May 2023
Happy and excited to share my interview featured in @user_weekly , thank you! #UXR #uxresearch userweekly.com/building-ux-r…

🗞 Building a UX Research Department from Scratch

Proposal of a new Product Discovery Method | Latest research about survey length | Visualizing data from standardized questionnaires | UX Research at Indeed

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Applications to the Black Founders Fund by Google for Startups are now open and close March 26th. Apart from training and mentorship (I’m one of the fund’s UX mentors), it comes with cash awards ($150k), Cloud credits (up to $100k) and community access startup.google.com/programs/…

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: U.S. - Google for Startups

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: United States provides cash awards — without giving up equity in return — and hands-on support to help Black-led startups in the U.S. build and grow their...

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Jam-packed week full of amazing UXR goodies. Here are my favourites: userweekly.com/research-cult… Featuring the work of @maria_rosala, @egburnam, @SEScacca, @JorgensenErica, @userinterviews, @dscout, @NNgroup, @zoo, @rallyuxr. #uxresearch #userresearch #uxr

🗞 Building a Research Culture

CASTLE Framework | Building Research Ops at Airbnb | 105 Free UXR Templates | UX Research Hackathons | The MoSCoW Framework

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This week, I spoke with Madegwa Mmbono about the biggest challenges that UX Researchers face today and how his perfect evening looks like after a day full of user studies. Read it here: userweekly.com/avoiding-low-… #uxresearch #userreserach #hci #ux #userexperience #designresearch

🗞 Inner Intellectual Thinking in UX Research

Planting the seeds for a successful user research business | Value of inner intellectual thinking in UX Research | UX Research prioritisation: Avoiding low impact projects | If you don’t know where...

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We are launching a podcast! The voice companion to the User Weekly newsletter. Read more in last week's episode of User Weekly: userweekly.com/user-research… #userreseach #uxresearch #uxresearchers #ux #userexperience #marketresearch

🗞 A Big Announcement..

Measuring simulator sickness: A UXR guide | Writing usability scripts with ChatGPT | Four themes that defined UX Research in 2022 | 13 Tips for communicating with product testers

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Christa Simon@christa_UXR4 Jan 2023
Kicking off 2023 with a bang and speaking at the People Who Do Research conference hosted by @greatquestionco on Feb 8th! More topic info in the 🧵 Use the code FIGMACS to register for a free ticket 😎 PeopleWhoDoResearch.com

People Who Do Research Virtual Event | Feb 8, 2023

An all day virtual learning event for researchers and the teams they support. You'll hear real-world stories and get sound advice from people who do research from across the globe.

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I launched a #uxresearch podcast! *midlife crises intensifies* This is the companion to the @user_weekly newsletter. Would love to hear what you all think! open.spotify.com/show/6YODjq… or podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcas… #userresearch #ux
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UserWeekly@user_weekly4 Jan 2023
Check out last week's episode of User Weekly - the User Research newsletter - on the latest content on U(X) Research: userweekly.com/year-review/ Featuring the work of @joshuahoering, @viktori_jas, @aliszu, @egburnam, @fillingimnikki and @jeffsauro. #uxresearch #userresearch #ux

🗞 Year in Review

Just enough research | How to conduct inclusive UX research | Atomic UX research | Year in Review

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Last week's UX Research highlights 🎉 userweekly.com/automating-ux… Featuring the work of @jeffsauro, @kimmyaf, @averriamartin, @designindeed and others. #uxresearch #userresearch #designresearch #userexperience #ux

🗞 Automating UX Reseach Workflows

UX Research for pivoting startups | Does thinking aloud increase task time? | Paying attendees for their time | 3 steps to successful UX discovery

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Last week's highlights on new, exicting, read-, listen- and watch-worthy User Research content! userweekly.com/state-of-ux/ Featuring the work of @fabriciot, @productherapist, @tatianavlahovic, @_pulkitagrawal, @jnblatz, @caioab, @iamhenrikm, @dgozli. #userresearch #uxresearch #ux

🗞 The State of UX in 2023

Hiring your UXR Dream Team | 5 UXR AI-Ethicist theories | Using journey mapping as a tool for cross-functional research | Successful onboarding flows with UX research

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Here's my summary of what mattered in UX Research last week 🙌 📚🎉 ➡️ userweekly.com/ferment-era-h… ⬅️ Featuring @toluwawodiya, @em_libby96, @aliszu, @iamhenrikm, @katbagherian, @joseabdelnour, @patticarlson. #uxresearch #userresearch #uxdesign #designresearch

🗞 The "Ferment Era" of HCI

Benchmarking research operations | Evidence boards | The UX of UX testing | UXR at Dropbox

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Aaand another week passed with fantastic articles, podcasts and videos on #UserResearch. Here are my favorite!😊🙌 ➡️ userweekly.com/distorted-res… Featuring the work of @Bart_Kraw, @iamhenrikm, @egomezspain, @victoriasosik #uxresearch #ux #userexperience #uxr #uxdesign #designresearch

🗞 Distorted Research Insights

UXR at Zendesk | Things to do when your company is having layoffs (UX perspective) | Validating product ideas | UXR at Verizon

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Last week's summary of what mattered in UX Research 😊🙌 userweekly.com/ux-research-r… Featuring the work of @anirudhbb, @mariapage, @katewkaplan, @mollymalsam, @iamhenrikm, @jjtan87. #uxresearch #userresearch #ux #designresearch #uxr #productresearch

🗞 Evaluating UX in Robots

Research leadership at Uber | UXR for competitive analysis | 2x2 frameworks to see the data | Research field trips

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I especially enjoyed reading this week's UX Research articles. Check out all my favorites reads this week: userweekly.com/vp-of-ux/ Featuring the work of @anotheruxguy, @kimfoulds, @joujraf, @userinterviews, @userzoom, @uxmatters, and more. #uxresearch #userresearch #ux

🗞 The emerging role of VP of UX

Career advice for established UXRs | Success in UXR | Being a UXR in rough times | 16 essential UXR podcasts

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Here's my summary of 'what mattered in User Research' last week 📚 userweekly.com/generative-ev… Featuring the work of @iwk1, @paulleinwand, @mmahadev, @joebland, @janelle_estes and many more. #uxresearch #userresearch #hci #designresearch @ux #userexperience

🗞 Stop dividing generative and evaluative research

The occasional badassery of UX Research skills | Gain a competitive advantage | 3 ideas to further your UX mentoring

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