Designing Remote Qual Studies To Capture Rich Contextual Data
Announcing dscout Live
Talk to scouts. In context. Anywhere. Anytime.
dscout Raises $7.5 Million Series B Funding Round
Platform helps companies better understand people's experience in the context of everyday life
Great research leads to great partners
Announcing dscout’s partnership with Periscope by McKinsey
From Prime Time to My Time
Exploring Streaming Behavior with a dscout Moments Mission
The mobile one-way mirror
Mobile stimulus/response questions in your remote ethnography toolkit
Test. Rinse. Repeat.
Bringing an iterative approach to your qualitative research projects
More than remote interviews: three strategies for mobile qual study design
Inflexible surveys and expensive focus groups don’t have to hold your insights hostage
All research is political
Trump Diaries Episode 3: Behind the scenes on a sensitive diary study
Having empathy, seeking empathy: How we built our new builder
dscout’s product VP gets meta on research and product design
Defending against the White Walkers
A primer for researchers on the security of your dscout data
Welcome to the Flashpoint Presidency
The Trump Diaries: Episode 2
Mobile user research and demand characteristics
Participants on a mobile app are like strangers on a train
Introducing the Trump Diaries
Episode One: Voters who broke the mold
“Everyone who isn’t us is the enemy.”
dscout + privacy: How we protect our scouts’ information
Introducing new Assisted Projects
A new bundle of research services from dscout
The wonderful world of work at dscout
One research advisor's take on dscout careers and culture
Mobile's not eating the world; it’s eating our days
The Moment economy, and how we live now
Make it active: On CX leaders and UX research
First in a two-part interview with customer experience expert Jeanne Bliss
Research Insights: UXPA Boston's conference
What UX researchers learned about their conference-going experience
UXPA researches the design of their conference
UXPA Boston used dscout to study their design conference. Here's how.
3 platform updates for easier, faster analysis
Try and See: New menus, filters and search features
Qual or Quant? Research isn't either-or anymore
Mobile research technology takes down the qual-quant dichotomy
Study Design: The Bad News Experience
Researching how to design a UX that deliver bad news...better
Study Design: Change.org and mobile UX
1 researcher, 2 projects, 50 users, 500 data points
Bad news is the new good news
Reflections on why "designing for bad news" is a thing
Scout management: Remind, redirect, reward
3 ways to improve your research participants' submissions
Rejection, disappointment and badness. Oh my.
Research Insights: Designing for "bad news" in the user experience
Change.org: Turning limitations into lemonade
Principal user researcher at Change.org describes her dscout experience
Scout Messaging 101: The short and sweet of it
The Do's and Don'ts of prodding research participants
75% of Millennials still actively pursue what's cool and new IRL
Not all -- or even most -- product hunting happens online
Mobile research + retail trendspotting
How retailers use dscout's mobile qualitative research methods
Study Design: How we researched Millennials and their retail "finds"
1,250 insightful entries from 250 scouts in 8 days
Troika: Putting the camera into the participants' hands
Susan Kresnicka on dscout vs. traditional ethnography
Qualitative research quotes and verbatims
Introducing instant cut-and-paste magic
80% of urgent needs require a magic button
Research captures 486 retail tech moments and the meaning of “now”
Pokémon Go: An AR Lens into Our Inner Kid
dscout's study on who's behind this summer's phenomenon
Managing Scouts: Easier, Faster, Smarter
Less time managing, more power analyzing
A Snippet by Any Other Name is Just an Entry
A simpler lexicon for a simpler first-time user experience
STUDY DESIGN: The Magic Button Diaries
How to gain insights with real-time remote research
WATCH THE CLINIC: The Magic Button Case Study
How to get real-time insights with a remote diary
New Feature: Entries by Scout
See every scout’s submissions all in one place
dscout + fitbit @ UX Week 2016
Learn the power of moments-based research
From traditional research to mobile ethnography
Digging into user understanding without a discussion guide
i, phone: The 13 million moments that mattered…or didn’t.
The 13 million moments that mattered…or didn’t.
Putting a Finger on Our Phone Obsession
Mobile touches: a study on humans and their tech
New Feature: Automated Mission Summaries
They're not just for screeners anymore!
Filters Have a New Address
Faster, simpler filters increase speed to insight
Longer Video, Deeper Insights
The 60-second video option arrives
Protein Bar research aims for focus feasts
In-the-moment research helps deliver a tasty menu
Measuring user moments with a menu
how dscout flavored Protein Bar's new brand launch
The selfie matters
strategies to recruit mobile research participants
Low-anxiety launching
a guide to eating your own dog food, and surviving it.
Friends and family… What the FUX?
How to Nail Your First-time User Experience
Art Center x dscout
Students dive into dscout’s version of digital ethnography
Project Ara: Co-creation research at scale
dscout and participatory design
Is the minimum actually viable?
Know the linchpin for your next product launch
Localize your research on the dscout app
dscout now available in six additional languages
Co-creation, mobile research and props
Adding inspiration and simulations to your research arsenal
Research that works in the wild
Improving your mobile research design
Gen Z’s superpower wish: Stop the Clocks
(And other things you didn’t think at 16)
So long, shop-along
Research trends in an industry full of change
Android Update Simplifies Scout Participation
New design and features keep communication flowing
Relevance trumps usability
One simple question reveals what matters most to new users
Barriers, bravery and bullying
How the Ad Council captured moments of teen candor
Cracking the Qualitative Research Code
How to get quant credibility for your qual insights
