About

User Research Friday is a casual half-day conference brought to you by the gentle folks at Bolt | Peters. We bring user research experts together for advanced discussion, beverages, relaxed learning, and heavy socializing. Past attendees have included design, UX, and research superstars from organizations including IBM, Google, Nokia, HP, Stanford, Genentech, Intuit, Schwab, Williams-Sonoma, Cooper, Adaptive Path, Frog Design, SAP, Intel and hundreds more.

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Videos of Talks

You can watch almost the whole conference over on Vimeo (not that you would, but you could).

details

Date: Friday, Feb. 19th, 2010

Time:1pm - 5pm. Drinks and schmoozing 5pm - 6pm.

Place:New Bolt | Peters Digs at 576 Natoma Street. Google Map

Questions:info@boltpeters.com

Cost:$75

By: Bolt | Peters User Experience

Schedule

• 1:15pm Welcome. Nate Bolt
• 1:30pm Digital Ethnography for Social Interaction Design Brynn Evans
• 2:10pm The (Surprising) Roots of CreativityRob Aseron
• 3pm Research and Creativity in the Automotive World Ed Langstroth
• 3:30pm The Big Break
• 4pm Research War Stories You, you, and you
• 4:20pm On Not Doing Research Michal Migurski
• 5pm HAPPY HOUR Migrate to Mr. Smiths

Stay Tuned

Sold Out

As of Feburary 15th we're all filled up at 125 spots.

$75 gets you a spot at the half-day event 15% off all Rosenfeld Media books, and up to 50% off Optimal Workshop, Loop11, and Ethnio research tools.

Venue

We'll be using our brand new building in the SOMA area here in San Francisco. Think skylights, big open space, and an HVAC system to die for. It's an easy walk from Civic Center and the new Federal Building, and right around the corner from Mr. Smith's, which is where the happy hour will be, in conjunction with IxDA SF.



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Happy Hour with IxDA SF

CHANGE OF VENUE: No longer at Custom Lounge!

We are co-sponsoring the happy hour with IxDA, starting at 5pm at Mr. Smith's. The IxDA happy hour folks will be meeting us at Mr. Smith's after the sessions to join our group socializing forces. It's open to anyone in the community, so if you have people that weren't able to make it to URF, you can invite them to the happy hour to get their interaction design community fix. There will be a cash bar with happy hour pricing available.

2008: The Last Time We Did This

Nearly 200 folks came out in 2008. Check out the details.

sponsors

TechSmith brought the awesome by sponsoring snacks and giving away a copy of their $1,295 software, Morae! We'll raffle that off and all conference attendees can also get tons of Techsmith goodies with registration.

All conference attendees receive a 15% discount on all Rosenfeld Books, and three lucky folks will win a free copy. Also by twitter raffle.

Optimal workshop is extending the amazing UX Bundle offer to all attendees.

C'mon, we make this thing, and it's also part of the UX Bundle offer to all attendees.

IxDA SF is doing a happy hour in conjuction with URF. So a bunch of IxDA peeps will come join us at 5pm.

who should attend

User Experience professionals
Design researchers
User researchers
IxDA heads
Usability folks
Students
Analytics analysts
Quantiative and qualitative researchers
Anthropologists
Socialists
People that work on the web, cars, video games, and other interfaces
Startups that do research
Boutique design firms
Large companies, governments, and non-profits
Independent researchers
You've done focus groups and thought they sucked
Web designers who are interested in user research
Developers who think users are stupid
Users who think researchers are stupid
Product managers who do research
Market research professionals who are interested in the web
You, you, and you (from Blues Brothers)
Me and you, your momma and your cousin, too (from Outkast)

Sold Out

$75. We don't offer student discounts this time, but email us a hardship and we'll consider a discount.

Speakers

2006: The First One

In 2006, around 140 people came out to listen to user research topics and grab drinks

From the Authors of Remote Research (and Flagrantly Inappropriate Users of the Color Pink as a Design Element)

The co-author of the brand new in 2010 Rosenfeld Media book, Remote Research, will be presenting. It's the first book on online user research methods written in the history of humankind.

#URF10 Conversation

See the whole twitter deal from before, during, and after the conference.

Well congratulations, my fine scrolling friends. You've made it to the last box. This one is for all the students out there. Well, five students, to be specific. What is this, SXSW, you say? No, but we could still use five student volunteers to help run this bad boy. For 1-2 hours of work, you'll get 2-3 hours of conference time. NOT BAD.

Student Volunteer »

Student spots all filled! You can still try for a backup...