But First, ☕️ UX Research

👋 I’m Christian, and I get it—we don’t have time to binge every webinar, podcast or deep‑dive article out there (unless you enjoy drowning in an ocean of tabs).

So each week I’ll serve up bite‑size summaries of the best UX research content—beginners and veterans alike—so you can stay on top without wasting time on stuff that doesn’t matter.

I find the content, AI polishes the summaries

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🐣 For Entry Researchers

• UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet
  📝 NN/g | ⏱️ Original: ~10 mins · Summary: ~5 mins
  Six map types (empathy, journey, service blueprint, etc.), when to use each, and how to avoid flashy but useless diagrams.
  🔗 Read summary in Notion
  

• How People Read Online: New and Old Findings
  📝 NN/g | ⏱️ Original: ~12 mins · Summary: ~6 mins
  Spoiler: users don’t read—they scan. Learn the F‑pattern, chunk like a pro, and turn your text into an irresistible snack.
  🔗 Read summary in Notion
  

• Hooked: How to Build Habit‑Forming Products
  📘 Nir Eyal (2014) | ⏱️ Original: ~6 hrs · Summary: ~6 mins
  The four‑step Hook Model—Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, Investment—and how to ethically craft sticky experiences.
  🔗 Read summary in Notion

🚀 For Advanced Researchers

• Working on the Cutting Edge of AI & LLMs
  🎧 Lenny’s Podcast with Karina (OpenAI)
  ⏱️ Original: 74 mins · Summary: ~8 mins
  Peek behind OpenAI’s curtain: synthetic‑data training, eval pipelines, hybrid insights, and why “soft skills” (creativity, prioritisation) are your superpowers.
  🔗 Read summary in Notion

• The 2025 State of Research Repositories
  📑 Marvin Report | 36 pp
  ⏱️ Original: ~45 mins · Summary: ~5 mins
  Adoption is up (71%), satisfaction is down (27%). Learn how tagging, integrations & governance turn your dusty folder into a living insight engine.
  🔗 Read summary in Notion
  

• Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People
  📄 Park et al. (arXiv:2411.10109)
  ⏱️ Original: ~30 mins · Summary: ~5 mins
  LLM‑driven agents mimic real respondents with 85% accuracy. Discover bias‑reducing architectures, scalable user testing & the future of “personas.”
  🔗 Read summary in Notion

🕰️ One That Never Gets Old

Uncovering the Jobs to Be Done – Bob Moesta & Chris Spiek
🎥 Business of Software Conf. Talk
⏱️ Original: ~57 mins · Summary: ~5 mins
The best bits start at 19min into the video, when you see a live interview structured to fit the JTBD framework. People hire products to make progress. Dive into the four forces of progress, switch‑interview method, and how JTBD flips demographics on its head.
🔗 Read summary in Notion