Summary: <p> </p> <p><img class="superhero" src="https://i0.wp.com/userdefenders.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/032-Sarah-Doody.jpg?resize=789%2C1024" alt='User Defenders "Doodle" Sarah Doody'></p> <blockquote><p>Sarah Doody inspires us to break out of our comfort zones early & often if we want to achieve great things. She teaches us that our drawings should serve more as a communication tool than an art project. She encourages us to tap into our superpowers of using both sides of our brain. She also motivates us to not let anything stand in the way of becoming great at our craft.</p></blockquote> <p>Sarah Doody is a user experience designer and product strategist based in New York City. She helps product teams create products people need and love. She does this through smart and fast research, prototyping, and experience design. She produces a highly acclaimed weekly newsletter called the UX Notebook. She created and taught General Assembly’s first 12 week User Experience program back in 2011. She was originally going to be a neuroscientist.</p> <ul> <li>Secret Identity/Origin Story (4:38)</li> <li>Biggest Superhero (8:48)</li> <li>Biggest Failure (11:26)</li> <li>Awkward Testing Story (16:07)</li> <li>Design Superpower (19:34)</li> <li>Design Kryptonite (23:56)</li> <li>Design Superhero Name (29:32)</li> <li>Fight For Users (34:21)</li> <li>Habit Of Success (36:44)</li> <li>Invincible Resource (43:16)</li> <li>Book Recommendation (45:06)</li> <li>Best Advice (48:11)</li> <li>Contact Info (50:39)</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.userresearchfundamentals.com/?utm_source=userdefenders&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=minicourse" target="_blank"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/userdefenders.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-9.45.14-AM.png?resize=1024%2C469" alt="UX Research Fundamentals with Sarah Doody" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-595"></a></p> <p><strong>LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahdoody" target="_blank">Sarah’s Twitter</a><br> <a href="http://www.theuxnotebook.com" target="_blank">Sarah’s Newsletter</a><br> <a href="http://sarahdoody.com" target="_blank">Sarah’s Website</a><br> <a href="http://www.userresearchfundamentals.com/" target="_blank">Sarah’s User Research Fundamentals Course</a><br> <a href="http://mymorningroutine.com/sarah-doody/" target="_blank">Sarah’s Morning Routine</a><br> [VIDEO] <a href="https://vimeo.com/38130536" target="_blank">Hillman Curtis</a><br> [VIDEO] <a href="https://creativemornings.com/talks/lulu-miller/1" target="_blank">Catapulting Chance into your Stupid Head</a><br> [VIDEO] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQKrt1-IDaE" target="_blank">Greg McKeown: “Essentialism”</a><br> [RESOURCES] <a href="http://sketchapp.com" target="_blank">Sketch,</a> <a href="http://invisionapp.com" target="_blank">InVision,</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/" target="_blank">Reddit,</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/g?keywords=User%20Experience&sb=Groups%20about%20User%20Experience&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Asuggestion%2CclickedEntityId%3A1348%2Cidx%3A1-3-3%2CtarId%3A1485971116681%2Ctas%3Auser%20experience" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><br> [BOOK] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382/ref=sr_1"></a></p>
