UXmatters Reader Survey for 2012
1. What new features or services would you most like to see on UXmatters?
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2. Is there anything you would like us to change?
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3. What shouldn't we change?
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4. What's your favorite type of content on UXmatters?
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5. What types of content do you read on UXmatters?
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Columns8.9% (5)23.2% (13)25.0% (14)23.2% (13)19.6% (11)56
Articles3.3% (2)3.3% (2)18.3% (11)36.7% (22)38.3% (23)60
Interviews11.3% (6)30.2% (16)37.7% (20)11.3% (6)9.4% (5)53
Book Reviews27.8% (15)35.2% (19)25.9% (14)7.4% (4)3.7% (2)54
Product Reviews29.6% (16)42.6% (23)16.7% (9)9.3% (5)1.9% (1)54
Conference Reviews37.0% (20)40.7% (22)16.7% (9)5.6% (3)0.0% (0)54
News29.1% (16)23.6% (13)20.0% (11)18.2% (10)9.1% (5)55
6. How well is UXmatters satisfying your need for these types of content?
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Columns5.8% (3)5.8% (3)19.2% (10)42.3% (22)26.9% (14)52
Articles3.6% (2)1.8% (1)10.7% (6)41.1% (23)42.9% (24)56
Interviews6.1% (3)12.2% (6)40.8% (20)28.6% (14)12.2% (6)49
Book Reviews17.0% (8)8.5% (4)44.7% (21)23.4% (11)6.4% (3)47
Product Reviews17.4% (8)13.0% (6)39.1% (18)23.9% (11)6.5% (3)46
Conference Reviews13.0% (6)13.0% (6)50.0% (23)17.4% (8)6.5% (3)46
News16.7% (8)10.4% (5)37.5% (18)25.0% (12)10.4% (5)48
Are there other types of content you'd like UXmatters to publish?
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7. How do you rate the overall quality of these types content on UXmatters?
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Columns3.9% (2)5.9% (3)37.3% (19)27.5% (14)25.5% (13)51
Articles3.6% (2)1.8% (1)25.0% (14)30.4% (17)39.3% (22)56
Interviews6.5% (3)10.9% (5)45.7% (21)23.9% (11)13.0% (6)46
Book Reviews2.4% (1)7.1% (3)64.3% (27)19.0% (8)7.1% (3)42
Product Reviews7.3% (3)7.3% (3)61.0% (25)19.5% (8)4.9% (2)41
Conference Reviews7.5% (3)10.0% (4)57.5% (23)20.0% (8)5.0% (2)40
News6.8% (3)6.8% (3)56.8% (25)20.5% (9)9.1% (4)44
Why? If you see opportunities to improve their quality, please tell us how.
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8. Which of the following article topics are of the most interest to you? (Select all that apply.)
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Accessibility
29.0%18
Agile UCD
50.0%31
Brand Strategy
25.8%16
Business of UX
58.1%36
Consulting in UX
50.0%31
Content Strategy
38.7%24
Decision Architecture
25.8%16
Design Artifacts / Deliverables
53.2%33
Design Patterns / Guidelines
64.5%40
Design Process
71.0%44
Desktop Application Design
19.4%12
Emotional Design
41.9%26
Enterprise Application Design
25.8%16
Form Design
30.6%19
Human Factors
50.0%31
Industrial Design
8.1%5
Information Architecture
58.1%36
Information Design
61.3%38
Innovation
37.1%23
Interaction Design
69.4%43
Managing UX Teams
46.8%29
Mobile Application Design
50.0%31
Prototyping
54.8%34
Role of UX on Product Teams
48.4%30
Service Design
27.4%17
Usability
74.2%46
User Assistance
6.5%4
User-Centered Design
62.9%39
User Experience
72.6%45
User Interface Design
58.1%36
User Research
59.7%37
UX Organizations
29.0%18
UX Strategy
66.1%41
Visual Design
40.3%25
Web Application Design (RIAs/Ajax)
29.0%18
Web Site Design
33.9%21
Other (Please specify.)
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9. How long have you been reading UXmatters?
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Since its launch in November 2005
11.3%7
For several years
61.3%38
For about a year
14.5%9
For several months
8.1%5
Just recently started reading it
4.8%3
10. About how often do you read UXmatters?
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Daily
3.2%2
Several times a week
9.7%6
Weekly
37.1%23
Twice a month
30.6%19
Monthly
17.7%11
Quarterly
1.6%1
A few times a year 0.0%0
11. About how often do you read articles from our past issues?
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Daily 0.0%0
Several times a week
1.7%1
Weekly
6.8%4
Twice a month
11.9%7
Monthly
22.0%13
Quarterly
8.5%5
A few times a year
49.2%29
12. Do you read the UXmatters newsletter?
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Yes, every issue
25.4%16
Sometimes
11.1%7
I skim it
17.5%11
I'm subscribed, but don't read it
3.2%2
I haven't subscribed
42.9%27
13. Have you subscribed to our feeds? (Select all that apply.)
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RSS
85.7%30
Atom
5.7%2
Twitter
22.9%8
14. How do you usually find out about articles on UXmatters? (Select all that apply.)
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UXmatters Newsletter
46.0%29
RSS feed
41.3%26
Twitter feed
6.3%4
Friends or colleagues
9.5%6
Tweets
6.3%4
Search results (external)
12.7%8
Search results (on UXmatters)
6.3%4
Browsing the UXmatters site
17.5%11
Links from another site
14.3%9
15. What other publications for UX professionals do you read? (Select all that apply.)
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Boxes and Arrows
63.2%36
Johnny Holland
36.8%21
Interactions
22.8%13
Smashing Magazine
75.4%43
User Experience Magazine
28.1%16
UX Booth
40.4%23
UX Magazine
66.7%38
Other (please specify)
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16. What are your favorite UX publications and why?
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17. What is your role in user experience? (Select all that apply.)
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Academic
8.5%5
Analyst
23.7%14
Executive
11.9%7
Manager
20.3%12
Practitioner (Design or User Research)
83.1%49
Researcher (Pure Research)
6.8%4
Strategist
28.8%17
Student
6.8%4
18. What is your primary UX specialty?
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Accessibility 0.0%0
Brand Strategy 0.0%0
Business Analysis
1.7%1
Content Strategy
3.4%2
Human/Computer Interaction
6.9%4
Industrial Design 0.0%0
Information Architecture
5.2%3
Information Design 0.0%0
Interaction Design
20.7%12
Prototyping
1.7%1
Software Development
1.7%1
Technical Writing 0.0%0
User Assistance / UI Text 0.0%0
User Experience (UX) Design
22.4%13
UX Management
1.7%1
UX Strategy
5.2%3
Usability Evaluation / Expert Review
1.7%1
Usability Testing
6.9%4
User Interface Design
5.2%3
User Research
6.9%4
Visual Design
3.4%2
Web Design
5.2%3
Other (Please specify.)
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19. What other aspects of UX does your work encompass? (Select all that apply.)
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Accessibility 0.0%0
Brand Strategy 0.0%0
Business Analysis
5.3%3
Content Strategy
1.8%1
Human/Computer Interaction 0.0%0
Industrial Design 0.0%0
Information Architecture
7.0%4
Information Design
1.8%1
Interaction Design
5.3%3
Prototyping
12.3%7
Software Development
1.8%1
Technical Writing 0.0%0
User Assistance / UI Text 0.0%0
User Experience (UX) Design
15.8%9
UX Management
5.3%3
UX Strategy
8.8%5
Usability Evaluation / Expert Review
3.5%2
Usability Testing
14.0%8
User Interface Design
1.8%1
User Research
5.3%3
Visual Design
7.0%4
Web Design
3.5%2
Other (Please specify.)
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20. On what types of projects do you work? (Select all that apply.)
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Operating systems
5.1%3
Desktop applications
44.1%26
Client/server applications
18.6%11
Web applications
67.8%40
Web sites
64.4%38
Intranets
35.6%21
Mobile applications
74.6%44
Tablet applications
45.8%27
Embedded software for hardware products
10.2%6
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
5.1%3
Cross-channel experiences
27.1%16
Other (Please specify.)0
21. What educational level have you achieved? (Select all that apply.)
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Secondary or high-school diploma or certificate
13.1%8
Vocational-training certificate or diploma
3.3%2
Some university/college coursework completed
11.5%7
Associate's degree (2-year college)
4.9%3
Bachelor's degree
50.8%31
Master's or graduate degree
31.1%19
Doctorate (PhD)
8.2%5
22. In what course of study relating to your work as a UX professional do you hold an advanced degree, if any? (Select all that apply.)
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Applied Experimental Psychology 0.0%0
Cognitive Psychology
6.1%2
Computer Science
24.2%8
Graphic Design
27.3%9
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
33.3%11
Human Factors / Ergonomics
21.2%7
Industrial Design 0.0%0
Information Design
6.1%2
Interaction Design
9.1%3
Library Science
6.1%2
Technical Communication
12.1%4
User Experience
3.0%1
Other (Please specify.)
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23. For how many years have you worked in user experience?
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Less than 1 year
8.2%5
1-3 years
16.4%10
4-6 years
32.8%20
7-10 years
13.1%8
11-15 years
18.0%11
16-20 years
4.9%3
More than 20 years
6.6%4
24. Do you belong to any of the following professional associations? (Select all that apply.)
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ACM SIGCHI (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction)
27.0%10
AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
8.1%3
HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
13.5%5
IAI (Information Architecture Institute)
8.1%3
IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America)
2.7%1
IxDA (Interaction Design Association)
45.9%17
IIID (International Institute for Information Design) 0.0%0
STC (Society for Technical Communication)
5.4%2
UPA (Usability Professionals' Association)
45.9%17
Other (Please specify.)
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25. Have you recently attended or are you currently planning to attend any conferences? (Select all that apply.)
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CHI (Computer-Human Interaction)
20.0%5
Design for Mobile
4.0%1
DIS (Designing Interactive Systems)
4.0%1
EuroIA
4.0%1
HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
4.0%1
IA Summit
24.0%6
IDEA (Organized by the Information Architecture Institute)
4.0%1
IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) Conferences
4.0%1
IIID (International Institute for Information Design) 0.0%0
Institute of Design Strategy Conference 0.0%0
Interaction (Organized by the Interaction Design Association)
8.0%2
STC (Society for Technical Communication) 0.0%0
SXSW
16.0%4
UIE User Interface Conference
8.0%2
UIE Web App Summit 0.0%0
UPA (Usability Professionals' Association)
32.0%8
Usability Week (Organized by the Nielsen Norman Group)
12.0%3
User Friendly
4.0%1
UX Australia
8.0%2
UX Week (Organized by Adaptive Path)
16.0%4
WritersUA 0.0%0
Other (Please specify.)
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26. Do you have any suggestions for topics UXmatters should cover?
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27. Would you like to write about this topic for UXmatters?
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Yes
30.0%9
No
70.0%21
28. How can we contact you?
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Your full name:
 
94.4%17
Your email address:
 
100.0%18