The key to utilizing secondary research effectively lies in critical evaluation. Not all studies are created equal, since most suffer from methodology myopia, where researchers become so enamored with their clever experimental design that they forget to ask useful questions. Look for studies with clear participant demographics, reasonable sample... See more

I appreciate the opinion and it is well written, but to me it feels a little bit as if it is romanticising avoidable frustration.

I also have a PhD and I now work in science, and, in my experience, not being able to find the resources to do research does not primarily lead to catharsis and illumination, but a lot of page-flipping and time-wasting.... See more

Finally, UCD’s focus on “successful” experiences obscures possibilities that lie outside of predetermined success metrics, preventing us from designing for uncertainty, failure, or experimentation in the ways we might.