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community and we all know each other somehow).

Wherever they are - grab your laptop and go and talk

to them. Show them what you have and check if it’s

usable. If finding your users is a problem (e.g. there’s

no cafe nor shop in your neighborhood and extreme

weather plus polar bears make it tough to go outside)

- try with your neighbors. In the worst scenario - use

your family. Just talk to somebody! Go outside your

ego and check the value of your work.

You must remember though that your closeness to

subjects will affect the feedback. Your family probably

don’t want to hurt you.

prepare a testing script

This is the single most important thing while

preparing a usability test. The script guides your testers

and shapes the whole interaction. Plan it thoroughly

thinking about specific parts of the product that you

want to test.

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