Steve Portigal on Writing, part 1

<p><b>Steve Portigal</b> is an independent user research consultant. He is the author of <em>Interviewing Users</em> and <em>Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries</em>. Steve was previously on the show last year, talking about research skills. This conversation is a bit different: both of us have written new books, and we thought it’d be fun to compare notes about the process. We decided to split our conversation into two parts. This episode focuses on the motivations for writing, and the second part will focus on processes.</p><p><b><br/>Show Notes</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://portigal.com/about/'>Steve Portigal</a></li><li><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveportigal/'>Steve Portigal - LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href='https://portigal.com/'>Portigal Consulting</a></li><li><a href='https://portigal.com/Books/interviewing-users-2/'><em>Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights (2nd edition)</em></a> by Steve Portigal</li><li><a href='https://portigal.com/Books/user-research-war-stories/'><em>Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries: User Research War Stories</em></a> by Steve Portigal</li><li><a href='https://theinformed.life/2022/07/17/episode-92-steve-portigal/'>The Informed Life ep. 92 - Steve Portigal on Research Skills</a></li><li><a href='https://rosenfeldmedia.com/people/louis-rosenfeld/'>Louis Rosenfeld</a></li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3T8wdYi'><em>Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond</em></a> by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, and Jorge Arango</li><li><a href='https://www.blogger.com/'>Blogger</a></li><li><a href='https://theinformed.life/2023/07/16/episode-118-maggie-appleton/'>The Informed Life ep. 118 — Maggie Appleton on Digital Gardening</a></li><li><a href='https://maggieappleton.com/'>Maggie Appleton</a></li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/47CnpxX'><em>About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design (4th edition)</em></a> by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin, and Christopher Noessel</li><li><a href='https://writeusefulbooks.com/'><em>Write Useful Books</em></a