by John Nicholson | Dec 31, 2013 | content strategy, marketade news
We’re looking for a web content intern to help us for the next semester or longer. This is a great opportunity for grad students, college students, or recent graduates interested in writing for the web, content strategy, SEO and/or UX. This is a remote position....
by John Nicholson | Dec 18, 2013 | content strategy, usability
Karen McGrane has become one of my favorite UX pros over the last few months, all through UIE’s podcasts. Her closing talk at the IA summit is one of the most inspiring UX-related talks I’ve heard. After listening to that I went back and listened to all the...
by John Nicholson | Dec 16, 2013 | uncategorized
Earlier this year I read Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath. At the time I thought, That’s the best, most practical business book I’ve read in a while. The problem is, I forgot a lot of it quickly. So I’m really glad that I came across Dan Pink’s Office Hours interview...
by John Nicholson | Dec 11, 2013 | uncategorized
Sunday’s NY Times business section has a great cover story on the British government’s application of behavioral economics: “The Ministry of Nudges”. I had heard that David Cameron was a fan of “nudge” approaches to policy but hadn’t read much about it until now. It’s...
by John Nicholson | Dec 6, 2013 | lean startup, usability
This morning I listened to Jared Spool interviewing Jeff Gothelf on Lean UX on the UIE Spoolcast. Jared does a nice job of probing into where Lean UX differs from traditional user research and where there’s overlap. I loved Jeff’s emphasis on forcing teams to state...