Nielsen Norman GroupEvidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting
All entries due before Thursday, June 27, 2013 May 13, 2013
Nielsen Norman Group is now hiring user experience specialists: entry-level candidates and experienced experts will both be considered. May 5, 2013
Share stories about your career path and experiences in the UX field to help newcomers enter the profession. April 12, 2013
Three principles form a foundation to the graphical user interface: Discoverability, Stability, and Visibility. April 12, 2013
While Apple is doing a bang-up job of catering to buyers, they have a serious disconnect at the point at which the buyer becomes a user. March 11, 2013
Our resident futurist, Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini, did an in-depth article revealing what Apple is likely to include in a smartwatch, how it will impact our lives and Apple's fortunes. The world press quickly picked up on it. February 11, 2013
Jakob Nielsen is the 2013 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Human–Computer Interaction Practice from SIGCHI, the premiere professional society in the HCI field. January 22, 2013
2013 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 6, 2013
No More Microsite for Useit.com December 31, 2012
At Las Vegas Usability Week November 28, 2012
The 3rd edition Intranet Usability Guidelines are now available. November 19, 2012
Mobile Usability, the new book by Jakob Nielsen and Raluca Budiu, examines how we can create satisfactory user experiences for small devices. This new guide focuses on usability for mobile devices, primarily smartphones and touchphones, and covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy, designing for small screens, writing for mobile, usability comparisons, and looking toward the future. The book includes 228-full color illustrations to demonstrate the points. October 25, 2012
An expanded version of Don Norman's welcoming address to the "Workshop on Building the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation." October 1, 2012
We are conducting the annual intranet design competition to identify the world's 10 best intranets. The top ten winners will be announced in January 2013. The deadline has passed and entries are no longer accepted. March 30, 2012
2012 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2012
2011 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2011
2010 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2010
2009 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2009
Steven Levy lists The Design of Everyday Things as one of the "10 Great Tech Books" in the IEEE Spectrum., July 2008. August 20, 2008
The argument is not between adding features and simplicity, between adding capability and usability. The real issue is about design: designing things that have the power required for the job while maintaining understandability, the feeling of control, and the pleasure of accomplishment. January 1, 2008
2008 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2008
"Why can't products be simpler?" cries the reviewer in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the local newspaper. "We want simplicity" cry the people befuddled by all the features of their latest whatever. Do they really mean it? No. March 1, 2007
2007 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 1, 2007
2006 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 2, 2006
2005 Intranet Design Annual winners announced January 2, 2005
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees April 6, 2001
In 2000 and 2001, the Nielsen Norman Group traveled to 11 cities around the world holding lectures and seminars about user experience. March 31, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees March 1, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees February 22, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees February 18, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees January 19, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees January 8, 2001
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees December 7, 2000
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees December 4, 2000
Interviews with User Experience World Tour attendees November 30, 2000
In the Chicago leg of the World Tour, about three hundred people attended the main event. When talking with those attendees, much of the discussion surrounded a particular challenge--what to you do when the decision-makers in your organization influence applications, making them unusable. November 17, 2000
FEED Magazine's interview with User Experience World Tour keynote speakers, Jakob Nielsen, Bruce Tognazzini, Brenda Laurel, and Don Norman. November 17, 2000
Nielsen Norman Group kicked off its 2000/20001 World Tour in New York City this week. Almost 500 people attended the main event on Tuesday, where they asked provocative questions of the four speakers. November 14, 2000