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Join the AI Revolution Now, or Forever Regret Missing Out

Jakob Nielsen

Aug 295 min read

Join the AI Revolution Now, or Forever Regret Missing Out

The transformative potential of the AI revolution is a career opportunity. Early engagement in AI creates joy and self-realization.

Jakob Nielsen

Aug 227 min read

AI Optimism

AI’s impact on job markets will likely mirror previous innovations. The projected 10,000x increase in AI by 2027 will bring wealth and jobs.

Jakob Nielsen

Aug 1520 min read

10 Foundational Insights for UX

Summary : UX has come a long way since its early beginnings at Bell Labs in the 1940s. As we enter Year 2 of the AI revolution, it’s...

UX Roundup: 10 UX Insights | Dark Design | Y Oslo | Low-Latency Voice | Movie Posters | Hero Videos

Jakob Nielsen

Jul 127 min read

Top 10 foundational UX insights | 76% of online services use dark design patterns | Low-latency voice communication | Video as hero images

UX Roundup: Survey Response Options | Ideogram | Deepfaking User Test Videos | AI IA | LDM = Large Design Model | Web History | AI Writes 10% of Science Papers

Jakob Nielsen

Jul 810 min read

Discrete response options best measure users’ subjective satisfaction | Disguising test users | Shopify AI helps merchants' IA | LDM GenUI

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

Jakob Nielsen

Jun 317 min read

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

First computer mouse in museum | Beware dark AI design | 293% y/y growth in companies’ AI spend | Most drivers think they’re above average

UX Roundup: Synchronizing Captions | SUS Survey | First Mac GUI | Student/Beginner Portfolios | Solve the Easy Problem | More UX Songs

Jakob Nielsen

Apr 157 min read

Auto-sync makes YouTube captions easier to create | SUS questionnaire user satisfaction is too long | Revolutionary first Mac GUI

UX Roundup: Early Facebook UX | Hybrid UI for Generative UI | Eyetracking | Slack UX | Small-Language GPT | AI UX Courses | Jakob Live | Better AI Songs

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 2210 min read

Julie Zhou recalls Facebook’s early user interface designs | Tools for generative UI need a hybrid UI | Early eyetracking reseach

How I Developed the 10 Usability Heuristics

Jakob Nielsen

Feb 158 min read

How I Developed the 10 Usability Heuristics

Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics were defined from a factor analysis of a large set of usability principles.

Jakob Nielsen

Jan 1712 min read

41 Years in UX: A Career Retrospective

Jakob Nielsen has worked in user experience since 1983. Much changed, including moving from academia to practice but the mission remains!

Jakob Nielsen

Oct 6, 20238 min read

UX Vocabulary Inflation

UX suffers from constant reinvention of the terminology used to describe our concepts, leading to confusion, miscommunication, and rework.

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 22, 20234 min read

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Only after GUI browsers launched in 1993 did the web explode. AI needs a similar GUI revolution in usability.

Will AI Cause Wage Stagnation or Growth?

Jakob Nielsen

Aug 25, 20237 min read

Will AI Cause Wage Stagnation or Growth?

Average wages are flat for the first 50 years after a major economic revolution. AI is a revolution, but with a different outcome.

Jakob Nielsen

Aug 14, 202310 min read

What Is UX? (Part 1 of 2 of Jakob Nielsen’s UX Basics Article)

The information everybody should know about user experience, defining and explaining the terminology. (Part 1 of 2)

4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach

Top AI Tools Used by UX Professionals

UX Angst of 2023-24

Ideation Is Free: AI Exhibits Strong Creativity, But AI-Human Co-Creation Is Better

The 10 Usability Heuristics Reimagined

Generative AI Enhances Old Users’ Intellectual Performance Through Wise Winnowing

UX Needs a Sense of Urgency About AI

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