

UX Career Pivot for the AI Age: Told in Manga by 4 Different AI Models
4 AI models competed to use the Manga comic book format to tell the story of how to pivot your AI career for AI. See which manga you like the best. All succeeded in condensing a long theoretical article into a few engaging pages, reducing the word count by 94%.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 17, 20253 min read


UX Roundup: Simplicity | Error Prevention | Educational AI | Heuristic Evaluation with AI | AI 4x Better at Medical Diagnosis | Grok 4 and AI Prices | AI Video
The Simplicity Poof | Error prevention explained by Vikings | AI in education | Heuristic Evaluation with AI | UX career pivot | AI was 4x better than human doctors at diagnosing complex cases | Grok 4 sets new record for AI subscription pricing | Advances in AI Video

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 14, 202514 min read


How to Develop Agency: The Number-One Career Skill for the AI Age
Cultivate your ability to effect change actively rather than reacting passively. Human agency with the courage to do something new, without being told, will separate the designers of the future from the assembly-line workers of the past, and the empowered learner from the spoon-fed student.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 10, 202516 min read


UX Roundup: UX Unicorns | Captcha Must Die | Flow in UX | Dark Design | Avatar Animation
Herds of UX unicorns | Captcha Must Die | Supporting the Flow state | If it feels like dark design, it probably is | HeyGen’s Avatar IV worked better with a photorealistic avatar than a cartoon character

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 7, 20258 min read


GEO Guidelines: How to Get Quoted by AI Through Generative Engine Optimization
Being mentioned in AI answers is the new share-of-voice for brands and influencers. Being ignored by AI is like being on page 5 of a Google SERP in the old days.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 2, 202522 min read


UX Roundup: Field Observation of Sticky Notes | Performative Privacy | Response Time Delays | Jakob Fireside Session | Content Supremacy
Users posting sticky note reminders = bad usability | Performative privacy vs. practical privacy | Response time delays: Endlessly watching the spinner

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 30, 202511 min read


Required Fields in Forms: Best Design Practices
Summary : Form design should minimize required fields, collecting only essential data. High-friction fields like phone numbers and...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 26, 20259 min read


UX Roundup: UX in the Street | AI Video | Infinite Scroll | Simplicity vs. Features | Logo as Coin | AI Blooper | Midjourney Animation
Street interview video about the consistency heuristic | AI auto-generates full videos | Infinite scrolling is a usability quagmire to avoid | Simplicity vs. features

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 23, 202512 min read


Use the AI Transition Period to Transition Your Career
Summary: In the great UX pivot, you have 5 years to trade yesterday’s expertise for tomorrow’s relevance. Legacy UX skills won’t save you...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 19, 20258 min read


UX Roundup: Caption Contest | AI Toys & Appliances | Liquid Glass
Summary : Caption contest | OpenAI + Mattel team up for AI toys | Apple Liquid Glass has poor usability UX Roundup for June 16, 2025....

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 16, 20259 min read


Learn UX Strategy & Business Alignment: A 10-Week Plan
Summary: 10 weeks’ worth of reading materials and exercises to understand how to align UX work with business strategy and product goals,...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 12, 202534 min read


UX Roundup: Hamburger Menus | AI Agents | App Overload | Web Images | Modal Overuse
Reserve hamburger menus for small-screen designs | AI agents must remain under user control | One app per thing in your life = app overload | Images stand out on web pages | Overusing modal dialog boxes

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 9, 20256 min read


The 10 Usability Heuristics in Cartoons
Finally, what you have been waiting for: a humorous take on Jakob Nielsen’s classic 10 usability heuristics explained in 80 cartoons.

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 5, 202513 min read


UX Roundup: AI Panic | Progress Indicators | Reversing Idea Flow | AI-Native Companies | Fake AI Research
GUI panic vs. AI panic | Progress bars and percent-done indicators | Reversing the sequence between idea and result | AI-native companies rethink workflows | Fake research: MIT retracts AI creativity paper

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 2, 20257 min read


Knobs, Dials, and UX: Reimagining Digital Services as Tangible Devices
Gain a fresh perspective on well-known products and UX influencers by reimagining them in a completely different format: as physical devices. Converting abstract pixels into palpable hardware revitalizes your thinking and is a powerful catalyst for ideation.

Jakob Nielsen
May 29, 20255 min read
