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Photoshop Friday: Vintage Posters From Yesteryear
Here at Knewton, “Photoshop Friday” is a time-honored tradition–one we’re hoping to resurrect in 2012. Recently, I took a dive through my inbox and resurrected these gems: THE FELLOWSHIP OF KNEWTON THE …
Knewton Bookshelf: Proust, Franzen, Seuss, and more
Knewtonians are ravenous readers. From our book club to our book swap, there are a variety of ways to partake in the active literary culture at Knewton. Here’s just a taste of what folks at Knewton have on their shelves these days: 1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole David Ingber, Master …
CMU Knerd Talk, and why two alums chose Knewton [VIDEO]
Over the next few months, we’ll be trekking around the country to visit college engineering programs and recruit a few good Knerds. Our first stop is Carnegie Mellon, which just happens to be the alma mater of two of Knewton’s greatest data scientists. We made a short video about how …
Hire Interns
Get real work done and build a recruiting pipeline Hiring great engineers is really hard. In his book, Smart and Gets Things Done, Joel Spolsky estimates great engineers are actively looking for work 4 times throughout their careers. The only time you’re guaranteed that great engineers are actively looking is …
The Beauty of Iterations
Those who work in technology will be familiar with the term, “agile development.” Formally introduced in 2001 through the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, “agile development” is a method that promotes an iterative, flexible, and “time-boxed” approach to product development (as opposed to “waterfall development” which is traditionally associated with …
The Twitter Guide to the CES Higher EdTECH Summit
HigherEdTECH is coming up next week (Wednesday, January 11 to be exact). Heading to Las Vegas, or just want to keep up with the action? Check out our Twitter list of feeds to follow here (tweet us @Knewton if you’re attending the conference and would like to be added). Part of the …
The making of our EDUCAUSE booth, and 2011 conference run-down
Our marketing team made it to a total of 33 conferences this year, from New York to San Francisco, Orlando to Madison, and many places in between. We had a great time talking to educators, administrators, and other edtech aficionados at each one. One of the highlights of the year …
Top five Knewton videos of the year
Here at Knewton, we make a lot of videos. Some have instructional content for students, some have information about our products, and some are made just for fun. (And no, you may not see the ignominious footage from our annual holiday party. That video will be released 75 years after all of our deaths.) …
Favorite videos from other companies in 2011
Like any good startup, we’re always looking out for cool ways other businesses, be they big, small, new or established, are putting their public-facing image out on the web. Here are five of my favorite eye-catching company-made videos of 2011… 1. Google Flight Search Sometimes, a very clear POV explanation of cool new …
Hack days, Switzerland, pillow fights, and more: the year in blog posts
Somehow, 2011 is almost over. It was a good year for us: we celebrated our 3rd birthday, closed another round of funding, and partnered with Pearson. We’ve grown a lot too: with almost 80 people on deck, computers and people are squeezed into every spare corner of the office, and the office kitchen …
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