The Knewton Blog

As a designer here at Knewton, I’m always on the lookout for examples of great UX design from other companies.  From a user interaction perspective, a good onboarding experience is one of the most important aspects of a website or application. A user’s first click onto a website is a make-or-break moment. If the onboarding process is confusing, overwhelming, or complicated, the user is likely to give up and close out of the window. Here… Read more

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Our CEO Jose was at Davos last week with his fellow 2011 Technology Pioneers. Here’s a wrap-up of what things were like on the ground in the snowy Alps, Twitter-web-comic style! For more updates, you can follow Knewton_Jose for yourself on Twitter.

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Our CEO Jose is at Davos this week, hanging with his fellow 2011 Technology Pioneers and other economic bigwigs. The conference’s full programme (yep, they spell things fancy up in the Alps) is on the web, but Jose’s been telling his Twitter followers what’s really going on at the conference–the good, the bad and the snarky. Since the excitement at Knewton headquarters in NYC this week has mostly consisted of tech fish livestreams and the gazillionth Snowpocalypse… Read more

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Recently, we had the chance to speak with Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket. Like Knewton, SecondMarket was recently selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Barry’s also one of our neighbors in the NYC tech scene, so we were excited to hear a bit more about his company’s mission, office culture, and plans for the upcoming year. How would you explain your company to someone who’s never heard of it before? Most investors are… Read more

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