At Knewton, we like to experiment with data visualizations. The above visualization shows the history of developer contributions to the Knewton Adaptive Learning Platform (Post Git). Contributions are measured in “commits” which occur whenever a developer alters the code and transfers the changes into our central git repository. Each file… READ MORE
This week, our Founder & CEO Jose is being honored at this week’s Builders & Innovators Conference, as one of Goldman Sachs’ “100 most intriguing entrepreneurs.” As part of the award, the team at Goldman Sachs put together a few short videos featuring various entrepreneurs. Visit their site to see… READ MORE
Wistia is an awesome startup that provides professional video hosting and analytics services to a number of companies — including Knewton. They recently featured a blog post by our own Jess Nepom with tips for editing video on an iPhone. If you’re interested in Jess’ thoughts on editing apps, check… READ MORE
This post was co-written by Kristen Tracey. Scalability vs. Perfection: that’s really the issue at hand any time you need to make a large number of videos. Of course, we want every educational video we make to be perfect — clear, engaging, and without any stumbles. However, the reality of… READ MORE
This post was co-written by Jess Nepom. There has been a lot of talk lately about creating educational videos for your students, whether you mean to use them in class, on the web, or both. Fewer people really talk about the different options for the format of your video —… READ MORE
In the world of education, technology is finally taking center stage. For decades, education watched as tech transformed other industries — retail, entertainment, information, advertising. Now, it’s our turn. All of the evidence of disruption is there. An online education company just attracted $80 million dollars in funding. Stanford announced… READ MORE
Moving day! We recently packed up and shipped out, moving the entire Knewton office one block away, to much bigger and nicer digs over on 5th Avenue. It was a bit of a crazy transition, but we couldn’t be happier with the results — more space, awesome furniture, plenty of… READ MORE
Our Founder and CEO Jose recently talked to Inc. about the challenges of shuttering his first startup, and the sense of responsibility that comes with entrepreneurship. Check out the video for more.
There’s been a lot of talk about the importance of hiring “T-shaped” people — employees with a breadth of experience across a variety of disciplines (the horizontal bar of the letter T), as well as deep knowledge and expertise in a particular field (the vertical bar). Our Head of Infrastructure… READ MORE
Several months ago, I upgraded to an iPhone 4s. I could go on and on about various apps and games, but one functionality I hadn’t explored until fairly recently was my phone’s ability to create a video. Well, I’m part of the Video Team here at Knewton – we’re responsible… READ MORE
