Jakob Nielsen
Danish usability pioneer; co-founded Nielsen Norman Group; author of the ten usability heuristics.
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- Jakob Nielsen is a Danish usability researcher with 40 years in UX.
- He founded the discount usability movement, including heuristic evaluation and the ten usability heuristics.
- He co-founded Nielsen Norman Group with Don Norman in 1998.
- Since 2023 he writes at UX Tigers, often on AI and UX.
Key facts
- Born
- 5 Oct 1957, Copenhagen2
- Education
- PhD in human-computer interaction, Technical University of Denmark2
- Nielsen Norman Group
- Co-founded with Don Norman in 19982
- Earlier
- Bellcore; IBM User Interface Institute; Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer, 1994 to 19982
- Known for
- Heuristic evaluation, the 10 usability heuristics, Jakob's Law, the Alertbox column (from 1996)1
- Now
- Writes Jakob Nielsen on UX; founded UX Tigers in 20232
- Books and patents
- 8 books, including Designing Web Usability and Usability Engineering; 79 US patents1
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