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Wicked Ambiguity and User Experience

by Jonathon Colman Posted on May 21, 2015

Following are the video, slides, description, and transcript for my keynote talk, Wicked Ambiguity. See the acknowledgments for more information about my sources, influences, and the people who helped me along the way. Videos Webstock 2017—day two opening keynote Midwest … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged ambiguity, conferences, doctor who, keynote, public speaking, raycats, science, user experience, ux, wicked problems | 9 Comments

Why You Should Go to Confab

by Jonathon Colman Posted on March 11, 2015

Welcome to Confab Central: the content strategy conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. © Sean Tubridy/Brain Traffic (used with permission) This post is nearly two years too late. I should have written it back in 2013 after I attended Confab Central in … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged confab, conferences, events | 7 Comments

How to Get One Million Views on SlideShare

by Jonathon Colman Posted on May 27, 2014

One million views on SlideShare… and counting.Image © SlideShare On the week of January 12, 2014, I cracked the one million views mark for my presentations on SlideShare. I’m now well on the road to two million. I’m definitely not … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged community, conferences, content marketing, inbound marketing, presentations, public speaking, slideshare | 36 Comments

How to Hack Your Self-Review

by Jonathon Colman Posted on January 6, 2014

Hack your review, hack yourself.Photo © johngineer Once again, it’s time to write your annual self-review. Just like last year (and the year before), Review Season sneaked up on you when you weren’t looking. Now you’ve landed on this page … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged annual evaluation, annual review, content, content strategy, evaluation, hacking, lifehacking, review, self evaluation, self review, writing | 4 Comments

I’m Joining the Content Strategy Team at Facebook

by Jonathon Colman Posted on July 8, 2013

Life doesn’t slow down, so you’ve got to keep moving. Photo © Dave Morris Life doesn’t slow down. It keeps moving. It won’t wait for you to catch up. And it never gives you a chance to catch your breath. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged career, content, content strategy, core values, facebook, REI | 54 Comments

Information Endures: A Story About Stories

by Jonathon Colman Posted on April 24, 2013

Ed. note: Each year, the UW Information School (where I’m a grad student) holds its annual Dean’s Club Dinner to thank its donors and board members for their gifts and service. This year, I’m emceeing the event along with fellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged improv, information, introversion, introvert, introverted, ischool, public speaking, school, shyness, stories, story, tagfee, university of washington | 4 Comments

Why Our Content SUCKS

by Jonathon Colman Posted on February 24, 2013

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at SearchFest by SEMpdx down in Portland, Oregon. I spoke on the “UX and Audience” panel with Susan Delz of Ion Interactive, moderated by Nathan Isaacs of 7G Media. My travel to … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged conferences, content, content marketing, content strategy, empathy, public speaking, searchfest, sempdx, SEO, tagfee | 31 Comments

The Epic List of Content Strategy & Content Design Resources

by Jonathon Colman Posted on February 4, 2013

I’ve collected over two hundred of the best content strategy and content design resources below. My goal is to make it easy for you to learn about the field of content strategy, find content strategists and blogs to follow, and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged content strategy | 138 Comments

A Guide to Public Speaking for Introverted and Shy People

by Jonathon Colman Posted on January 7, 2013

UPDATE: I was a speaker at Ignite! Seattle 19 and talked about How Introverts Can Survive in This Extroverted World. I presented five lifehacks that introverts can use to preserve and build their energy as they’re trying to get along … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged conferences, extroversion, fear, introversion, lifehacking, public speaking, shyness, tagfee | 73 Comments

Dollar Shave Club: The Unboxing Experience is F***ING GREAT

by Jonathon Colman Posted on December 3, 2012

Introducing Dollar Shave Club I recently joined the Dollar Shave Club. You may remember their awesome content marketing video that went viral back in March. I loved it — after all, I’m just as susceptible to good branding and content … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged advertising, brands, coffee, content marketing, copywriting, cross-channel, Dollar Shave Club, improv, Mike Dubin, shaving, startups, unboxing, user experience | 36 Comments

Jonathon Colman

Content design leader, keynote speaker