About Steve Krug

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Steve Krug (pronounced “kroog”) is best known as the author of Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, now in its second edition with over 300,000 copies in print.

Ten years later, he finally gathered enough energy to write another one: the usability testing handbook Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems.

The books were based on the 20+ years he’s spent as a usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, Lexus.com, NPR, the International Monetary Fund, and many others.

His consulting firm, Advanced Common Sense (“just me and a few well-placed mirrors”) is based in Chestnut Hill, MA.

Steve currently spends most of his time teaching usability workshops, consulting, and watching old episodes of Law and Order.


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Recent interviews & presentations

Johnny Holland conversation with Jeff Parks. (Please ignore the part at the 21:28 where I say people don’t need to buy my book.)

.net Magazine interview on do-it-yourself testing. They even sent a photographer to my home office!

Above the Fold Design interview. Questions include "How did you get such a cushy job?" and "What's your usability pet peeve?"

Steve Krug Explains It All for You. 60 min. audio from my SxSW 2011 presentation. Bonus: Play my slides at the same time and create your own multimedia experiece. (Note: The SxSW media player widget isn't visible in some browsers. Consider alternate routes.)

The A-List podcast. 60 min. One of a series with Peachpit authors celebrating their 25th anniversary. I dig myself a deep hole when asked about UX vs. usability at 40:10. (The name I couldn't remember is Marvin Minsky.)

Upcoming events

NextStep 2013 by OutSystems
I'm doing a keynote and breakout session for users of Agile Platform web and mobile web application development tools.
May 7-8
Lisbon

31 Awesomely Practical UX Tips: A Virtual Conference
I'm doing the first hour of this day-long event from Rosenfeld Media.
May 29
Online