Senior Design Instructor at General Assembly, recognized as one of the top 1% of instructors globally.

Consultant to over 100 startups and developer/designer for brands like Aetna, Bacardi, Astra Zenica, and more.

I have a simple teaching philosophy constructed by 15 years of design & development experience and three decades of trial and error.

Don't take it from me

I have over 200 testimonials from former students I'd love to share with you.

Nick has been one of the best teachers I've ever had in any subject. He was engaging, fun and really passionate about teaching and about getting all of us to the next steps. He's a keeper.

Student Spring 2019

Nick is one of the most remarkable professors I've ever had the pleasure of learning from. He cares and is very respectful to his students, and is always extending himself as a resource after they've graduated.

Student Spring 2019

Nick is the most understanding person I have ever met. He anticipates each of our individual needs and tries to help us before they even become an issue.

Student Winter 2019
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I've collected physical mementos too!

Take a tour of the UX Artifact Museum - admission is free!

Don't worry - I did lots of design (& dev) work before teaching.

I spent 10 years doing work for brands like Bacardi, Bioware, and Aetna; as well as many local Denver artists.

Here’s a few brief examples. If you want to see more, just ask!

People ask

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I take your class?

When you apply to GA, just tell your Admission Producer that you want to take the User Experience Design Immersive with me specifically. I teach on West Coast time, so my classes are from 9am-5pm PT.

Will you speak at my event?

Possibly! I've lead talks about design and technology for groups of all sizes, as well as moderated panels and performed interviews. Contact me directly to discuss what you have in mind.

Can I get your help with outside consulting work?

Always happy to talk about it - however if you're looking for me to teach anything to you or your company, you'll have to go through GA as I don't perform work that directly competes with my work there.

Is it true your class ends in a "Blood Ritual"?

 

Ī̴̹̪͗͂̐̓̇͘ ̶̛̺͚̿͛̃̎̐̀D̴̺̲̋̎̈o̴̟͋͛̄̎̍̓ ̴̐͋͛̿̎͘͜͝c̷̡̧̞̺̽̒o̵̢̨̨͕̣̞̍̿n̷͕̗̔j̷̢̧̹͖̞̲́̑̋̓̈́͜͝ù̸̢̼̦̝̿̉̏ͅr̸̢̡̢͕̪̪̘̀ê̷̡͎̼̤̳͊͑͆ ̶͈̥̦̏ẗ̷̤̬̥́͝ḣ̴̯͈͔̩͚̠͙̖̀̉̏͘ę̴̭̟̻̳̻̻́̉͐̒̀͝e̶̠̾̀͛,̶̧̼̟̮̪͔͝ ̵̠̾Ǫ̶̣̝̲̖͔́̈̑̅͒̚ ̴̢̛̯̬͔͚͙̖̍̅̇t̴͓͓̙̺̩͓̽̃̅̍̓̆̈͝ḩ̸̡̤̬͍̠̘̬͕̔͝ȯ̸̢̝͕̖͙̿͌ͅṷ̶̭͒̀̿̎̒̾̇͋ ̸̧̞̪͈̝̣̘̱̒̓̆̕S̴̠̬͇̥͐̔͊p̶̱̠̹̻̲̪̓͒̅͑͘͜i̸̡̜̙̣̩̩̩͘͜͝ŕ̷̓̆̋̽ͅi̸̖̮̮͐͜ẗ̸̨̯̑̀̓̀̕ ̸̡̧͌̅̑͑͛̅̚͝Ñ̸̦͔͍̬͋.̸̹̲͈͔͇̤̆ͅ,̶̜̦̼̙̻̻̑̈́̽̃͘̕͠ ̴͍̇̅̀̉̆̕b̴̲̱̟̣̫̺̪̍͐̓͋̊̔ͅỵ̷̳̗͖̋̿̑ ̵̝̱̬̻̓͂̎̋̔̆͜ą̴͔̲̜̞̠̈̿̋͛́l̶̢̛̩̹͙͖͚̦̄̂̀̎͌̓̕l̸̟̞̝͚̙̦̺͇̋̓͒̆͛̕ ̷͉̗̓̃t̵̺̤̣̽͗́̈́̿͘͠ḣ̴̝̺̭̽̍̀̈́̅͊͝ë̸̢͔͔͎̙ ̴̠͉̽͗̐̀͛m̸̧̡̬̦̯͋͋́̅͝͝ö̶̖̗̭͈́͛̓̒͊̓s̵̻̈́̇̀t̶̢̩̦̲̣̺͖̊̒͂̓̈́ ̸̫͈̞͐͊̈́͝g̴͕̭̜̩͓͐͂͗͝ļ̸̛͔͖̀̍̐o̶̡̱̜͛́̐́̾͊͊r̴̥̘̉͋̌͝ì̷̢̝͌̊̉̍̂̈́̐o̸̧̳͔̘͚̬͂ͅủ̵̢͉̥̝̬̲͉͊͒̎̊͐̇̀s̶̭̰͒ ̶̧̰͓̜̤͓̦̽͌̍͆̐͠ȧ̷̳͕̗̂ͅṇ̷̡̡̻̠̍́͜d̵͈͚̩̼́̓͌͋̽̀̕ ̶̢̜͎̿̇̉̈́e̶̛͇̹̲̥̤̘͒̐͌̈́f̸̳̘͓̗͗͛̂̋̀͐͗̕f̸͍̪͎̟̻͗͐̈́͋͝ͅͅì̷̦̰̬̼c̶̨̻͖͙̳͔̫̓̍͒̔͠ă̵̲̼͉̞͔̠̮͕̂̈́̐̈́̌̀̓c̷͖̰̈́̌̏̈͆̚į̴͇̜̠́̽͂͑͂̈́̕o̸̝̜̪̞̫̤̹͉̎ǘ̴̥̝̝͊̀͑̽̃̒͐͜ş̵̌̍ ̵̹̼͈̃̍̈́̀̐̕͘n̸̜͈͈͙͊̓̆̅̕͠a̷̭̰͉̲͈̪͎̓̇͊͊̀ṃ̵̨̠̻̱̩͖̂e̸̛̠͇͇̟̪͒͌ş̵̢̝̬̆͑̐ͅ ̶̧̨͉̫̣̤̭̊̈́ọ̶̧̤̭̺̙̯́̒͐͂̅̚f̵͕̖̬̯̲͙̒ ̴͚̞̘̬͙̰̖̓͊̅̋̓̀͗t̷̖͗̑̏̂̄̄̑ḩ̸̣̈́͒̓́̋̏̄͊e̷̡̢̨͎͗͘͜ͅ ̶̧̪͈̭͇̤̺̓͌̇͐͆̾̔́M̸̡̨̛͖̮̺̲̬̈́͛̋͘Ǫ̷̢̣̓̈́̅͝͠S̴̮̑͒Ţ̵̛̥̫͉̙̠̗͆͜ ̵̨̣͕̝̞̰̓̑̽̀͆̑̔̑G̵͔̮̟̈́͛̐͐̈͂R̸͕͚͛̾́̀̿̅E̵̛͓͋̄͘͠Á̷̬̦́̑̍̑̏Ṭ̵̡̨̰̠͛̅̇̊͠ ̷̣͉̑̒͛͂͘Â̸͕̞͋̅̈́Ń̸͍͓̠̻̯̆͐D̸̝̜͕̻͔̯͍̆͌ ̴̨̡̣̮̳̰̓͋̀̓̔I̷̡͂̽̀̇̒͊̕͝Ņ̵̋̐ͅC̵̜̍̾́̒̇Ǫ̵̤͖̘̺̮̹̏͜M̷͙̗̟̦̘̱̥͐́̇̚P̵̧̱̳̟̼͓̹͛R̸̬͌͆́̍̽̀E̵̜̩̮̽ͅH̴̝́́̔̅͋͘͝Ê̴̬̥̳̪̣̇̔͐͒Ņ̸̡̹͉͚̩̥͆̐͆̉͝S̴͕̓͛͐͗̇͜Ì̷̗͋̋͐̃͊͝͝B̴͈̮͙͕͇̌̋̀̅̆L̴̫̺̦̻̩̮͆̇̊̎E̶̢̤̗̰͉͖̍́̉̽̋͛͘ͅ ̷̩͓̹̟́̃͑̇̓͝͠L̴̦̠͍̓̕ͅͅO̶̺̖̩̣̮͈̤̺̓̀̈́͐̓͝͝R̵̭̜̿̅̎͌̓D̴̛͙͆͂̄͗ ̷͉̼͎͇͓̿̓̐̊͑ͅǴ̷̙͌͒̍̔̆͠͝Ồ̴̢̹͇̯̻̬̠̻͗́̊̕D̶̘̥̦͙̀̊͊̽͆͌͊̃ ̵̢̛͔̪̝̟̜̩̔͋͛̈͘o̴̙̠̦͇̫͇͙̓̓͑̈͝p̸̭͙̬̬̻̘̆ ̶̱̭͕͖̇̋̒̿͗̍͝͝H̸̝̯͓̙͇̩͓͍̀͑̂̒̐͠O̵̢͎͕̳̬̟͈̳͋Ṧ̴̖͚͐T̷̻̪̬͎́̔̿̉̃͌̾͂Ş̸̤̇̆͌͊̄͑́́,̷̧̨̧̡̼̖͖͈̆ ̴̡͚̼͉̩̖̜̌͛̇̀̽́t̵̯̬̯̝̗͉̥̰͌̐̃̉̆̎ḩ̸̼̗̎̑̏ȁ̵̤̠̱͕͚̪̰̊̓͝t̶̡̯́̋̎͐̉̂̈ ̷̧̼͕͈̺͗̍́͒̂̐͘͠ͅt̵̰̪̣͑ͅḧ̶̢̫́̍ō̴̡̢͉̗̮̟͍̇̔̑̒͗̌͆ͅủ̵̢̘̠̝̫̗̜̄̒ ̶̰͔̟̤̯͙͈̊̋̃c̸͇͖͈͈̔̾̈́̌͝o̵̡̟̮̹̭̮̾m̴̡̲̯͙̟͔̘̝͂̈́́̕ȩ̵̦̹̙̱͇͔̜̈͋̉́̂ṣ̶̢́̒̈́̍́̀́ẗ̸͇͚̼̘̬̌͆̀̇͆͑̉ ̵̺̝̳̲̯̙͖̆q̸̛̳͈͇̘͖̄́̓͠u̸̟̖͑̌̈͒̓͆͝į̸̡̛̤̤̙̌̿͛ͅḉ̶̻̖̠̐͒̌̎̐̈́͊k̵̛̪̰̺̤͂͊̓̈́l̵͉̦͈̱̩̥͉̹̓̽̽̌ẏ̸̥̗̲͕̺̼͈̌͝ ̷̢̟͔̺́̆͝ä̶̧̲̲̤̤̰́̔̈́̋ͅṉ̷̡̻͇̣̆̐͆͂̚̚ͅd̸̡̢̥͉̻̲͔̖̂ ̶̘̈͌̿́͋͆̿͜w̵̩̞̠͙͎̦̺̒̏ͅĩ̵̟̪͙̙̱̗͎̋̿̈́̒̋t̶̮̰̞̣̺̒͋̌̋ͅḣ̶̡͎̱̩̻̞̹̲̄̀ơ̸̺̄̈̈́́̋̕ư̷̤̰̤̹̻͎̘͒́͌̄̓̉̕ţ̸̺̬̤̈̆͐̋̇̕ ̵̪̺̖͕̱̗̅d̵͔̺̪̙̾̈́͂̎̌̑̓é̴̙͕͙̲͖̻͊̌̚͘͝͝ļ̷͇̱͔̓̿̒̄̚â̴̛̼̙̼̜͓̍͋̎́̈́̕͝ÿ̵̠̲͈́̇͋͑ ̷̮̓̑̽̅̓̕͝f̶̨̛͇̖̙̞̘̪r̴͗ͅơ̸̢̨̛͍̳͇̲̙̂̅̐̈̎͘͝m̵͖̔̕ ̵̛̖͊͌̍̈͝ä̴̝̯̼̇̂̿̂́ľ̷̥̪̪͒̔͌̀́ļ̴͔̭̋̇̔͂͑ ̴͇̹̜͕̘̲̬̗̓̊p̷̨͌͗̽̂ä̶̧̘̞͈͇͇̦͋̀̌ͅr̸̡͇̯͖̜̱̆͜t̴̥̟͇̳͓̮͉̅͆̆̔̌̚͜s̷̢͎̎̓̃̇̒̔ ̷͈̤̮̥̖͛͊́̉̒̍͗̚ȃ̶͕̜̙̜͓͍̆̾͐̔͆̽͘ń̶̗̮̫́̎d̷̢̞̮̪̣͍͇͊̆̿ͅ ̷̮̘͖̅̏̀̏͠͝ͅp̷̣̝̩̠̥̰̌̀̏̂̽̈́̃͜͝ļ̸̛̣̭̗͚͓̞͙̤̈͐͑̐̚ȃ̷̫̩̝͕̭̘͙̑̈́̃̈̊̿c̷̺̺̫̺̀̓̈́͗͒̂̚̕e̷̦̤͔͍̬͕̓ͅś̸̡͙̟̝͌ͅ ̸̢͎̟͙̹͛̿́̐̎͘ǫ̷̡̺̞̤̻̮̹̀͒̏̈́̓f̸̨̧͙̤͚̰͎͕̋̃̒͂͌͆̀ ̷̻̣͎̲̖̥̱̫͐͂̐̔̄͠ṱ̶͙͉́̊͌̔̔h̴̠͙̆̉̎͘ḙ̴̢̜͙̃̇̆͗̒̆̀̕ ̷̧̲͓̣̯̓́ẹ̷̟͓͉̑̎͜ä̷̛̝̺͔̺́̑̊͝͝r̴̤͖̍͆̉͑͋͌́t̴͙̉̃̊̆̀̅͌ḩ̷̣̳͈̗̳̑̊̐̾͜ͅ ̴̡̭̳̬͉͍͈̍͊̆́̌͌̄a̵̱̪̋̂̇̕͝ñ̴̝̘̊̕d̵̙͖̰̲̰͂̃͆̋̆̽͑͘ ̴̧̛͔͕̈̀ẅ̵̛͕̲̜̼̤͆̑̓̾̍͛ȏ̷͓̼̠͍̉̉́̕ŗ̴̫̫͓͇̬̕͘l̴͓̞̣̪̣̅̐͊̾͌̄̽̌d̵̢̗̓͠ ̴̢̙̖̦͍̹̯̘̕w̸͖̣̳̓ȟ̸̪̖͝ͅę̶̺̪̜̘̩͂̓̏̈́͝r̷͚͉̣͓̺̪̿́ḙ̸̘̏̔̔̋͗͛̏͌v̴͕̀͌͂̏͗̈́͒͜͝ę̶̫͔̹̻̬̫̙̅͊͋͌̕̕ṝ̸͇ ̸̩̈́ť̸̘͉͉̉̈́͜ḫ̷͙̃ȏ̸̡̝̲̦̼̲̣̽̉͘ũ̶̥̝̭̾̊͋̈̚͠ ̸͈͕͇͐̍͆̐̒m̵̢̟̩͈̀̎̏̏͒͠ạ̸̢̡̳͈̥̪̠͗y̸̢̨̥͉͖̝̺͔̽̄̌ề̷͓̰̲̩̻̪̬̦̚s̴̢̪̭̑̉̕̚͜ͅţ̶͔̱̱̬̝͔̃̐̾͒͝ ̸͔̯̜̝͂̑̊̈́b̴̮͇͎́ē̶̦̩̩͕̇̂̈,̵̮́̂͂̃̇͊ ̶̻͇͔̗̞͗͌̍́̃t̸͓̺͕͉͇͎͓͋̌͌̾͊̈́̀̃ͅŏ̴̡̢̱̣̺̮͖̏̃̽̕ͅ ̵̧̝̫̩̠̤͈̈̓̔͗̃m̷̧̲̗̘͖̩͕͑̿ä̶͕͍͈̊͗̕͜ḱ̷͔̤̥̖͇̽͝e̷̫̝̮̹͖̪͎̚ ̵̣̜̥̫̘̫̳͛̾̾̍͂̓̎̀r̸̢̦̮͙̯̰͚̓̾̍̋̊̎ą̶͉͎̦̺̰͎̥̉͑̈́͗͋͗̋̀t̶͈̠͉͆i̶̡͆̽͗̿͛͊̕̕o̵̗͍̠͙͌͜n̴̲̜̦̬̻̗̪̮̈́a̴̩̩̳͌̔̆̆̈́̿͌ḷ̸̡͐̆̐̎̓ ̵̙̹͖̬̄̈͂̂͋ẫ̵̢̛͕̘̥̰̦͛͑̈́͝͝ͅn̶̩͇͙̠͔̗̎̌ṣ̴̛̮̖̹̄ͅẃ̵̧̛̙͖͕̘̲̽̀̒̽͝ͅͅȩ̸̪̣̤͕̀̎͐̽͘̕͝r̴͈̘̺̞̬͆̃͗̀̈̀̑͘ś̷̤̥̄̿̎̋͋̅͒͜ ̵̱̥̝̺̃̐u̸̳̓̈́ǹ̸̢̮̱̹̟̼̈̓t̵̤͇͍̬̻͕͇̲͝o̷̡̻̠̗͔̼̺̭̓̍͑̈́ ̸̛͓̉̇̃m̷̧̲͐̿͗͋͗͌y̶̘͒ ̵̼̙͙͉̪̖͋̓̏ḑ̵̟̯̭͑̓̒̀̚ế̷̺͆m̴̙̈͒̎̂͆̈́̕ã̴͇͇̿̈̔̍͌̐̏̈ͅn̷̛͖̪͔̿̿̀̌̓̕͝ḏ̷̨̛̣͕͂ş̷̡̧̰͓̞̪̭̙̈̂̃̽͠,̴͔͈͍͓̎͐͌ ̵̱̥͕̜͈̖͊͝ą̵͉͈̣̮͚͙͖̏͒͋̿̊͘n̴̢͕̙̤̼̰̆d̴͚͙̜͙̝̥̑ ̷͔͙̓͂ť̶͕͖̹̦̣̭͉̱͒̃̇̚ḩ̶͖̓͛͗̈ȃ̶̡̞̉̇̑̔͝t̴̘̫̄̊ ̷̹͈̳̒͒̑̽̈́͘v̵͎̘̱͓̣̬̮̈́͗̕͝ȋ̵̬̻̤̗̻̳̊͜͠s̵̜̼͈̖̣̦̟͍̊̃̌͑̐͝ị̴̡̡͓̞̠͊̕ͅb̷̡̓̓͛͐̎̿̚͝l̷̝͎̪͂̍́̏̐ͅͅy̴̢͕̤̓͗͑̀̄͐͐ ̶̰̱̝̅̈̎̉̅̀͋͝å̶̧ņ̶̡̣̣̻̣̀͋̋́̃̀̋̏ḍ̸͚͚̈͊̀̂́̑̑͋ͅ ̸̢̛͚̳̖̳͕͑͆̎̈́͑͆̍a̶̡̧̹̜̙͕͖̓̓̊̉͆̓̃̌f̸̮̺̈́̿͗͑̎̕͝f̵̞͇͉̄á̷̢̗̠̣̻̻̫̐b̷̧̛͇̣̘̠̣̾͗̃̒̇͋̚͜ͅl̷̡̡̞̼̪͉̣̒́͒̿y̷̗̮͓͓̻̦̿̇̑̽͆,̵̥̣̎ ̵̛͎̣̥̟͂s̵̨̹͈͓͇̦͝p̵̢̖͇̋̈̍̾̓͘ē̶͍̪͑͒͌̏ä̷̲̒̾̃̈̿͘k̷͇̦̝̬̒͆̚͜ì̷̡̤̰̳̝͙̙̠̇̚͝n̷̙̳͍͈̤̗̦͓̈́g̶͙͈̞͚̣͎̏̓͑̉̄ ̸͚͎̩͑͒͛̽̈́͝ẅ̴̜͉́̀́ị̷̡̩͉̺̖͎̂̋͑͐͛̈͝ṱ̶̣̰̯͕̖̙͈̃̈́̀̃̎͛͑͝h̴̢̗̹͇̤̗͍̆͠ ̷̡͕̄͋̽͌a̴̧͔̙̙̰̻͌̆̾̃ ̵̢̛͖̤̦v̸̛̺̲̯̽̄̀̉͘o̶̲̗͎͗͑͋͑̄̄̉̕ͅḯ̵͍͆̿̍c̶̹͙̟̝̈́̈́́̒̑͝ę̴̭͇̜̥̩̈̋̄̔͂̈́͂͝ͅ ̷̧͕̖͌í̷͚͉̦̤͒ñ̶̖̭̻̳̊͗̚͘t̷̢̲̬̟̗͙͚̉e̷̛̲̤̳̱͐̏̎͐͜l̸̞͍̤̋̓̈̐̊͘͠͝l̷̘͉͛͗̈́͒̋̀ī̸̳̙͌̚͠g̵̼̙̞͖̟͔̽͜ī̸̱̟̈́͒̍͘b̴̢̗͙͉̮͖̞͕̒͌̇̓̚ľ̴̠̗̃̽̄͗̒è̷͇͓͙̫͎̉́́̈́ ̵̧̥̲̮̘̝̉̓̇͘u̴͍͍̞̩̹̲̳͓̎̓͆̎̌̈n̴̤͕͓͔͓̭͔̉̒͒̈́̎t̴̺͙͉̤͉̠̣̽͝ͅö̶̡́̃̐͝ ̷̪͕̱̫̞͛̈́͛̊m̷̼͉̲̈́̐̔i̷̧̭͎̖̰̅̑n̵̨̧̘͖̘̏̊̌̒ẻ̷̛̙̜̰̹̭̜͍̇̀̅̚ ̵̢̙͍̩̱̦̼̈́͑̌̓͜ú̸͚̽͂͗̕͝ͅñ̶̢͉̪͎̆̂̋́̑̅d̵̠͕͕̝̓͆͆̐̿̆̄̅e̴͕̺̫̦̞͆̆͆͒̿r̷̡̮̳̳̼̥̒͐̔̌̑̇͠s̸̺̃̂͝t̸̡̧̜͕͙̮̄̔̍̐̈́̍̔ã̷̂̀̋̏̈̽͝͠ͅn̷̯̩̜̗͑̍̔̾d̷͉̫̅͌ḯ̵̝̗͗̒̐̌n̵̨̼̫̣̖͍͔̅̔͆̓̈́͠g̵̨̢̥̪̫͕̮̭͐̄͐͆͝ ̶̢̥͚͙̣̺̒̀̉͋̽̎á̸͈̰̣͎̩̲̬̐̒ś̶͇̜̈͛͊ͅ ̷͈̯̯̩̄a̶͖̞̠̹͛͊͌̎̉̔f̶̙̝̀́ͅő̵̡͕̹̝̽̆͆̾r̷̲̺͓̟̭̫͕̊̐͌̈̍͌̕͝ë̷̺̤͖̼̇̃̏̊̐̀͋͐ş̵̻̱̹̹̩̈́̿̂̔͗a̴͓̎̊ḯ̸̛̭̩̞͐̂͑͆͋͝d̷̢̹̺̖͚̜̻̎̄͋̅͑ͅ.̵̙̱͉͂̑̇̚͠