August 2022:
After 2 years of procrastinating on this project... it's finally out! My first post-burnout-hiatus interactive thingy:
🥜 Nutshell: make *expandable* explanations 🥜
👉 https://ncase.me/nutshell/ 👈
This is a tool for writers, to let their readers dive into details. Not shown in the above .gif, are two other "killer features": 1) you can embed snippets of text from other authors & websites, even stuff written years ago! And 2) you can embed interactives, YouTube videos, and the intros of Wikipedia articles.
If you're writing a blog, news articles, code documentation, educational material, etc... I hope Nutshell helps you help your readers.
(See you next month... for explainers written with Nutshell!)
Cheers,
~ Nicky Case
June 2022:
Hi all! I wasn't joking when I said this is a low-volume newsletter.
It's been 26 months since my last letter, and that's because I was on burnout-hiatus. I'm back now! And I've got for you, an 18-minute-long mini-talk I gave at Stanford, on how to explain complex ideas well:
👌 HOW TO EXPLAIN THINGS REAL GOOD 👌 (18 min video)
One-slide summary:
I hope this talk is useful for you... or at least entertaining!
H.A.G.S,
~ Nicky Case
May 2020:
Here you go, the most "deep dive" explorable I've ever made – epidemiology 101, the proposed COVID-19 interventions, and some best/worst-case-scenarios... explained with playable pictures:
😷 “What Happens Next?” (30 min read/play) 😷
👉 https://ncase.me/covid-19/ 👈
This was made in collaboration with epidemiologist Marcel Salathé! And if you'd like, here's a tweet with video trailer, for your re-tweeting pleasure.
I hope this interactive guide gives you hope – not the "downplay danger" kind, but the "here's a sword and shield" kind. We can still beat COVID-19, in a way that also protects our mental & financial health.
Stay safe, and fight on, y'all.
✊,
~ Nicky Case
Sep 2019:
Finally!
🐺 https://ncase.me/anxiety/ 🐺
😱 free, web, 30 min playtime 😱
And if you (or someone you know) is struggling, and looking to tame that wolf – I've also written a "companion piece" for this game, with Mental Health Tips & Resources + a personal story of my own mental health journey!
I sincerely hope this story-game is helpful to you and/or folks close to you. To whoever you are: you're not alone in this, stay determined, good luck. 💖
AAAHHHH,
~ Nicky Case
May 2019:
After a year of being dead, the Nicky Newsletter is back! With a brand-new demo of an interactive story, about a human with anxiety disorder.
You play as the anxiety disorder.
😱 ADVENTURES WITH ANXIETY 😱
🐺 (Demo. Playtime: 7 min) 🐺
Also, since it's been 13 months since I killed this newsletter (due to cost issues), I understand if you don't want more updates! If you don't, no need to do anything! If you do want to stay updated, please re-consent here: [re-consent link]
Either way, thank you for supporting me thus far!
<3,
~ Nicky Case