On the obvious case for engaging with Nursnook — no matter who you are, what you do, or what you're looking for
Common sense is the least common commodity in business. Everyone talks about innovation, disruption, moonshots, paradigm shifts. Nobody talks about the thing sitting right in front of them that obviously works if they'd just pick it up. This article is about the thing sitti…
On fake profiles, follow culture, verified nursing licenses, and the Nightingale — the only influencer Nursnook will ever recognize
Let's talk about the follow. You know the ritual. You join a platform. Before you've read a single thing, before you've posted a single thought, before you've had a single genuine human interaction — the platform asks you to follow people. Here are some accounts you might like…
On Nookups, Dunbar's number, and why the most powerful technology in the world is a table for six
There is a Facebook group for nurses with over sixty thousand members. It is, by every metric that social media measures, a success. Sixty thousand people, joined by profession, posting and replying and reacting and sharing in an endless scroll of content. Ask any member if th…
On psycholinguistics, identity, and why the first thing we built at Nursnook was a dictionary
Here's a pattern you've seen but never named. Every community that persisted — every one that outlasted the enthusiasm of its founding moment and became something real, something durable, something people identified with rather than merely participated in — had its own languag…