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Musical Scrapbook: 2021

Sometimes when I share writing from old newsletters or other publications, I make the date in the WordPress CMS match…

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Published January 4, 2023
Tagged 2021, Apple Music, journaling, mindfulness, music, pandemic, playlists

Good interfaces are not, in fact, like jokes

Some of the most insidious design advice ends up sticking around because it sounds true. Or clever. Or both. I suppose this is…

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Published November 18, 2022
Tagged content design, onboarding, product design, writing

Ask Scott: Tools for content migration planning?

I’ve lost track of where this question came from. Based on my writing workflows and where I found this long-neglected…

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Published October 30, 2022
Tagged Audits, content design inventories, content migrations, content strategy

Make sure you actually want the design job you think you want

What do I tell people who tell me they dream of being a UX writer someday? (You’d be surprised how…

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Published October 29, 2022
Tagged careers, UX, UX writing

5 Uncomfortable Truths About UX Content

I had a chance recently to meet and chat with folks from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC),…

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Published October 21, 2022
Tagged content design, content strategy, ISTC, presentations, ux content, UX writing

“Sick days”

This essay originally appeared as Issue 102 of the UX Writing Events newsletter on September 26, 2022. I’ve written and…

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Published September 26, 2022
Tagged depression, grief, mental health, UX Writing Events

Learn thinky things

Folks seem to like my latest bit of advice for aspiring designers: Learn Thinky Things. I coined this advice (with…

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Published September 17, 2022
Tagged Adobe, creativity, design, design tooling, Figma, productivity, tools, ux design, UX writing, YGEFSK

Seven lessons from publishing 100 issues of a weekly UX newsletter

This excerpt originally appeared as part of Issue 100 of the UX Writing Events newsletter on September 12, 2022. Would…

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Published September 12, 2022
Tagged entrepreneurialism, marketing, newsletters, productivity, UX Writing Events

On Kimi, microwork, unions, and tech jobs

This was originally shared as Issue 099 of the UX Writing Events newsletter on September 5, 2022. It’s Labor Day…

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Published September 5, 2022
Tagged capitalism, microwork, tech, unions

Oh, to be unreachable

I would have a healthier relationship with technology and social media — and be healthier in general — if it…

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Published August 26, 2022
Tagged collaboration, focus, productivity, Slack, social media, technology

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