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Tag: UX writing
How do I get started in UX writing?
There’s no magic bullet for getting your first official UX writing job. No single experience, program, or certification will…
What is UX Writing?
UX writing is less “writing, but apps” and more “design, but words”. What I mean by that is that…
Who should own the text in our design process?
If you don’t articulate and assign the writing role, then either everyone is the writer, or no one is the writer. Neither situation is fun.
How do you estimate the time needed for doing the writing?
The project managers turns to you and asks: “How long is it going to take to write this?” Hoo boy. It’s time to proceed very, very carefully.
A Year of Writing for Designers
My first book, Writing for Designers, was released by A Book Apart one year ago today. Personally, much of…
Talking to myself to others
The recording is up from my How to Get the Writing Done webinar this week for Gather Content. I…
Interview: The Write Stuff
Corey Gwin is building a writing app called Blurt. To promote the app, he’s been writing about writing. To…
UX Book Club Meetup at Solstice
Recently back from an overnight trip to Chicago to speak with their UX Book Club. My book Writing for…
No. 26 | Seven lines from Depeche Mode songs you might also hear in a design critique
Everything counts in large amounts. Details add up. Even small things become big over time, after enough encounters with users.