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No. 73 | Seven places you can find inspiration

2 | Tractor Supply Company (any)

Published January 7, 2023
Tagged creative habits, creativity, inspiration, writing

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…

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

The Consistency Trap for UX Writers (and How to Avoid It)

When reviewing or critiquing design work, it’s so, so, tempting to see something different…a different word, a different phrasing, a different pattern…and want to “fix” that difference. But making things consistent just for consistency’s sake sometimes leads us to the wrong choice.

Published June 22, 2022
Tagged best practices, content design, design principles, UX writing, writing

My most-used UX writing tool is Pastebot

Screenshot of a clipboard manager window with several links related to my book to choose from.

Work faster and lose your place less with a big, super-powered clipboard.

Published June 29, 2021
Tagged apps, iOS, Pastebot, UX writing, writing, writing tools

The UX Writing Bible

If I could nominate one book to be our UX Writing Bible, it would be the Yahoo! Style Guide.

Published July 29, 2020
Tagged books, UX writing, writing, Yahoo! Style Guide

The effortful way

Job one is doing the job.

Published July 28, 2020
Tagged creativity, productivity, quotes, writing

Four Tips on Writing About Design

Some thoughts on producing high-quality design articles that actually get shared.

Published July 24, 2020
Tagged content strategy, design thinking, UX writing, writing

How many content reviewers are enough?

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a perfectly simple, data-driven answer to that question? “Based on an analysis of…

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Published March 5, 2020
Tagged content design, content strategy, How to Get the Writing Done, writing

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.

Published February 26, 2020
Tagged How to Get the Writing Done, UX writing, writing, writing workflows

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.

Published February 4, 2020
Tagged How to Get the Writing Done, productivity, UX writing, writing, writing workflows

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