The Dash: Let’s make more mistakes!
This week’s Dash includes a behind the scenes of Twitter’s prompt copy, the value of making mistakes, and what you should consider when making user-friendly documentation!
Course Preview: UX Writing for Tech Writers
It’s time technical audiences got some UX writing love. Are you a technical writer? Are you…
Writers of Silicon Valley: What we learned from the Button conference
In this episode, Patrick chats with Yael, Duaa, and Vicki about their experience at the 2020 Button conference. They discuss preparation leading up to the conference, what it was like as a fully remote digital conference, and what all the generous knowledge share from speakers and attendees means for the future of the industry.
The top 50 UX writing resources of 2020
The UX writing, content design and content strategy communities grew a lot in 2020. We’ve collected the top 50 UX writing resources for you to enjoy.
Microcopy matters: Why everyone on a design team should know how to write
Everyone on a design team should know how to work in Sketch or Figma. So…shouldn’t everyone know how to write microcopy?
Writers of Silicon Valley Podcast: Jessica Ouyang and Jolena Ma transcript
In this episode, Patrick speaks with Jessica and Jolena about their product Ditto, what it means for UX writers and content strategists, how they developed the product, what it’s like going through the Y Combinator process, and where they want to take it.
Writers of Silicon Valley Podcast: Tamara Hilmes transcript
Patrick and Tamara talk about what makes working at Spotify so great, and the skills needed there to succeed and a UX writer.
Writers of Silicon Valley Podcast: Ben Barone-Nugent transcript
In this conversation with Patrick and Ben Barone-Nugent, they cover: what’s it like to work at Netflix, do you succeed as a UX writer / content designer there and much more.
Writers of Silicon Valley Podcast: Andy Welfle and Michael J Metts transcript
In this podcast, Patrick chat with Andy and Michael about their new book “Writing is Designing.”
Writers of Silicon Valley Podcast: Gordon MacRea transcript
Gordon MacRae is an instructional designer, product manager, UX writer, and more. In this podcast, Patrick and Gordon talk about everything to do with hiring UX writers in 2020, and getting hired.