😱 Racing heart, sweaty palms, and a chill down your spine. You inch closer, mustering the courage to peer over the edge and gaze into… the abyss. (DUN DUN DUUUUN!!!)
And just what’s inside said abyss? Something truly frightening—legacy copy! But fear not! UXWA friend and mentor Bala Meenakshisundaram will set you up with a game plan for when the abyss gazes back at you.
🧩 OK word nerds—or should I say Wordle nerds? Turns out there are some fascinating and useful psychological lessons behind everybody’s favorite new word game.
🗣 New to the field? If you haven’t yet learned the modern and now largely accepted approach to voice & tone in UX/UI copy, this no-frills article will give you the basics.
If you had trouble parsing the headline in this modal, there’s a reason. Having the verbs confirm and discard together like that will give many readers a sort of mental processing error. Might this be some legacy copy in Gmail’s settings?
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UPSKILL: LIVE EVENTS & MORE 📚
On Thursday, April 14th, join Neil Osman of Wix for a free live event. Get useful tips on crafting engaging experiences for screen reader users and why web semantics is essential for content UXers in general.
Stellar opportunity for a Sr. UX writer on Amazon’s Word & Voice Design Team. (USA/Canada)
Faethm is an augmented analytics platform that provides scenario-driven predictive analytics on the impact of external trends on the workforce. Easy, right? They’re looking for a content
designer in Sydney.
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