UX Writing Weekly #189

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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍

Issue #189 (June 22nd, 2022)

UX collaboration
Spice up your headlines
UX tips: from Muhammad Ali to Frank Zappa
Everybody gets an apostrophe!

ARTICLES 🗞

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A writer, designer, and researcher walk into a ~~bar~~ product team meeting. Will they collaborate in harmony or be at each other’s throats? Indeed’s Tara, Alissa, and Anita give you their perspectives on successful cross-discipline UX collaboration.

How to Collaborate Across Teams Without Losing Your Mind

🖊️ Looking to add a little viral juice to your article headlines? Spice things up with these five strategies from some of Medium’s top writers.

5 Majestic Headline Secrets from Medium’s Most Viral Writers

🥊🎸 Who doesn’t love a good A–Z list, especially one with famous quotes turned into UX advice? Ali, Bowie, Churchill, and all the way to Zappa.

Design wisdom: from Ali to Zappa

MICROCOPY BITE 💬

Back in January, we featured the microcopy below from the messaging app Signal.

But Signal has now updated this text:

Now the question is, was there an increase in conversions?

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Community answers to trending topics. Join the conversations below.

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