UX Writing Weekly #59

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Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design—probably two of my favorite books on these topics.


Recently, I spoke with her about the gap that exists today between research and conversational design.

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We’re super happy to be continuing our collaboration with CareerFoundry and have just published another article on their excellent blog. We examine some of the top UX writing trends to watch out for in 2020.


We’re super happy to be continuing our collaboration with CareerFoundry and have just published another article on their excellent blog. We examine some of the top UX writing trends to watch out for in 2020.


Maybe we’re preaching to the choir here, but copy can be the make-or-break factor in your user experience. When it comes to users, if you confuse ‘em, you lose ‘em. So here are 6 tips for turning plain ol’ words into well-crafted communication.


Focus groups have long been a popular tool in market research and are becoming more popular in user research as well. So if you need to conduct a focus group, this article will get you going.


We love Airtable. We love Figma. But we really love community member Stefan Brorda for developing an awesome feature that allows you to sync strings from Airtable to your Figma designs!


Need a good holiday read? Check out Anna Dahlström’s practical and foxy guide that demonstrates “how the anatomy of a great story can make a difference in product design.”

We all love honest microcopy—perhaps even overly honest microcopy 😂
Thank you Darliza Drjn for sharing

 
Moritz Oesterlau is a product/UX Designer with five years experience conceptualizing and crafting digital products. His portfolio is so cool that Ran Segall of Flux created a video review of it.

https://www.moritzoesterlau.de/


 
Fiver is still hiring in Tel Aviv, so don’t miss this opportunity.

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