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Designing like a writer

Designing like a writer

It’s not hard to do good UI writing — so if you’re struggling, you might have a bigger UX problem. This talk explores all the ways language can improve our work. Given at Design Matters in Copenhagen.

Stop searching for the perfect word

Stop searching for the perfect word

What do you do, as a UX writer, when the English language has failed you? This is a quick look at my three go-to strategies, written for the Slack Design blog.

Writing for buttons

Writing for buttons

Inspired by Ray and Charles Eames’ “Powers of Ten,” this top-to-toes study of UX writing starts with the most basic, atomic particle — microcopy — then zooms out. Given at Confab in 2018.

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Designing like a writer
Stop searching for the perfect word
Writing for buttons