UX Writing Weekly #210

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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍️


Issue #210 (Nov 16th, 2022)

ARTICLES 🗞

You may be familiar with NN/g ten usability heuristics: things like system status visibility, user control and freedom, and error prevention. But do they relate to UX writing? Of course they do. 


Here are some examples of how to apply these heuristics to your practice.


10 Design Heuristics in UX Writing

🚀 User-centered design—it’s a no-brainer, right? Right? Take a step back from focusing on personas for a look at problem-centered design and vaporize planets along the way. 


How user-centered design might be holding you back


People say they want a lot of options, but do they really? Perhaps they want others to help them make decisions. Here are some useful psychological insights for product design.


Decisions. Decisions.



MICROCOPY BITE 💬

Love the scannability on this Zoom pop-up—the headline and buttons alone get the job done.

But what about "Got it" on a button? (More on that below.)

PILLARS OF COMMUNITY 🏛

Community answers to trending topics. Join the conversations below.

UPSKILL: FIGMA COURSE & LIVE EVENT 📚


Free live event (tomorrow):


In 200 meters, you’ll arrive at UX Copy Rd. for a special event with Yossi Nachemi, a UX Writer at Waze!


He’ll be helping us all take better care of our copy after it’s been released into the wild. 


Join us tomorrow, November 17th, for this exclusive live event. 


Don't forget to be good! Track and evaluate your copy

PORTFOLIO 🖌


What if your portfolio was more than a portfolio—what if it was an agency? Anna Wittel and Andrew Perkinson, two strategists and writers in Richmond, specialize in UX copy, strategy, branding, and more.


https://www.mutti.co/

JOBS 💼


Meet UXDStorytellers—a small UX/UI design studio with solid product expertise from Boston, MA, but operating fully online. If you’ve got solid writing chops, a love for UX, and an understanding of startup growing pains, talk to Rita at: [email protected]


Achtung Deutschsprachige! (Blame Google translate if that doesn’t make sense.)

Kaufland is looking for a Junior UX-Copywriter (Köln / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Remote)


 More positions on the job board:

COOL TOOLS 🔧


If you need to name a business or just get some branding inspiration, check out Namelix: short, brandable business names generated with AI. Fun stuff!


https://namelix.com

VOX POPULI 🗣️


Join our online communities, and take part in the discussions and debates that are shaping the field.


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