☄️ … an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula … innumerable stars of many sizes … wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below …
From whence cometh this galactic poetry, ye ask? Why from NASA, of course!
The text above comes from the alt text of an image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Read about the team and process behind these next-level alt texts that help bring the beauty of space to all.
🙋 How does your team handle content and copy requests? Randomly through Slack and email? It’s time for an internal system. See how big-name teams are doing it.
😱 Teamwork makes the dream work, or so we’ve been told by many a meme. But what are some of the things that can derail your product team and kill the dream?
How should we handle error messages when we don’t know what’s causing the error? Grammarly manages to give users options despite the unknown cause. Nice use of commas, too 😉
PILLARS OF COMMUNITY 🏛
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UPSKILL: LIVE EVENTS & MORE 📚
Podcast:
Anthony Shore names things … for a living! As the founder of Operative Words, he’s introduced over 250 product and company names to the world over his 30-year career. We cover:
His journey from linguist to typesetting to tech writing
How computational linguistics tools can enhance the writing process
What it was like to be a UX writer in the 1990s
Best practices for naming new products and features
Don’t miss one of the most interesting and unique episodes of Writers in Tech!
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