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<h4>Welcome to issue #17: Bot Personalities and What is UX Writing? — the 3 sections are:</h4>
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<li>4 on UX Writing</li>
<li>3 from the Publication</li>
<li>4 for Prototyping</li>
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<p>Enjoy!</p>
<h3>🖊 4 on UX Writing</h3>
<p><em>Should you build a writing habit? We saw a lot on UX Writing this week… what is it? These 4 can get you started:</em></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKrfSy">1. Why Designers Should Start Writing More</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0c5vs">Alana Brajdic</a> runs us through the many career benefits you’ll get from writing as a designer. From revealing your thoughts to connecting with the design community:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKrfSy"><img alt="" src="http://ift.tt/2rKL2Bt"></a><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKrfSy">Why Designers Should Start Writing More</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0lKST">2. Writing for UX: Some practical tips</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2pcCxMY">Anjana Menon</a> provides us with ten useful tips to keep in mind when writing for user experience, from clarity all the way through to inclusiveness:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0lKST"><img alt="" src="http://ift.tt/2qZQBPz"></a><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0lKST">Writing for UX: Some practical tips</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKH9fL">3. What is a UX Writer? | uxwriter.cc</a></h4>
<p>What is ‘UX Writing’ and is it for you? <a href="http://ift.tt/2r0KkTx">UXWriter.cc</a> run us through the emergence of UX writing, providing a few examples of good microcopy”</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKH9fL">What is a UX Writer?</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKrgWC">4. Test with Real Content, Not Lorem Ipsum</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0uRTv">Chaymae Lougmani</a> tells us to stop using Lorum Ipsum. She explains how using real content can help us to think more about the message we want to communicate to users:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKEtPt">Why Testing with Real Content Is Better Than Lorem Ipsum</a></p>
<h3>🚀 3 from the Publication</h3>
<p><em>From chatbot personalities to login pages, here’s what was new this week:</em></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0h53j">1. A guide to developing bot personalities.</a></h4>
<p>Conversational interfaces have reduced user experience down to a few lines of text. With bots, UX becomes conversational, products talk back, and persona’s now go both ways. Every bot has a voice — which means every bot needs a personality. <a href="http://ift.tt/2rKL3Fx">Jess Thoms</a> tells all.</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0h53j"><img alt="" src="http://ift.tt/2r0C7yL"></a><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0h53j">A guide to developing bot personalities.</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKSJI5">2. 7 steps to become a UI/UX designer</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0jaMA">Nicole Saidy</a> provides insight into how to get more into design whether you’re a programmer, marketing manager, social media strategist or just want to know more about design.</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r8pujN">7 steps to become a UI/UX designer</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0snnY">3. Getting the login page right</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKAXoh">Boluwatife Ben-Adeola</a> explores the art to creating good landing pages, and tells us why the familiar designs we see aren’t just based on random decisions.</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2reEmxk">Getting the login page right</a></p>
<h3>🛠 4 for Prototyping</h3>
<p><em>Here are 4 updates for your toolbox :</em></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKGwTv">1. Prototype Smaller, Prototype Often</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0M3Ir">Prolific Interactive</a> tell us that instead of trying to articulate incredibly grand designs, it can be more effective to explore smaller, less complete thoughts through prototyping:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKGwTv"><img alt="" src="http://ift.tt/2rKy1rN"></a><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKGwTv">Prototype Smaller, Prototype Often</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0sEYk">2. Meet <em>Framer</em>’s New Design Tool</a></h4>
<p><em>Framer</em> have created a new design tool engineered for interaction work. Draw &amp; create layouts in <em>Framer</em>, then switch to Code to add interaction.</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0sEYk"><img alt="" src="http://ift.tt/2rKKmvU"></a><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0sEYk">Meet <em>Framer</em>’s New Design Tool</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0c5LY">3. Simply beautiful open source icons</a></h4>
<p>Here’s a bunch of open source icons you can use with your prototypes, <a href="http://ift.tt/2rKyMAS">made with ❤ by </a><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0bSZo">Cole Bemis</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0c5LY">Feather &#8211; Simply beautiful open source icons</a></p>
<h4><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKT5OD">4. Why consider switching to <em>Figma</em></a></h4>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2r0BLIg">Vlad Ponomarenko</a> gives us 16 reasons to drop using Sketch and start working in <em>Figma:</em></p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2qkecFZ">Why your design team should consider switching to Figma</a></p>
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<h3>🔥 More Links this Week</h3>
<p><em>More links worth your time this week:</em></p>
<p>By <a href="http://ift.tt/2r0j0oh">Natasha Hockey</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2qIEv8c">Pattern Libraries</a></p>
<p>By <a href="http://ift.tt/2rKzAG4">Sophia Voychehovski</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2sbrPYv">The Object-Oriented User</a></p>
<p>By <a href="http://ift.tt/2rsvHrQ">Renato Castelo</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rqyuC5">Who is taking care of designing reality?</a></p>
<p>By <a href="http://ift.tt/2rKnGfu">Alex Alexakis</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rL9LYH">How to Become a Better Product Storyteller</a></p>
<p>By <a href="http://ift.tt/2gR47fa">Jon Moore</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rSDgrA">5 Little Feature Requests from a Sketch Power User</a></p>
<p>By John Gruber:</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2rKzA92">Daring Fireball: Fuck Facebook</a></p>
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