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Welcome to issue #17: Bot Personalities and What is UX Writing? — the 3 sections are:

4 on UX Writing
3 from the Publication
4 for Prototyping

Enjoy!

🖊 4 on UX Writing

Should you build a writing habit? We saw a lot on UX Writing this week… what is it? These 4 can get you started:

1. Why Designers Should Start Writing More

Alana Brajdic 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:

Why Designers Should Start Writing More

2. Writing for UX: Some practical tips

Anjana Menon provides us with ten useful tips to keep in mind when writing for user experience, from clarity all the way through to inclusiveness:

Writing for UX: Some practical tips

3. What is a UX Writer? | uxwriter.cc

What is ‘UX Writing’ and is it for you? UXWriter.cc run us through the emergence of UX writing, providing a few examples of good microcopy”

What is a UX Writer?

4. Test with Real Content, Not Lorem Ipsum

Chaymae Lougmani 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:

Why Testing with Real Content Is Better Than Lorem Ipsum

🚀 3 from the Publication

From chatbot personalities to login pages, here’s what was new this week:

1. A guide to developing bot personalities.

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. Jess Thoms tells all.

A guide to developing bot personalities.

2. 7 steps to become a UI/UX designer

Nicole Saidy 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.

7 steps to become a UI/UX designer

3. Getting the login page right

Boluwatife Ben-Adeola explores the art to creating good landing pages, and tells us why the familiar designs we see aren’t just based on random decisions.

Getting the login page right

🛠 4 for Prototyping

Here are 4 updates for your toolbox :

1. Prototype Smaller, Prototype Often

Prolific Interactive tell us that instead of trying to articulate incredibly grand designs, it can be more effective to explore smaller, less complete thoughts through prototyping: