We Value Your Privacy (At About $0.50): Dark Patterns in UI Copy
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We Value Your Privacy (At About $0.50): Dark Patterns in UI Copy

Dark patterns were made illegal in 2019, but throughout 2020 and even today, it appears to have lead the relationship between language and design to become even more sneaky and strategic. Shady euphemisms are employed to trick users into handing over personal data, and manipulative descriptions continue to deceive users.

Graeme Fulton

UX Writing Toolbox

What No One Explains About the Design Process
UX

What No One Explains About the Design Process

The UX industry puts a lot of emphasis on process. As a result, we have questions like: Where do I start on a new project? How do I know what to do next? Which process should I learn?

Jordan Bowman

Documenting is designing: How documentation drives better design outcomes
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Documenting is designing: How documentation drives better design outcomes

It was the early stages of a new design project, and I was working on a task flow diagram when a colleague asked me about it. “You’re doing that now? I normally wait until the end of the project.”

Heidi Adkisson

4 Common UX Writing Mistakes that Ruin Customer Experience
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4 Common UX Writing Mistakes that Ruin Customer Experience

UX writing might be the reason your product is failing. Here are 4 common UX writing mistakes that ruin customer experience.

Kristin Savage

What else do UX writers do besides write?
UX Writing

What else do UX writers do besides write?

Secret’s out! Writing isn’t all we do.


Don’t get me wrong, we write and re-write a lot</

Clarizza Fernandez