tools for your trade
here’s a collection of tools, techniques, workshops, and ideas that i’ve crafted over the years. i hope you find some bits of inspiration and guidance here.
workshops with the UX Content Collective
elevating product experience through tone
create deep, nuanced shades of tone that accommodate a product’s end-to-end experiences
explore the gradation between and beyond the hallmark tone definitions of polite, helpful, friendly, supportive, etc.
assess the sonic qualities within units of language
study poetic prose to find hidden meanings, implications, and associations within product content
effectively communicate ideas and rationale about tone of voice
incorporate tone considerations into conversational experiences like chatbots and voice interactions
advanced Figma techniques for content designers
learn to enhance your team's work and impact through content-first practices in Figma.
"This was an excellent session. It's already helped me work faster and smarter, and be a better collaborator with my product design counterparts. Thank you!"
Danielle Vargas
UX Writer at The New Yorker
video collections
Figma techniques for content design (6 videos)
ideas about content design (4 videos)
tools, techniques, and frameworks (8 videos)
devices and frameworks
a content heuristics scorecard
UX writing notepad
content variants template
content comprehension prototype
content option sharing prototype
text volume plugin
the elevator chat content design workshop template
writing about content design
Accessible content design for emojis UX Content Collective (November 2021)
How we built a text measurement tool at Chime Design @ Chime (November 2021)
The content design interview-getter: A Chime case study Bootcamp (October 2021)
Getting started with growth content design UX Content Collective (December 2020)
Error-state stasis: A quick visit to the syntax of an error message UX Collective (August 2020)
The microcopyist: Cancellation, confirmation, conflagration UX Collective (February 2018)
The 197,000 year-old trick to writing Springboard (October 2017)
When copy loves itself too much UX Collective (September 2017)
fiction
Subfloor X-R-A-Y (February 2020)
Exactly like her Riggwelter Press (September 2020)
Taco Bank The Daily Drunk (November 2020)
Had to be egg Variety Pack (February 2021)
I was 50 miles south on 101 (mac)ro(mic) February 2021
Into the fold Oyez Review (April 2021)
nonfiction
Oakfall (Autofocus 2021)
the end
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