#DesignSystem folks:

How many of you have dedicated writers on the team?

How many need one?

Asking for a friend. ✍️

#ContentDesign #DesignSystems #UXWriting

This week's Voice Mail gets into what I think this whole "voice" thing is really about.

(It ain't words.)

Also: The history book has me enthralled (and laughing out loud) right now, the thing about values (and honor, and other funny old words), and your weekly personal one-song dance party. Bring a friend.

https://www.bethdunn.com/voice-mail-8-let-it-go

#ContentDesign #UXWriting #Newsletter #Voice

@marcoarment @stern As an older version of these guidelines once said:

> “In the same way that it’s best to work with a professional graphical designer on the icons and images in your app, it’s best to work with a professional writer on your app’s user-visible text.”

So good to see #UXWriting and #ContentDesign getting more attention lately.

This week in Voice Mail, my weekly newsletter for writers, content designers, and other weirdos, we're making meringues, designing software for night owls, and singing loud & lusty duets.

Don't forget to subscribe.

https://www.bethdunn.com/voice-mail-making-meringues

#ContentDesign #Writing #Creativity #NightOwl #VoiceMail

Small stories, big stories, user stories, #brand stories, and how to make sense of it all. Plus some killer dance moves, my college nickname, and your devastating charm. All in this week's newsletter. Get it while it's hot. https://www.bethdunn.com/voice-mail-4-do-what-you-wanna

#ContentDesign #UX #Writing

#Introduction 👋 Hi there, I’m Roger.
You look familiar. Nice to see you here.

✍️ I fix words in apps and I’m available for hire.

Ping me if you need help with UI copy, #UXWriting, or #ContentDesign processes — or boost this if you know someone who does.

If you're part of my #ContentDesign community, maybe you know, but I'm kicking off a new weekly newsletter this week and I'd love it if you were there.

It's called Voice Mail, it's free, and it's about #writing, #words, and finding your #voice. Your product's voice. Your company's voice. That little voice inside you that keeps insisting there's so much more you could do.

Voice Mail. This Friday. Please join me. And tell all your friends.

Here's how to subscribe: https://www.bethdunn.com/subscribe

#ContentStrategy and #ContentDesign friends: do you have a content deletion strategy? Do you know of any that are available for looking at online?

Or any useful articles or guidance?

Many thanks!

Does one administer a server, or does one administrate a server?

Administer is older and more popular, but can be confused with, e.g., adminstering a medicine. Administer a server = giving a server to someone??

Administrate is not exactly new (been around since 17th century) and is less ambiguous, but always sounds/sounds a bit like error.

Objectively, I want to err with clarity over tradition. But I don't know. Thoughts?

#words #English #content #ContentDesign #microcopy #ContentStrategy

#Introduction time: Folks I know (and some I don't! Hello!) are already finding me here, which is amazing and exciting and bewildering, a bit. Teach me your ways.

I #write (and #read) for fun (#regencyromance, #historicalfiction, #history) and profit (I wrote Cultivating Content Design, and #ContentDesign is what I do). I #run, but not fast. I hang out with my #cats. I #knit quite a lot.

#vegan #runner #garden #nodig #romancelandia #UX #UXWriting #caturday #knitting #writing #books

@resing Does Microsoft have a definition of #ContentDesign anywhere? How does it compare to the GDS definition?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design