#ContentDesign is much more than writing ✍️

https://substack.com/profile/23526467-tom-resing/note/c-39776329?r=e094z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Watch these #Figma techniques for #ContentDesign https://vimeo.com/showcase/9520363 Short videos from Jason Fox

Who we, #ContentDesign, are, continued:
"Our skills and perspectives are unique in our teams, and uniquely enable us to ensure UX content is accurate, actionable, and inclusive for every person—wherever, however, and whenever they need it."
#UXDesign #UserExperience #UserExperienceDesign

Share the #ContentDesign manifesto with your #ProductDesign friends, please!
"We are content designers, shared owners of user experience (UX) design processes. Our job is to design experiences that are clear and meaningful for the people who use them. Clarity and meaning drives business impact for our organizations."

https://thisiscontent.design/

Great case study about one of my favorite sites. How Bookshop.org fulfills its brand promise through user-friendly, community-minded experiences for readers, bookstore managers, and affiliates.

https://www.content-technologist.com/bookshop-brand-voice/ @thecontenttech

#ContentStrategy #ContentDesign #CX

This article about the grammar of captions and subtitles is fascinating:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/guide-visual-language-closed-captions-subtitles-gareth-ford-williams/

#ContentDesign

Nice overview of why PDFs are (usually) wrong for digital content and how to get rid of them: https://mailchi.mp/lapope/persistent-devious-furtive-10-things-about-pdf-content?e=1a47c575dd by @La_pope

#ContentStrategy #ContentDesign #accessibility

Improve your app by improving the language you use. Watch this well-produced 25 minute video by professional UX writers at Apple. Lots of great tips for those who work full time in content design, too!

#ContentDesign #AppDesign #UXWriting

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10037/

@Amy_Hupe considering David's skills and interests, I'd tag this podcast episode with #ContentDesign and #UXWriting, too!

If you're interested in #ContentDesign, please let me know if you'd like me to share Figma templates like this one.
https://www.figma.com/community/file/1264633107052028502

Explore a new feature area with a role-playing exercise.

I created this FigJam template as a tool for leading a group workshop on what we called conversational sketching. Now you can use it, too!

Let me know what you think. I’d like to improve it through your comments.

#Design #Sketching #Figma #ContentDesign #UserExperience

https://www.figma.com/community/file/1264633107052028502/Conversational-sketching-exercise-template

Starting a project tomorrow for a lovely new client. It’ll be short and sweet but I’m excited to be working with them and partnering up with @heydon again.

I still have some availability this month so let me know if you need any:

- content design
- design systems support

#ContentDesign #DesignSystems

Inspired by design leaders demonstrating how design and code intersect, I've written a step by step guide to getting a couple Fluent 2 components from Microsoft's design system running in code on your system. For #ContentDesign, I edit the content in components to try out my designs live. #UXDesign
https://www.tomresing.com/2023/06/30/fluent-design-system-development-for-designers/

It’s so painful deeply caring about #ContentDesign and good #documentation while being absolutely terrible at writing. 😂
Why does it have to be sooo hard. 🥲
When I try writing my #ADHD and #Autism have my brain in a choke hold lmao.

A sign that Figma care about language. This post is 💯 language analysis!

#WordsMatter #ContentDesign #UXWriting

https://www.figma.com/blog/insights-from-config-2023/?mc_cid=fd5523f234&mc_eid=5a61a9965e#yes-the-world-is-on-fire-but-the-mood-is

Le mail kilométrique de Gandi où tu dois TOUT lire pour trouver l'info importante, vraiment... 🙄 #ContentDesign #UXFail

Yesterday on the #NHS 111 online teams' show and tell:
* Applying #UserResearch, #ContentDesign and #InteractionDesign to a proposed new design for our national phone service IVR
* What we're learning by placing a link to 111 online on the NHS App homepage for a subset of users

I’m going to Button.
Chester will stay home.
#ContentDesign #CatsOfMastodon

Last week, I competed in the grownup races at my kid's Sports Day, using my wheelchair.

This blog highlights the lessons from this that can be applied to making any experience more accessible, with some tips at the end for people making websites.

"It’s exhausting for people living with any marginalised identity to be making a political statement every time they want to do a normal, everyday thing."

https://cass-maran.com/accessibility-lessons-from-sports-day/

#accessibility #inclusion #AccessibleContent #ContentDesign

Our next Umbraco #Manchester meetup is in person on July 20th BrightHrManchester; with lightening talks, up to 15 minutes long. If you have an idea for an #ContentDesign, #accessibility, #DevOps or other #Umbraco related topic please let us know here https://sessionize.com/umbraco-manchester-july-2023-lightening/