UX Writing Weekly #219

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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍️

Issue #219 (Jan 18th, 2023)

Incorporating ChatGPT
Better resume designs
The two-word microcopy we deserve
FREE event tomorrow!

ARTICLES 🗞

🤖 Yep, another article about ChatGPT. Wait! Before you keep scrolling, give this one a chance. It has practical info about how to incorporate ChatGPT into your UX writing practice: writing prompts, alt texts, and other uses.

Will it replace you? No. Should you learn to leverage it? Yeppers.

ChatGPT Prompts: How to use ChatGPT as a UX writer

📄 Yael Ben David, author of The Business of UX Writing, shows us how to apply UX writing best practices when laying out your resume. This article is quick as it is useful.

Your resume is content design

🌴 Some of the most important skills a UX writer could have can’t be taught in a classroom or textbook. Sarah Walls shares five lessons she learned from a life of travel.

UX Writing for Travelers: 5 Lessons I Learned

MICROCOPY BITE 💬

Two simple words that most of us would like to see more often.

PILLARS OF COMMUNITY 🏛

Community answers to trending topics. Join the conversations below.

UPSKILL: EVENTS & RECORDINGS 📚

Free UX Writing event:

Tomorrow, January 19th, join Emerson Schroeter of Hello Fresh and explore the basics of accessibility (the super practical aspect of inclusion that has clear application in UX writing) with practical examples and resources.

Inclusive UX Writing: Beyond the Basics

Free live workshop:

The Figma Happy Hour is back! Join us Monday, Feb. 6th, and sharpen your skills in this free live workshop. Spaces fill up fast, so sign up now.

Figma happy hour #4

Event recording:

If you missed our latest event, no worries—check out the recording.

Generative AI for Writers in
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PORTFOLIO 🖌

Andy McKendry is a senior UX writer at Pollen.co, but formerly worked at Booking.com. Check out his sleek, single-page portfolio site.

https://andymckendrycontent.com

JOBS 💼

Join one of the most well-established teams in the business as a UX Writer at Booking.com in the Organic Marketing department. You’ll be part of a close-knit
community made up of more than 60 writers!

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THIS WEEK IN AI 🤖

Board of DALL-E? Meet VALL-E, Microsoft’s voice cloning AI that can clone a voice from just a three-second sample.

But VALL-E isn’t the only voice AI out there—hardly. For example, check out Murf AI, a text-to-speech app that makes studio-quality voiceovers in minutes. (So if you thought of becoming a voiceover artist to future-proof your
career, well, nice try.)