The Interface

Welcome to The Interface! A monthly, can't-miss chat with the UX Content Collective crew, and friends.

Adobe acquired Figma for US $20 billion, roughly half cash, half stock. The news has put the tech industry, and the content design community, into a tailspin. Some are worried that this acquisition could mean an end to the free tier...arguably one of the biggest tools that put UX writers "in the room". Is Adobe going to kill it?

News at the top of the episode:

• Buy tickets to the Button conference in October
• The last ever Confab takes place next year
• Roy West is looking for a UX writer at Apple
• Content Rookie pod
• Candi Williams and UX equity learning

Thanks to Scott and Carol for joining!

Scott's links:

• Website
• Contact Scott
• Scott's Content Career Accelerator

Carol's links:

• Work at ServiceNow as a content designer

Welcome to The Interface! A monthly, can't-miss chat with the UX Content Collective crew, and friends.

Do you need a content design portfolio? Do they stop disadvantaged people from getting jobs? What if you don't have time to make or update one...and do they really matter all that much? All that and more in today's episode.

Resources discussed:

• Scott Kubie's content.events
• UX Writer's Guide to Figma
• State of UX in 2022
• How Firefox Updated Content Design with Figma
• Button Conference

JOIN OUR FIGMA WORKSHOPS!

• Advanced Figma: August 22
• Intro to Figma: September 7
• Advanced Figma: September 19

Featured on this podcast:

Patrick Stafford, Co-founder and COO of UX Content Collective

Daree Allen-Nieves

Daree Allen Nieves is an award-winning technical writer, UX writer, speaker, podcaster, voice actor, and author in Virginia. She has volunteered, freelanced & contracted her writing talents for over 20 years with various companies, including the UX Content Collective.

She's also written three personal development books (2 for youth), and started the personal development podcast "Kickin' it with Daree" in 2015. And as a voice actor, Daree narrates corporate & explainer videos, commercials, and training courses.

Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/dareeallen Voiceover: https://DareeVoiceover.com Podcast & personal dev freebies: http://KickinitwithDaree.com/resources/

Cara Lam

Cara is a content designer at Instagram and loves to blog on the side. She's based in New York City but has also spent slices of her life in Hong Kong, Australia, Los Angeles, and Japan.

When she's not writing, you'll find her hiking in national parks and planning for the next roadtrip. Occasionally, she organizes workshops and teaches different aspects of UX writing. It's her passion to share her journey and knowledge with people who are looking for a career in content design.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-lam/ Blog: https://thecaradventures.wordpress.com/

Welcome to The Interface! A monthly, can't-miss chat with the UX Content Collective crew, and friends. First up: a decade-long bull run is coming to an end in tech with plenty of layoffs. But is it hitting UX writers? And if it does, how can you make sure your job is safe? The crew have a chat about what you can do to insulate yourself.

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Button Conference
• Figjam
• WWDC UI text chat
• Spotify blog
• User Testing podcast with Bobbie Wood

Featured on this podcast:

• Bobbie Wood, Founder and CEO of UX Content Collective
• Patrick Stafford, Co-founder and COO of UX Content Collective
• Gordon MacRae, Head of Learning at UX Content Collective
• Katie Szymanski, Head of Marketing at UX Content Collective