UX writing is interface language: buttons, errors, empty states, and the sentence that tells someone what happens next. Clear words prevent support tickets and abandoned flows.
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Microcopy, error messages, empty states, and the words that help people finish a task.
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Error Message UX
How to write and place error messages that name the problem and the fix, without blaming the user.
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GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Rachel Malic - Content Designer, HMRC</name> · Jun 23, 2026
Designing services for people who’ve lost trust online
Rachel Malic, content designer at HMRC shares how to design to rebuild trust in using public services for people who have been affected by scams.
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Uber Design · Mike Stumpo · Apr 28, 2021
What’s in a name? Introducing Content Design at Uber
Why we’ve changed the job title of our UX Writing team Co-authored with Jaime Walke In 2010, my job title was Content Strategist. At the time, I worked with information architects, interaction designers, graphic designers, web designers, illustrators, animators, and a slew of other talented folks to create digital exp.
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Adam Silver · Jul 12, 2026
Interaction design vs content design vs service design
Last week, Kate Ivey-Williams, the Head of UCD on my programme, asked me: “What do you think your role is as a designer?” I said: “Errr… I design products that are easy to use… errr… I realise that’s a rubbish answer…” Kate saved me: “Don’t worry, I put you on the spot” But even so, as a designer you should be ready t.
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GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Mark Edwards — Head of Design, Customer Experience & Design, Department for Education</name> · Mar 31, 2026
When AI answers the question, what happens to the user journey?
How is AI changing the way people engage with public services online? The DfE team are reflecting on the changes in how people access their services, and thinking about what this means for our practices and ways of working.
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Adam Silver · Jul 1, 2018
Content is the user experience and what the deuce is content design?
When I was making the final edits to Form Design Patterns , I had to attribute this quote: “Content is the user experience” Caroline Jarrett told me it was Ginny Redish, the author of “Letting Go of the Words”. “Job done,” I thought but then my editor asked me for a reference. So I asked Ginny and she said “I don’t th.
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GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Alex Robertson – Lead Content Designer, MOJ</name> · Jun 9, 2026
Updating the skills content designers need in government
The content design skills in the Digital and Data Capability Framework were updated at the end of May. This post sets out what's changed and why, and how members of the content community came together to work on it.
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