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Making a clean, polished product is great, but a product is only as useful as its user’s ability to use it. Your product may be the most beautiful thing that the Internet has laid eyes upon,...

User testing is the backbone of a user-centered design process. Without it, a product or feature will likely not be as good as it could or should be.

If you’ve worked on a project that includes a prototype built in Adobe XD, you’ve probably received a link like this: https://xd.adobe.com/view/03b1317d-e479-43b9-7c5f-8e291ed15d40-7580/

UX is a hot topic in the tech world today, and there are many resources available to learn about the methods and specifics of UX (this site being one of them).

Russell Allred is a well-respected Service Manager at the Office of Information Technology. He has worked here for 23 years and helps to manage various products and services that the OIT provides. In recent years, he has worked with the UX team on the Educator platform that covers the Advanced Programs in the Department of Education at BYU.

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking entertainment but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover principles of cohesion, coherence, and emphasis as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking to be entertained but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover the principles of correctness, characters, and actions as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.  

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking entertainment but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover the principles of word choice and concision as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.