Loremimpsum is a tool. It's a design tool and tools are neutral, but some tools are much more dangerous than others. I think that as UX has evolved so much, even like with sprint processes and stuff like that, like it's less about the visual elements and more about the problem being solved. So if you can make it incredibly clear to everyone on the meeting that what we're doing today is approving the general aesthetic approach to this area because it's going to be too difficult to go back and redo it. You know, I'm again, I'd be very cautious about that, but I think that's doable in the right organization with the right
Scott Kubie shows us how writing is designing with words. He reminds us that someone has to be the writer, and it’s our job to know who that person is. He calls on us to take up the task of writing when nobody else can, and warns of what leaving it till the end will do. He also shares some neat tricks to spur momentum and overcome those intimidating blank pages.
- Why Do We Forget About Writing? (6:30)
- What's Wrong with Lorem Ipsum? (9:36)
- Present the Problem Before the Visuals (12:57)
- Are Designers Expected to Be Writers? (15:55)
- The Rough-In Process (20:08)
- Getting Approval Through Stakeholder Participation (24:11)
- Putting It All Together (30:12)
- IKEA Instructions with Words (37:43)
- Edit Yourself Later (41:49)
- How to Level Up (47:10)
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