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Here’s what we’ve been bookmarking and reading over the past month across the fields of AI, content strategy, techcomm, UX and digital communications recruitment.
UX/design
- What is a UX Writer? (Prototypr.io)
- Example UX docs and deliverables (UX for the Masses)
- 25 book recommendations from women who design (ParrotRead)
Plain language
Content – creation, strategy, sharing
- Why documenting is a better content strategy (Digital Branding Institute)
- 2017 trends survey: Infographic (Data Conversion Laboratory)
Techcomm
Augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR, VR, MR)
- Augmented reality has amazing everyday uses (TrendinTech)
- Future reality: Virtual, augmented and mixed reality primer (Thematic Investing, PDF)
- 3 Real world applications of augmented reality (Disruption)
- Breaking down Apple’s new augmented reality platform (The Verge)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- How Alphabet’s AI robot is helping The New York Times replace its public editor (Fast Company)
- Harnessing the power of AI to operate in the 21st century economy (CIO)
- Google is already late to China’s AI revolution (Wired)
- How and why (or why not) to build a chatbot (CMI)
Recruitment and workplace trends
- What Is GitHub and why should your digital team use it? (UpWork)
- Why Generation Z should be included in your content strategy [Infographic] (HubSpot)
- Why the world of work needs linguists (Superlinguo)
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