Useful links for digital communicators (Jan 2018)

Welcome to our latest roundup of interesting reads covering industry insight and market trends in the field of digital communications.

In our January bookmarks, there are plenty of trends post, plus we highlight some interesting reads in artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, plain language, user experience, content and techcomm.

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Plain language

• 5 Steps to simplifying language in research communication (Editage Insights)
• Words journalists write that no one ever says (Poynter)
• TechWhirl Fast 5: Understanding Plain Language and Simplified Technical English (TechWhirl)

Content – creation, strategy, sharing

• What Makes Visual Content Go Viral? (Convince & Convert)
• Should You Publish Content on a Company Blog or Medium? (Search Engine Journal)
• 10 Content Curation Tools Every Marketer Needs (Hubspot)
• The Art of Content Curation and Making it Work for Your Brand (Crackerjack Marketing)
• Why Generation Z Should Be Included in Your Content Strategy – Infographic (Hubspot)

User experience (UX) and usability

• 18 Designers Predict UI/UX Trends for 2018 (Figma)
• Top 5 Graphic Design Trends in 2018 (Prototypr)
• Swimming into the Depths of User Experience with Mike Atherton (Teodora Petkova)
• The best Slack groups for UX designers (UX Collective)

Techcomm

• 7 deadly sins of documentation (Open Source)
• Techcomm Term of the Week: Indexing (Ray Gallon)
• Using Design Thinking When Creating User Assistance (TechWhirl)

Augmented reality (AR)

• 5 practical ways AR can be used in business today (CIO)

Artificial intelligence (AI)

• Smart Moderation Uses Machine Learning to Automatically Moderate Comments Across Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube (Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute)
• Why Your Company Needs Data Translators (MIT Sloan)
• Top 10 Technology Trends for 2018: IEEE Computer Society Predicts the Future of Tech (IOT News)
• Artificial intelligence is going to completely change your life (World Economic Forum)
• What AI Can Now Do Is Remarkable—But How It’s Learning Is More Significant (Singularity Hub)
• How massive data growth is good for AI (and a problem) (VentureBeat)

Workplace strategies

• The Difference Between Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile (Steve Glaveski/LinkedIn)

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