Catch up with the world of digital communications with these great reads, infographics and videos. Our autumn roundup covers industry insight and market trends. We read and repost our bookmarks so you can quickly get up to date with what’s happening in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, plain language, user experience, metadata, content and techcomm.
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Plain language
- Social site terms tougher than Dickens (BBC)
- Plain Language Contracts On The Rise (Forbes)
- Plain-Language Summaries: A Vital Ingredient In Knowledge Translation (Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research)
- You’ve Probably Seen An Emergency Alert On Your Phone. But Did You Notice How It Was Worded? (Good)
Content – creation, strategy, sharing
- Ask Yourself: Will Anyone Care About This Content? (Brain Traffic)
- 36 of the Best Content Writing Tools for Content Writers (Shane Barker)
- The secret of creating content (Digital Leadership Associates)
- How to Make Your Content Stand Out in a Crowded, Global Marketplace (Content Marketing Institute)
- Content strategy with cartoons for a software startup (Snowball)
User experience (UX) and usability
- UK Government design principles (Gov.uk)
- How to Change Your Career from Graphic Design to UX Design (Interaction Design)
- Don’t Make Me Think – Key Learning Points for UX Design for the Web (Interaction Design)
- Writing is a Designer’s ‘Unicorn Skill’ (UX Planet)
- How to Choose the Right UX Metrics for Your Product (Telepathy)
Metadata
- Taxonomies in Information Science (Taxodiary)
- Metadata: What It Is and Why It Matters (Spotify)
- Importance of Metadata in a Big Data World (Data Science Central)
Techcomm
- Readability Score – Pros & Cons (ClickHelp)
- What is text analytics? (iPerceptions)
- Interview with a User Instructions Entrepreneur (Firehead)
Augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR)
- How Mixed Reality Turns Firstline Workers Into Change Agents (Forbes)
- Augmented reality business card (via Twitter)
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning
- Google ponders the shortcomings of machine learning (ZDnet)
- What is Deep Learning? (Skymind/YouTube)
- How to Make a Robot Use Theory of Mind (Scientific American)
- Data science deconstructed (Infographic via Twitter)
Skills training and recruitment trends
- AI Guru Andrew Ng on the Job Market of Tomorrow (Wall Street Journal)
- Digital communications training courses and classes enrolling now (Firehead)
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CJ Walker
