{"id":1038,"date":"2019-07-08T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2023-03-25T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T08:26:28","slug":"the-evolution-of-ux-writing-with-jared-spool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/the-evolution-of-ux-writing-with-jared-spool\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of UX Writing with Jared Spool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/80e50129-8622-475d-89af-a62c4e0895ff?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this week\u2019s episode of our Writers in Tech podcast, I had the great pleasure of interviewing <\/span><b>an absolute UX legend<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmspool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jared Spool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He\u2019s the mind behind the UX of the personal computer keyboard as we know it, which he designed back in 1978.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After years of following his work at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UIE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his UX podcast \u201cSpoolCast\u201d, I was lucky enough to have him join me for a chat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked about:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The history of UX and of writers in technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UX Writing vs. Technical Writing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UX strategy of a service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research for writers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jared has had a huge influence on my work, so for me it was very exciting to speak with one of the most influential UX personas out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"episode-info-heading\" data-v-20fa75af=\"\" data-v-452109e2=\"\">EPISODE NOTES<\/h2>\n<div data-v-20fa75af=\"\" data-v-452109e2=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UX Strategy with Jared Spool Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uie.fm\/shows\/spoolcast\/steph-hay-designing-with-a-content-first-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designing with a Content-First Approach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.getyourguide.com\/blog\/2019\/6\/4\/ux-writing-meetup-wrap-up-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What we learned at our first UX writing meetup (Get Your Guide event in Berlin)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.typeform.com\/to\/JMa6Pr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How can we make &#8220;Writers in Tech even better (feedback)?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s episode of our Writers in Tech podcast, I had the great pleasure of interviewing an absolute UX legend, Jared Spool. 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