Writers of Silicon Valley

Get 25% off courses, workshops, and bundles at UX Content Collective ! Ends May 29.  IT'S A "BEST OF" SERIES! We're digging back into the archives and resurfacing some of the best episodes of the Writers of Silicon Valley podcast i the conversations that have held up, and in some cases gotten more relevant since they first aired. This one's with Chelsea Larsson. She currently leads content design...

🎧 Start listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, subscribe on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get 20% off workshops and courses at UX Content Collective. For content designers who want to upgrade their thinking, check out  Advanced UX Content for Product .  Oleksii Tkachenko has worked across software engineering, UX, and content design, which makes him unusually well-positioned to talk...

🎧 Start listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, subscribe on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get 20% off workshops and courses at UX Content Collective. For content designers who want to upgrade their thinking, check out Advanced UX Content for Product .  Adedayo Agarau is a poet, a Stanford Wallace Stegner Fellow, and a content designer who has worked on AI search at Google and on Grok...

Want to learn how to use AI to build with other content designers? Join the  Content Design AI Accelerator . Applications open until January 30. Why wearable tech will change content design Smart glasses and wearable devices have been "just around the corner" for years. But quietly, that's starting to change. In this episode, I speak with Carly Gray, a content designer who's spent years working on...

THANK YOU FOR 50 EPISODES!  This is the 50th episode of Writers of Silicon Valley. Thank you for listening all this time - through my bad editing skills, a three year break, and me saying "absolutely" a lot.  It means so much that you'd tune in once, let alone 50 times. So thank you :)  As an extra 'thank you' I'm offering 35% off Advanced UX Content for Product at UX Content Collective. Use PODCA...

👉 Get up to 35% off everything at UX Content Collective until December 16! It's the end of the year, which means it's time for a little reflection.  I've picked 5 clips from the most popular episodes of the year. Have a wonderful end of the year / holiday season, and I'll see you all in 2026. Any suggestions, interview ideas? Hit me up at patrick@uxcontent.com.

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Buy Margo's book, "Good Job", at her website 👉 Our new course,  Advanced UX Content for Product , is out! Use PODCAST20 to get 20% off. 👉 Sign up to our  UX writing newsletters How to ace your design interview Interviews are horrible. No one likes them. But does it have to be that way? Margo Stern's new book, Good Job, takes on design interview...

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Our new course,  Advanced UX Content for Product , is out! Use PODCAST20 to get 20% off. 👉 Sign up to our UX writing newsletters Ditto 2.0 is here, and wants you to rethink product content Five years ago, Ditto launched as one of the first tools built specifically for managing product copy at scale. Now? It's powering content systems for some of...

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Our new course,  Advanced UX Content for Product , is out! Use PODCAST20 to get 20% off. Should content designers care about "vibe coding"? AI prototyping has taken the design world by storm. Replit, Cursor, Lovable, Figma Make...all of them are certainly very cool. But do they actually change the way we design? And if they do, should we even car...

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Our new course,  Advanced UX Content for Product , is out! Use PODCAST20 to get 20% off. 👉 Check out the Content Design Salary Survey When words make or break the player experience Most content designers work in apps, websites, and services. But what happens when your product is a massive open-world RPG or a competitive shooter? In this episode,...

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Our new course, Advanced UX Content for Product , is available for preorder. Order and get 25% off, plus 30% off another course or workshop. 👉 Get 25% off all courses and workshops at UX Content Collective Navigate AI with clarity, not panic There's a lot of noise about AI right now. It's going to replace us. It's going to revolutionize everythi...

Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 ATTEND OUR MAJOR COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT ON MAY 6. REGISTER HERE .  👉 Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective with PODCAST20. Staying hopeful, getting hired, and embracing the hustle The job market for content designers hasn't been easy—and it's even harder when you're trying to break into the field for the first time. But if ther...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Get 25% off courses and workshops through April 6, 2025 at UX Content Collective .  👉 Check out  Victor's Substack, Footbridge 👉 Victor's piece on content design that sparked this conversation Rethinking influence, resentment, and the future of content design It's easy (and often correct) to blame external...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! 👉 Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective . Just use the code PODCAST20 at checkout. 👉 Check out " Articulating Design Decisions " Mastering the art of defending your designs As a content designer, you've probably been asked, "Why did you use that word?" or "Why does this need to change?" De...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective . Just use the code PODCAST20 at checkout. The rise of UX writing in India UX writing is still a young discipline in India, but it's growing—fast. In this episode, Sidika Sehgal shares what's happening on the ground: the demand for UX writers, why hiring i...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective . Just use the code PODCAST20 at checkout. From layoff to leadership: How Cara Lam rebuilt her career Getting laid off is tough—but for content designers on work visas, it can feel like everything is on the line. When Cara Lam lost her job at Instagram dur...

Listen on : Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?  Please leave a review! Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective. Just use the code PODCAST20. Burnout isn't just a buzzword—it's a reality for many of us working in UX and tech. The long hours, the shifting priorities, the constant pressure to prove our value… it all adds up. And if you're not careful, it can take...

Listen on : Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?  Please leave a review! Get 20% off courses and workshops at UX Content Collective. Just use the code PODCAST20. Content design has some growing up to do. Whether it's the things we talk about at conferences, or even the aspects of our job that we *think* are important (but really aren't), we need to see some change. Dave Connis, Lea...

Listen on : Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?  Please leave a review! We're proud to announce Maring's new course at UX Content Collective: Fundamentals of Support Content . Get it now for 25% off!  If you've ever found yourself frustrated by terrible help center content, you're not alone. Most of it sucks. But why? That's why I'm excited to share this conversation with Maring E...

Listen on : Apple Podcasts | Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast? Please leave a review! Canva is a true (Aussie) tech success story, and the content design practice there is no small reason why.  One of the people leading that practice is Sally, Head of Content Design at Canva. Sally and I dive into how Canva has built one of the strongest content design practices in the world, why leadership is abo...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?   Please leave a review !  A few weeks ago I made a post on LinkedIn that caused a little bit of a stir. I said that content designers need to do more in considering how content supports the greater product ecosystem...and why that lack of curiosity might be holding them back. In essence, I was asking: which is more important - product or...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?   Please leave a review !  Having trouble letting go? Deiadora Blanche (Airbnb, Coursera) can help.  In this episode, we dive deep into the idea of ego detachment — letting go of personal attachment to the work we do. Deiadora shares her journey from business consulting to content strategy, and how she's learned to balance personal growth...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?   Please leave a review !  Vidhika Bansal might win the award for the most positive Twitter timeline . Just reading her tweets makes your entire day better. But Vidhika's talents go far beyond nice social media posts. Her intense interest and focus on human behaviour and user research make her one of the most thoughtful and fascinating pe...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?   Please leave a review !  Larry Swanson might be one of the most knowledgeable and friendly people in content design and content strategy. Every time you speak to him, he's full of joy and passion about the craft. Not just that - he's probably one of the most intelligent people in the industry when it comes to the technical aspects of co...

Get US $100 off your ticket for the upcoming Button Conference ! Use UXCC100 at checkout!  Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Do you enjoy the podcast?   Please leave a review !  I know, I know. A lot of AI. But I swear, the conversation in this one is really worth listening to.  For so many organizations, the use of AI is dictated by the CEO, or head of product, etc. Rarely do content designers ta...