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Writers of Silicon Valley

Patrick Stafford

UX writing. Content design. Call it whatever you want: words and content are more important to good design and technology than ever. The words, phrases, and sentences you see in a user interface don"t just appear there. They are written. Carefully crafted. This podcast is about the people who write those words, who design experiences with words, and who combine the power of language and technology.

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23:56

Best of 2025: 5 pieces of content design wisdom

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/12/15

👉 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.

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58:50

How to ace your design interview (Margo Stern)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/11/19

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 interviews - both for candidates and for the people creating the interview process. She goes into great detail

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54:54

How Ditto is rethinking product content (Jessica...

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/09/17

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 the biggest design teams in tech and it just relaunched with a major update. In this episode, I catch up

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55:07

Should content designers care about AI prototypes?...

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/08/20

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 care? David Hamilton joins me to talk about it. What we talked about: ✅ Designing content for cars across

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56:20

UX writing for video games (Ben Moran)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/08/06

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, I talk with Ben Moran, a UX writer who’s worked on AAA video games, about the unique challenges of

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01:01:46

AI: be informed, not afraid (Andrew Stein)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/06/30

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 everything. It’s the best thing since sliced bread or the beginning of the end. In this episode, Andrew Stein, a

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48:45

Tips for job hunting in a tough market (Casey Webb,...

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/05/01

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 there’s anyone who knows how to stay resilient through the process, it’s Casey Webb. In this episode, Casey

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37:43

Are content design’s problems self-created? (Victor...

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/04/02

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 factors for why content design doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But what if some of our biggest

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44:36

How to defend your design decisions (Tom Greever)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/03/12

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?" Defending design decisions can be tough. Especially when feedback comes from stakeholders who might not fully

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47:25

The rise of UX writing in India (Sidika Sehgal)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/02/27

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 is so challenging, and how localization is reshaping product experiences in one of the world’s most

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53:41

From tech layoff to leadership (Cara Lam)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/02/12

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 during the wave of tech layoffs, she had just 60 days to figure out her next move or leave the country

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51:41

How to survive burnout in tech and UX (Yvonne Xiao)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/01/29

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 a serious toll. Yvonne Xiao has been there. She’s worked at companies like Microsoft and Uber, navigating

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49:41

Forget tone - embrace systems thinking (Dave Connis)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2025/01/16

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, Lead Content Designer at OutSystems, has embraced systems thinking and he wants you to as well. Go beyond the

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48:29

Why your support content sucks (Maring Eberlein)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/12/11

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 Eberlein. Maring is a support content expert with a deep understanding of what makes help centers effective —

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54:02

Leading content design at Canva (Sally Bagshaw)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/11/20

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 about more than managing people, and what content designers need to do to grow their careers. We also

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53:14

Product vs content (Scott Kubie)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/11/06

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 content? I got a lot of great responses, but Scott Kubie's was one that stood out to me. His view was

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46:18

Stop taking content work personally (Deiadora Blanche)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/10/23

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 with professional success. We also chat about thinking like a CEO, even when you’re not in leadership,

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Ep. 33. The power of small moments (Vidhika Bansal)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/10/01

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 people in UX. She's spoken at conferences like Button and Confab, led teams at organizations like Intuit, and

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49:15

Ep. 32. Knowledge graphs (Larry Swanson)

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/09/11

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 content. He calls himself a “content architect”, but that’s really too short a description of his

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53:45

Ep. 31. Creating content (and research) for AI-driven...

Writers of Silicon Valley ·

2024/08/23

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 take the effort or initiative to actually develop an idea of how AI should be integrated. That's why this

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