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Writing about writing, design, AI, and homeschool life

Essays on content design, working in AI, edtech, and life as a homeschooling mom.

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Substack

Working in AI (when your friends hate AI)

How I navigate the content design field in an AI-smitten age, when my writer friends despise all things AI.

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Thumbtack Design

Office hours: How we show up for our internal customers

How I turned content design office hours into research on what our internal teams need, and kept them coming back.

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Content design answers in 500 words or less

How content designers get product designers to understand how we work

How do we get other designers to know how to work with us? Simple. Use words.

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Content design answers in 500 words or less

How not to feel left out on the design playground

How do we become more included in the design process, and why are we still talking about this? Easy. Remember kindergarten.

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UX of EdTech · 3-part series

UX writing in edtech

  • Part 1: Examining the UXW practice
  • Part 2: Leading UX writing and content design
  • Part 3: The solo UX writer and their advocates
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Medium

Breaking into edtech

  • Three things I’ve learned about UX design from edtech
  • Three things I’ve learned about “breaking in” to edtech
  • Three ways to land your edtech dream job with authenticity
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Substack

Go outside! Walking to homeschool

How exercise and fresh air help us with a “NEW START” to homeschooling.

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Substack

Stop making life look perfect. Write to grow yourself, not your audience.

Why transparency always wins in writing, from a professional writer and homeschooling mom who doesn’t have it all together.

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Substack

Thinking about homeschooling? You’re already doing it.

How parents are homeschooling in all different flavors, and where you can jump in. Notes from a former educator.

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