TTSS: a notebook on life.

Last week I had Friday off so I skipped my Weeknotes. Sue me. I’d say this week has been busy but it’s more that it’s been productive. As the days pass, I sometimes wonder if I’m getting through enough. Writing a weekly update for leadership gives me the answer. I’ve got through a tonne over…

I’ve had such a great week this week. It’s been packed. It’s also been full of really rich things like collaborating with my team in person, eating well, and walking more. I’ve also been sleeping well. After being sick a couple of weeks ago, I prioritised rest – for a whole week. I’ve also been…

I had a couple of days holiday last week, which meant no Weeknotes. I’m back this week so let’s get straight into it. Doing a lot of auditing. I’m making auditing more of a daily thing to break down what can feel an unsurmountable task into slow, yet steady progress. I mentioned a while back…

This week has been quite similar to last week – lots of content auditing. Lots of great collaboration too. Spending time with SMEs. Resulting really fruitful, not to mention enjoyable collaboration on terminology and voice stuff. Pair writing content with a designer. I’m 100% pro pairing – we smashed through creating the content for a…

I’ve had a narrow-ish focus this week which I’ve enjoyed. It’s meant I could get into deep focus mode. Started to analyse results of a confidence score survey. I sent this out at the beginning of the week and a few responses are in. It’s so interesting to see how folks are getting on with…

I swear the weeks are melting into one. Someone at the gym said, “There’s only 95 days left of the year.” I told him to stop it. And with that, I’m going to stop referencing on my Weeknotes how time is evaporating and how the weather is all over the shop. I’ve done my quintessentially…

So much has happened this week, including working from two countries and three different places. Here’s a pinch of my progress… Puzzling through upgrade content. I mentioned this last week – i’m still working on it. I’m struggling to get info on what product B adds to product A and how that’s of value to…

The world is weird. Last week I wrote about the temperature dropping. Today it’s roasting. This is wreaking havoc with all manners of thing for me. Anyway, this isn’t Weather Watch, on to how this week has gone… Editing upsell content. And feeding back on content formats. I see why we’re trying to use existing…

The temperature has dropped here. At least in the mornings. Is it time to get the winter garms out already? I hope not. British small talk now out of the way, let’s look at how this week has gone… Sharing and learning in a Managers’ Academy. This is something I’ve been attending for a while…

A busy one. Here’s why… Tweaking copy for upgrade content. There’s usually some tinkering around with copy in my week. This week was no different. Finishing one book and starting another. I’ve read Designing Connected Content. Now, I’ve started reading Immersive Content and Usability by Preston So. It’s, as you might expect, very different. It’s…

Wowsers. It’s Weeknotes time already. It has been a short week I guess as there’s been a bank holiday. So what have I been up to in this whirlwind week? Running a naming workshop. I ran this with 3 participants and could have done with a few more. That said, I was pleased with the…

I’ve been enjoying a slower pace this week. I’m responsible for planning my sprints yet I still don’t always get it right. Last sprint, I had lots of small tasks but there were many of those tasks so it felt quite full on. Because of that, I put less on my plate this time round.…

This week has had a huge focus on naming. Coming up with new terms, testing options, and thinking about how we can get better at the process of naming. Other things included: Pair writing with a designer on the user journey for a new feature. Checking in on reviews and customer feedback. I do this periodically…

I spent last week floating about in the Italian sea so that’s my Weeknotes were somewhat absent. It’s back to reality now… After a bit of catching up I’ve started a new sprint. I’ve lots of smaller tasks to get through. Here are a few of them… Naming stuff. Okay, so naming isn’t a “smaller…

Woo! Friday again. Comes round quick, doesn’t it? Here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to. Running feedback calls with users. We’re doing some Beta testing for new product releases. I’m partnering with a colleague and last week, we had a call with 2 people whom are kindly testing the release. This week we…

I have a short day today and as the sun is here, I’m planning to head to the beach. Catch it while you can. Before then, I’ve a packed morning so here’s a quick update on how this week has gone. Proofed an article. The article I mentioned last week. It’s for the awesome UX…

Late is better than never, right? Please pardon my tardiness… here’s a summary of last week. Editing an article about creating a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) for copy. (And figuring out more about Figma in the process). We tried a few different routes in finding a SSOT. One of these involved simple, yet effort-heavy…

Full transparency, I wrote this yesterday as I know I’ll be very much enjoying a welcome lie in as this publishes. This week has flown by with plenty of good stuff… Correcting a mistake. I made one in a copy test I launched, which invalidated the results. It was easy to fix and relaunch. We…

Last week’s update didn’t happen on Friday. I’m forgiving myself and embracing the cliché that, “It’s never too late” (to write your Weeknotes). Last week went a bit like this… Setting up more copy testing. We’re doing more and more testing. Terminology stuff. We didn’t test copy so much in the past so I’m chuffed…