5 Things I wish I knew before becoming a CxD — Last month, I unceremoniously acknowledged my 2 year anniversary as a full-time conversation designer. I write “unceremoniously” because I’m usually the kind of person to cling to every milestone and anniversary like cat fur on black clothing. I love milestones, and I’ve celebrated them before by writing blog posts 6…

Podcasts sobre diseño de interfaces de voz y chat — El diseño conversacional es una carrera relativamente nueva en la industria tecnológica, pero su importancia está creciendo rápidamente. La creación de asistentes virtuales, chatbots y aplicaciones de voz se está convirtiendo en una necesidad para muchas empresas en todo el mundo. Igual que el diseño UX, el diseño conversacional se…

3 text-to-speech examples I’ve randomly encountered online — Long before the rise of Bev Standing’s iconic text-to-speech voice all over TikTok and the internet, we’ve heard computers talk. Most people in this day and age have experienced the phenomenon of synthetic speech and its eerie non-human-ness. …

Different tools & methodologies conversation designers use — Conversation design is hard. Though not completely unlike designing for mobile and web interfaces, conversational experiences are still a unique problem area to solve for and require specific methodologies as part of the design process. …

Voiceflow sat down with Elaine Anzaldo (or “elaineinthebay”) to talk about how to best showcase your conversation design work through your portfolio. Whether you’re a novice or an expert conversation designer, Elaine has tips to help you put your best foot forward and get ready for your next CxD role. …

It’s a multimodal world out there As humans, we absorb information in a variety of ways. Our 5 physical senses (i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) all work together to build our understanding of the world and the realities we face on a daily basis. They are also pretty handy when it comes to helping us…

CxD portfolio tips to help you land the job — The first conversation design portfolio I ever made didn’t even get me to the interview stage. Knowing what I know now, if I were any of the hiring managers who saw that website, I wouldn’t want to hire me either. Don’t get me wrong! …

More Conversation Designers share their experience! — This is part 2 of a 3 part blog series! Visit part 1 here, part 3 here. In the first installment in the “How to Get Hired” series, we heard the stories of 4 conversation designers who had been in their current or first role for less than a year…

Celebrating my CxD anniversary with another blog post — Yesterday February 16, 2022 was finally my 1 year work anniversary at NLX! I say “finally” because this has been the only job in my life where I’ve religiously celebrated each work monthiversary as a major milestone. …