Articles on design and UX writing

 
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The UX graduate survival guide: how to avoid looking like an idiot at your first job

Tl;dr — Don’t try to overpromise or appear more experienced than you are.

Published on Medium

 
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Yeah, they’re difficult to get along with. But their work is ah-mazing.

Published by Invision

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The biggest mistakes copywriters and designers make when collaborating

“A good relationship between designers and writers should forge designs that not only convert, but delight and inspire.”

Published by Invision

My full writing catalogue

2018 +

Invision - The creative's guide to being on your best behaviour

Invision - Why creatives and stakeholders need one-on-one time

Invision - Copy techniques that alienate users

Invision - The art of conversation in the age of bots

Invision - 6 important lessons for user testing copy and language

Invision - 6 writing techniques for web copy, and why they work

Invision - Let go of the A/B test

Invision - How to boost your skills when you have time to spare

Invision - The biggest mistakes copywriters and designers make when collaborating

Invision - Good UX copy does't have to be short

Invision - How MYOB solved a key asymmetrical design problem

2017 +

Polygon - What will the games industry look like in five years?

Polygon - Why the man who oversaw Tomb Raider turned his back on games

Polygon - From Lemmings to Wipeout: how Ian Hetherington incubated gaming success

Polygon - Why former Sega president Bernie Stolar is still proud of the Dreamcast

2016 +

Rolling Stone - 'Half-Life 3': Waiting for the Game That May Never Come

Rolling Stone - Solo Indie Game Development – Not for Faint of Heart

Polygon - Should eSports be in the Olympics?

Hyper - War - what is it good for? In games, that is...

Polygon - COVER STORY: StarCraft: Ghost: What went wrong

Polygon - Brain Wave: The PhDs changing games

Gizmodo - The deadly reality of living with sleep apnea

2015 +

Daily Review - Video Games: PAX reflects local games resurgence

PC PowerPlay - The rise (and fall?) of StarCraft (Print)

VICE - Norway's Booming Game Industry

Polygon - A Game About Cancer, One Year Later

Hyper Magazine - This Is Your Brain On Horror

2012-2014 +

The Atlantic - How To Fix Video Games' Bullying Problem: Change the Games

Polygon - Finding the Lost Levels

Hyper Magazine - Digital Prophets: The Allure of Strategy Games

Hyper Magazine - Cardplay: The Return of Card-Based Games

Hyper Magazine - Places: Pripyat

Eurogamer - Richard Garfield - King of the Cards

Christianity Today - Men and Miscarriage

Polygon - What Happened to John Marston

Christianity Today - A Fractured and Beautiful Faith (Audrey Assad profile)

Christianity Today - Audrey Assad Shifts Gears

Games.On.Net - Jake Solomon Q&A