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Thanks for checking out my writing! I write about startups, design and UX, magic, art, gardening, philosophy and more.

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  1. Using voice principles and a tone map to write consistently Design
  2. Conducting design research for startups Design
  3. Become a business-aware designer Design
  4. Headspace’s multi-platform strategy Startup

And here’s everything I’ve written, starting with the most recent posts:

  1. Designing complex desktop interfaces Design
  2. How to use Chrome’s new ‘Follow’ button Dev
  3. Presenting back UX findings so that people actually care Design
  4. Build a free writer’s portfolio with Carrd Startup
  5. The best new features in ProtoPie 5.5 Design
  6. Must-have Menu Bar apps Personal
  7. Seven books to improve your UX writing Design
  8. Fourteen short answers to “what is art?” Design
  9. Using voice principles and a tone map to write consistently Design
  10. Andrew Huang’s Secret to Productivity Personal
  11. How to develop your design eye Design
  12. How to use interactive components in Figma Design
  13. Conducting design research for startups Design
  14. How to convert an idea into a business Startup
  15. Why you should talk to yourself Sound Off
  16. When’s the best time to audio journal? Sound Off
  17. Learning to write commercially Personal
  18. Prototyping the iOS navigation bar in ProtoPie Design
  19. How audio journaling helps my meditation Sound Off
  20. Audio journaling vs bullet journaling Sound Off
  21. More great personal websites Design
  22. Become a business-aware designer Design
  23. Three times we dropped app features Sound Off
  24. Headspace’s multi-platform strategy Startup
  25. Audio journaling using the iOS Voice Memos app Sound Off
  26. The big mistake Quibi made Startup
  27. Friction in journaling Sound Off
  28. The Tony Hsieh challenge Startup
  29. Auto Layout 3.0 in Figma Design
  30. Testing your startup idea Sound Off
  31. Low-fi app screens to study/relax to Sound Off
  32. Get started with Variants in Figma Design
  33. Reserve the name of your app on the iOS app store Sound Off
  34. Start with a make-believe product Sound Off
  35. Guitar meditation Meditation
  36. Should you build your app idea? Sound Off
  37. I quit my job. Here’s what’s next... Personal
  38. Four notes on Silence Meditation
  39. Trick yourself into starting Personal
  40. Visions 2020 Design
  41. Erosion Personal
  42. The loss of certainty Design
  43. How I crowdfunded my book on Kickstarter Books
  44. These are my favourite personal websites Design
  45. What to read to get you through the pandemic Books
  46. Do U(X) believe in magic? Design
  47. Seven Sick Books I Read This Year Design
  48. Hills: the best framework for determining where to go Design
  49. Openers when performing magic Magic
  50. The Neat Review Personal
  51. Facilitation Skills 101 Design
  52. Redesigning the NHS Blood Donation app Design
  53. Startup Weekend 2019 Startup
  54. Rebranding the world’s biggest ski trip Design
  55. How Kant solved one of the greatest dilemmas Philosophy
  56. My master’s thesis Philosophy
  57. ‘The Garden’ at Future Fest 2018 Personal
  58. The Third Rule of Magic Magic
  59. The Lottery Illusion Magic
  60. Quotes on Magic Dev
  61. Earth Action Day Personal
  62. New blog Personal