The portfolio of Stewart Jason McCoy
designer & writer
Recent articles
May 28
Choosing a specialty: web design vs user experience design
I started off in web design thinking of the practice as page-level information design. Then I learned about user experience and informing design decisions with empirical data.
Jul 26
It’s time to flourish
In Brief
I hail from Iowa, USA. I grew up playing soccer, reading lots of books, and drawing lots of pictures. I have a graduate degree in rhetoric and professional communication from Iowa State University.
I am interested in all things editorial, visual design, web development, web standards, content strategy, information architecture, interaction design, usability, and user experience.
Design
Design samples
Web design
While educating myself about careers in web design, I realized there is a need for a community resource—a career guide to web design.
Design samples
Multimedia design
This training module was developed as a proof-of-concept demo for Iowa State’s Department of Environmental Health & Safety.
Writing
Writing samples
Conference highlights role of journalism
My reporting on the 2008 Society for Professional Journalism conference was published in the Iowa State Daily.
Writing samples
Dirt, steel, and concrete
That’s what Ryan Weidemann likes about civil engineering. I interview an assistant to the county engineer for Webster County, Iowa for Go! magazine.
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