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A weekly podcast about design, technology, programming and everything else.

  • Design Tools

    136: Return of the Mac Apps

    This week the internet gods blessed us with a ton of design-related news just in time for our recording. We talk about Sketch's new funding announcement and what it means for the world of design tools, Twitter's new camera UI, privacy-focused social networks and the return of Mac apps.

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  • Org Structures

    135: Look at That Page Curl

    This week we talk about org structures and how it affects us as designers. We also talk about the Revolut drama and Apple News' new upcoming app icon.

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  • Life

    134: You Should Outsource Walking

    This week we talk a bit more about foldable phones, how Slack is messing with our homescreen again, and then ultimately get into a big conversation about which things in our life we'd like to outsource.

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  • Management

    133: Mario, the Plumbing Influencer

    This week we talk about growing up to become your parents, getting emotional, the pitfalls of fame, Samsung's foldable phone and more.

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  • Portfolio

    132: There’s No Edit Button in Podcasting

    This week Rafa shares two lessons he's learned as a first time manager, then we talk about some recurring trends in design student portfolios.

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  • Social Media

    131: The Kids on TikTok Are Not Complaining

    This week we talk about Kevin’s experience giving a big talk and then we talk about our evolving relationship with social media.

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  • Logo

    130: Lukewarm Takes

    The wait is over! We know you couldn't wait for our takes on the new Slack logo and boy we've delivered. We also talk about the state of criticism on the Internet.

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  • Leadership

    129: With Great Title Comes Great Responsibility

    This week we talk about Rafa becoming the head of design at Netlify, setting expectations for a new role, CRMs for people, sonic toothbrushes and kitchen knives.

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  • News

    128: The Artist Formerly Known as Follow Up

    This week we eat breakfast. Lots of it. We discuss Rafa’s already obsolete TV, pos-purchase monetization and the impact on consumers, the death of privacy and Kevin finally gives an update on his new portfolio that was supposed to ship months ago.

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  • News

    127: The Monday of the Year

    This week, Rafa is back on Twitter and Kevin takes this opportunity to fill him in on all of the design news he missed like the Push Pin Emoji Detour meme, the horizontal Instagram feed debacle, a study on the impact of Flat Design and Pantone’s new color of the year. Oh and we also talk about Bandersnatch.

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  • Bonus

    Holiday Special: I Hate Moist Zombies

    It's a holiday miracle! As a special bonus episode for the Holidays, we play a zombie text adventure game. We're joined by special guest Débora Ribeiro.

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  • Awards

    126: Layouties 2018

    Our third annual Layouties! We look back at some of our favorite things of the year and give them awards.

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  • Work

    125: Imagine a Coconut With a Straw

    This week we talk about being busy & the impact it has on us, tech companies making custom typefaces and IRL accessibility problems.

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  • Design

    124: The Dark Side of the Web

    This week we talk about approaching large scale design problems, Kevin's email rant, Facebook's Blueprint for Content Governance and Google's Night Sight.

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  • Content

    123: Design Is How It Reads

    This week we talk about Rafa's totally predictable purchase, the growing realization that most design problems are actually content problems, pop songs getting more repetitive and Amazon employees buying condos in Long Island City.

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  • Apple

    122: Freaking Chamfered Edges

    Kevin is back from San Francisco, so we finally talk about our first impressions on the new iPad Pro, the Detective Pikachu trailer and the new Leica Q-P.

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  • Misc

    121: Millennial Kidnappers

    This week we follow up on genderless pronouns in different languages (or lack thereof) and talk about what we would do if we weren't designers.

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  • Traveling

    120: Titles Are Our Legacy

    This week we talk about the realities of traveling for work, Photoshop on the iPad, Adidas's 'new' webdesign style, the Palm phone and we have a very special upside down.

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  • 119: Figma Just Got Paddie 2ed

    This week we briefly continue our discussion about design tools, then talk about custom Apple Watch Faces, the Habitat 67 architecture and of course, our recommendation of the week.

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  • Tools

    118: 5/5 Would Alive Again

    This week we talk about a few main design tools: Adobe XD, InVision Studio, Framer X, Figma and Sketch.

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