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

  • Personal

    98: Family of Feels

    This week we talk about Impostor Syndrome, quitting social media for a week and Ready Player One.

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  • Listener questions

    97: Longer Story Long

    This week we answer some listener questions. Topics include: OKRs, 1:1s, and performance reviews.

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  • Career

    96: April Jokes Day

    How do you know when it's time to leave your company? While neither of us want to quit our job, we talk about our past experiences making these career moves.

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  • Gear

    95: United Shades of America

    This week we talk about the gear we use to do our work (desk, chairs, computers, etc.)

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  • Productivity

    94: Is Rafa Stupid?

    This week, we talk about being busy and how this is something we actively try to avoid. We also have some important shower dingus follow up, spend way too much time talking about the color of tennis balls and finally discuss our thoughts on Sketch 49.

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  • Titles

    93: Hot Shower Take

    This week we talk about the meaning of design titles (or lack thereof). We also finally talk about Black Panther.

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  • People

    92: Being Humble… Sit Down

    This week we talk about traits we look for in the people we work with, and that Vero app.

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  • Design

    91: The Dotcoms

    This week we talk about the differences between marketing design and product design.

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  • Design

    90: Connect the Lines

    This week we talk about how your personality can influence your design style and whether or not being "type-cast" is a bad thing. Also, Kevin finally caved in and bought a HomePod.

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  • Hiring

    89: Shower Dingus

    This week we talk about hiring designers and having to review other people's portfolios, HomePod reviews and... shower handle design.

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  • Product

    88: I Have to, for Science!

    Launching our sticker store, dogfooding your own products and the mystery that is the HomePod.

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  • Personal

    87: Homer Simpson in the Bushes

    This week we talk about introversion and how it affects different aspect of our life and work.

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  • Side Projects

    86: Everything You Said Is Wrong or Whatever

    This week we talk about shipping side projects, not just working on them. We also talk about waking up early, sleep tracking and briefly touch on DARK (the Netflix show).

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  • Design

    85: The Benjamin Button of UI

    This week we talk about how challenging it is to keep adding new features without compromising on simplicity.

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  • Vacations

    84: Title Fishing

    As we're coming back from our holiday break, this week our topic is vacations. We address unlimited vacation policies, that feeling of guilt that sometimes comes with taking vacations and our tricks for disconnecting.

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  • Misc

    83: 2017 Layouties

    As always, we close out the year by rounding up and giving “awards” to our favorite things of the year.

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  • Bonus episode

    Jedi Don't Wear Underwear

    In this bonus episode, Kevin and Rafa talk about the new Star Wars movie: The Last Jedi. A 3h long, spoiler filled, holiday special.

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  • Ethics

    82: The Last Handcrafted Tweetstorm (feat. Joel Califa)

    This week we are joined by our friend Joel Califa to talk about the evolution of the designer role and the ethical dilemma of being a corporate designer. Joel is a product designer at GitHub, previously leading the design team at Digital Ocean.

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  • Growth

    81: Homescreen Designer

    This week we explore how do you grow in your career as a designer?

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  • Remote work

    80: Design Mustard

    What it's like to work remotely, Rafa's shopping problem continues and... paperclips.

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