- 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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97: Longer Story Long
This week we answer some listener questions. Topics include: OKRs, 1:1s, and performance reviews.
View Show Notes - 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.
View Show Notes - Gear
95: United Shades of America
This week we talk about the gear we use to do our work (desk, chairs, computers, etc.)
View Show Notes - 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.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - Design
91: The Dotcoms
This week we talk about the differences between marketing design and product design.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - Product
88: I Have to, for Science!
Launching our sticker store, dogfooding your own products and the mystery that is the HomePod.
Play Episode - Personal
87: Homer Simpson in the Bushes
This week we talk about introversion and how it affects different aspect of our life and work.
Play Episode - 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).
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - Misc
83: 2017 Layouties
As always, we close out the year by rounding up and giving “awards” to our favorite things of the year.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - 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.
Play Episode - Growth
81: Homescreen Designer
This week we explore how do you grow in your career as a designer?
Play Episode - Remote work
80: Design Mustard
What it's like to work remotely, Rafa's shopping problem continues and... paperclips.
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