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194: That's So Hot Topic (feat. Kevin Smith) Apr 19, 2017

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Today we caught up with Kevin Smith, co-founder and CTO at Abstract. In this episode we dig into Kevin's origins, the state of design tools and design workflows, focus and productivity, and so much more.

We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in.

We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat!

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193: Puppy Bears (feat. Laura Helen Winn) Apr 12, 2017

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Today we caught up with Laura Helen Winn, an independent designer and photographer in San Francisco. In this show we dig into Laura's background, planning life, self employment, overwork, happiness and listening, and so much more.

We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat!

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192: One Stuff At A Time (feat. Joel Califa) Apr 05, 2017

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Today we caught up with Joel Califa, a design manager at Digital Ocean. In this episode we discuss the state of design Twitter, design quality and process, managing up, hiring designers, rethinking empathy, and so much more.

We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat!

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191: Triangle of Passions (feat. Will Newton) Mar 29, 2017

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Today we sat down with Will Newton, a product designer at Gusto who previously worked on Crossfader. In this episode we dig into Will's upcoming April Fools hijinks, his journey to San Francisco, finding balance in self-improvement, the triangle of passions, and so much more.

We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat!

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190: Brain Drain (feat. Christine Røde) Mar 22, 2017

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Today we caught up with Christine Røde, a brand and interaction designer working in Amsterdam who previously worked at Facebook on Workplace and search. In this episode we dig into Christine's background, her journey to San Francisco, navigating startup and big company life, and her advice to folks outside the Bay Area.

We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for our community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, podcasts, news, music, and more.

We're still in beta, so expect a few bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks! But in the meantime, we'd love to hang out with you and chat...in real time.

Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, discover communities in ~discover, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs!

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189: Done Goofed (feat. Max Stoiber) Mar 15, 2017

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Today we caught up with Max Stoiber, the creator of Styled Components and React Boilerplate (among many other projects), and a massive contributor overall to the world of open-source Javascript. We dig into Max's background, designing with code, building in the open, and so much more.

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188: Doodle Television (feat. Kathy Zheng) Mar 08, 2017

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Today we caught up with Kathy Zheng, a designer at GitHub, previously at Patreon. In this episode we dig into failure and taking chances, hiring early designers, learning how to communicate, and so much more.

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187: Performance Enhancing Calculators (feat. Ryhan Hassan) Mar 01, 2017

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Today we caught up with Ryhan Hassan, a designer at Dropbox who previously worked on Paper. We dig into Ryhan's background, his transition from development to design, building side projects, easter eggs, and more.

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186: Bucket Heads (feat. Sarah Pease) Feb 22, 2017

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Today we caught up with Sarah Pease, a designer at Facebook, previously building Figma. In this episode we go deep on buckets and furniture design, designing for civic engagement, taking risks, and so much more.

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185: Orland & Portlando (feat. Matt Spiel) Feb 15, 2017

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Today we caught up with Matt Spiel, the Director of Design at Treehouse, visiting us by way of Missouri. We learn about his destiny in Arizona, design activism, remote work, company hierarchy, taking bets on people, managing designers, and so much more.

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