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63: More Nougat (feat. Jon Lax) Sep 23, 2015

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For episode 63 we sat down with Jon Lax, one of the design directors at Facebook overseeing the Utility Org. Jon is well-known for his writings during his time at Teehan+Lax, the design agency he co-founded with Geoff Teehan. In this show we talk about his work at Facebook, design culture, designing at scale, and of course, Jon's backstory as a designer.

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Show Notes:

2:00 - Introductions

4:00 - Culture

19:00 - Backstory

44:00 - Designing at scale, more

62: Pencil Mileage (feat. Alice Lee) Sep 21, 2015

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In today's episode we caught up with Alice Lee, a designer, illustrator and developer living in San Francisco. Alice is well-known for her work at Dropbox, illustrating for the New York Times, and her latest freelance work across a range of amazing companies. In this show we chat about her journey as a designer and illustrator, the story behind Dropbox and Carousel and the latest projects Alice is working on.

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3:00 - Introductions

27:00 - Carousel and Dropbox

37:00 - Other projects

50:00 - Voice

Naruto

61: State of Louisville (feat. Josh Puckett) Sep 16, 2015

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In today's show we caught up with Josh Puckett, a designer and developer living in Palo Alto. We talk about Josh's journey at Dropbox and what it was like to build Carousel, how he manages to make so many apps, the current state of design tools, and the world of freelance designing. Stick around after the show to hear our 30 minutes of bonus conversation about the latest Apple event!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Introductions

9:00 - The Carousel story

15:00 - Building side projects

32:00 - Design tools

45:00 - Wealthfront

50:00 - Freelancing

1:06:00 - Bonus! We chat about the Apple event

60: One Big Wrist Button (feat. Ayaka Nonaka and Sam Soffes) Sep 14, 2015

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In this episode we sat down with Ayaka Nonaka and Sam Soffes to deconstruct the new Apple announcements from last week. We dig through each product and talk about the design and development implications we can expect in the future!

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4:00 - Introductions + Apple Chat

59: Bay Curious (feat. Tara Mann) Sep 09, 2015

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For episode 59 we caught up with Tara Mann, a product designer and sneaker collector currently making things at Twitter. In this show we dig into Tara's background and discuss what it means to grow as a new designer. We also chat about the recent Google rebrand, entrepreneurial thought leaders and design school.

Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 800 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Introductions

10:00 - Design school

14:00 - New Google logo

16:00 - Background

34:00 - Design chat

58: Fat Cat Cat Chat (feat. Kyle Meyer and Charlie Deets) Sep 07, 2015

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In this episode we caught up with Kyle Meyer and Charlie Deets, two product designers that have a huge range of experience in the design and development world. We chat about design at Facebook, remote working, unsolicited redesigns and the power of sound.

Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 750 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Introductions

10:00 - Unsolicited redesigns

14:00 - Backstories

Big Cartel

27:00 - Facebook Groups, games, sound design

44:00 - More backstories

57:00_ - Workflows

Wake
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57: DubDubDub (feat. Robin and Roxane Clediere) Sep 02, 2015

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In this episode, we hung out with Robin and Roxane Clediere. They're a pair of French designers who not only are married, but work together on design projects. We discussed working together as a couple, joining Facebook, and moving from a small town in France to San Francisco.

If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers and our first new show, Immutable! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm and @immutablefm on Twitter for new shows and updates!

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Show Notes:

4:30 - Introductions

Limoges, France

7:00 - Joining Facebook

10:00 - Working together as a couple, getting visas, and side projects

21:30 - Getting started in design & working with large design teams

37:00 - Launching a product at Facebook

45:00 - Design Tools

55:00 - Startups vs Agencies

56: Lego Bits (feat. Adam Morse) Aug 31, 2015

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In this episode we sat down with Adam Morse, aka mrmrs, a front-end developer and designer. Adam shares his knowledge of building systems and making the internet better.

If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Introductions

12:00 - CSS

22:00 - Writing

43:00 - Other

55: Wizards (feat. Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims) Aug 26, 2015

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They're back! In this episode we sat down with Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims to chat about their latest adventures in design, Apple Music, design collaboration and job transitions.

If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates!

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Show Notes:

3:00 - Introductions

7:00 - Transitioning jobs, Apple Music, collaborating

54: Cute Puppy Syndrome (feat. Jacob Thornton) Aug 24, 2015

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Today we sat down with Jacob Thornton, co-founder of Bootstrap and previously an engineer at Twitter and Medium. Jacob tells us all about his magical experience with Snoop Dogg, the history of CSS and the free software movement.

If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates!

If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Introductions and Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg at Twitter

11:00 - Free software

23:00 - Bootstrap

33:00 - CSS

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