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Priorities as a leader: On this week’s episode of Track Changes, Paul and Rich sit down to discuss how the pandemic is impacting business and mental health. Priorities are changing, so what comes first? In juggling health, family, and work, it’s important to give employees space and empathy. But work can be a welcome distraction from the news and rising COVID-19 numbers.

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Yeti Nano 

Screen Time

Linux

Windows 8 

Windows 10 

HP Pavilion

Candy Crush 

Chrome 

Zoom

Remember Jade Helm 15, the controversial military exercise? It’s over - The Washington Post 

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The Grind: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich chat with Postlight’s Head of Engineering Jeremy Mack about all things video games. Jeremy teaches us about current video game trends. We learn about loot boxes, battle passes, pay-to-win games and the controversy surrounding these types of monetization. We also get some great indie game recommendations and chat about the future of gaming. Warning for anyone playing the game Journey, this episode contains some spoilers. 

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PlayStation 4

Jeremy Mack - Twitter 

Atari 

Nintendo 

Ultima Online 

World Of Warcraft 

Super Mario Brothers 

Civilization 

Age of Empire

SimCity

PlayStation 4 Pro 

FIFA 

EA

Activision 

Ubisoft 

Call of Duty 

NBA Playgrounds 2 

NBA Jam 

Stardew Valley 

Harvest Moon 

Dead Cells 

Steam 

Nintendo Switch 

Journey 

Wii U 

Twitch

Black Desert Online 

Fortnite 

Half-Life: Alyx 

Half-Life 2 

Oculus Quest

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Specify like a caveman: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich are joined by Gina Trapani, a managing partner at Postlight, to talk about statements of work (SOWs). We chat about Postlight’s unique SOW process. We talk about why we base our approach on trust and relationships rather than just time and money. We also talk about managing risk, what to do when someone oversteps their original demands and Paul gives some tips on how to make the SOW writing process easier. Hint: write like a caveman. 

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Gina Trapani 

React Native 

Org Mode 

Google Analytics

Facebook

Twitter

Github 

LinkedIn 

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Craft and Quality: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich chat with Vice President of Partnerships and Community at InVision, Mike Davidson. We chat about everything from tomato seeds, to shower heads to how to lead a remote team and the ups and downs of remote work. Mike shows us that the one thing these all have in common is they can help simplify your life to help you dig deeper into the things you love. 

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Typescript 

Sketch 

Figma 

Mike Davidson

InVision 

Twitter 

NBC News 

Newsvine 

ESPN

Clark Valberg - InVision 

Whole Foods

Slate Magazine 

This Is the Perfect Tomato - Slate 

Klee Lab Research - University of Florida 

Kohler FlipSide Showerhead 

Wirecutter 

Dribbble 

SimpleBits 

Educated by Tara Westover 

Duane Reade 

Screen Time 

Cold Turkey App 

Slack 

Mac MultiFinder

OmmWriter 

Roberta’s Pizza Dough - New York Times 

Li Ziqi - Youtube 

BKLYN Larder 

Mike Davidson Twitter

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Work from home: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich chat with Postlight’s head of engineering Jeremy Mack about ways to improve your remote work setup. From basic tips like getting dressed in the morning and using wired headphones to tips on how to navigate remote meetings, Jeremy shares the best practices he’s developed after 6 years of working remotely. He also gives us some examples of non-verbal cues to show others that you’re busy and ways to unwind after a day working from home. 

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Jeremy Mack - Twitter 

IFTTT

Google Apps 

Shush

Google Meet 

Zoom 

AirPods 

Rust Programming Language

Apple TV Screensavers 

Slow TV - Bustle 

What You Need to Know About Treadmill Desks - Forbes 

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Big thoughts: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich sit down to discuss how branding impacts product design. We chat about how branding is critical when designing products, and how helpful it is when the brand comes first. Of course, that’s not always the case. We talk about the challenges of developing brand and product simultaneously and ways to deal with the complexities that come with this type of agile development. 

Nike 

Craftsman 

Ford F-150  

Michael Bierut 

Jessica Helfand - Twitter 

A Conversation with Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand, Part 1 

A Conversation with Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand, Part 2 

Pentagram 

Wordpress 

National Geographic 

Vogue 

Economist 

Adam Smith 

IRS

Asana 

Monday.com

Basecamp 

Infospace 

Salesforce 

Peppa Pig 

Do the Brand First - Paul Ford 

Careers at Postlight 

Postlight

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There’s no secret knowledge: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich are joined by Postlight managing partner Gina Trapani to do a follow up on our previous episode about intranets. Gina explains why she was annoyed that we didn't know we had an intranet. From there we discuss why management and employees often need different tools and talk about what makes a good leader. Protip: a good leader is someone who knows how to limit stress, not spread it.

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Gina Trapani 

The Private Network: Paul and Rich on Intranets 

Basecamp 

Slack 

Google Drive 

Clockwise 

Paper 

Away 

Warby Parker 

Emotional Baggage - The Verge 

The Verge 

Gawker 

Lifehacker 

Postlight - Twitter 

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Campaign Design: On this week’s episode of Track Changes Paul and Rich chat with political reporter Hunter Schwarz about political design trends. He breaks down the forms of visual design he’s seeing in political campaigns today and gives us an overview of the evolution of political design. He also tells us about how the Obama campaign in 2008 changed political visual branding and about the rise of grassroots political design.  

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Tiny Month 

Tiffany’s 

Harry Winston 

Mike Bloomberg 

Hunter Schwarz - Twitter 

CNN 

Washington Post 

Yello 

Joe Biden 

Tom Steyer

Why Tom Steyer Wears a Tartan Tie 

The rise of the single-letter political logo - Washington Post 

Pete Buttigieg 

Shepard Fairey Obama “Hope” Poster   

Bloomberg spent millions of dollars on 2020 campaign ads - CNN 

Facebook Ad library 

Google Transparency Report 

Beto O'Rourke Twitter 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitter 

Stacey Abrams Twitter 

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Merchandise 

The Strokes Bring the Bernie Sanders Revolution to New Hampshire - Rolling Stone 

25-foot inflatable balloon of Warrens dog Bailey makes campaign appearance - The Hill 

Robyn Grace Kanner 

Amy Klobuchar 

Bernie Sanders 

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People want to be heard: This week on Track Changes, Paul and Rich bring on their design team to talk about The Design Elephants -- Poslight’s quarterly event dedicated to tackling difficult issues within design. From there we go onto discuss one of the main ways agencies find their clients, the RFP. Paul and Rich share their thoughts on the process as a whole and how they prefer a more genuine and empathetic approach to sales. 

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Eventbrite - The Design Elephants

Aimée Reed - website

Nora Vanni - website

Nora Vanni - Twitter

Pendo

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Keep it simple: There are a million different to-do apps, what makes one stand out? This week on Track Changes Paul and Rich chat with Doist founder Amir Salihefendic. He tells us about how he grew Todoist from a side project he would work on in his dorm room to an app that now reaches 20 million people. He also tells us about his struggle with venture capitalists and about the importance of persistence and simplicity. 

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Hello, World! - Wikipedia 

Todoist 

Amir Salihefendic - Twitter 

Wunderlist 

Any.do 

Lifehacker 

Digg 

Plurk 

Subtraction Blog 

Doist 

Twist 

Instagram 

Vim

Bear 

Slack 

Dropbox 

Zoom 

Superhuman 

Dash for Slack

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