Design Details

This week we had a chat with Gabriel Valdivia, a Product Designer at Facebook. He's a close friend and a remarkable designer best known for his work at Automatic. We had a great time chatting about a lot of Gabe's favorite things - from prototyping to Serial to meat/candy hybrids.

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01:45 - Gabe tells us about his upcoming Facebook adventure in London

05:45 - Does the design culture at Facebook encourage bold new ideas?

07:05 - Gabe shares about his transition from startup life to big corporation

17:30 - We learn a bit more about Facebook's latest experimental apps

25:00 - What are the prototyping tools being used at Facebook?

37:00 - How do you design an emotional experience?

45:00 - Jay did it

60:00 - Gabe shares about a meaningful mentor in his life

This week we caught up with Kristy Tillman, a former designer at IDEO who now leads the design charge at Society of Grownups. We had a great time chatting across a huge range of topics, from diversity in tech to meatspace user onboarding!

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00:00 - We catch up with Kristy about what she's working on

07:00 - We explore some of Kristy's work in helping marginalized communities, including why there's less diversity in tech

15:30 - Kristy adds context to explaining why there are fewer prominent female designers

19:00 - We circled back around to talk about Kristy's current work at Society of Grownups

36:30 - Kristy explains some of the challenges in hiring for designers and developers on the East Coast

Another Monday means another episode of Design Details! This week we caught up with Wilson Miner, an insanely thoughtful and talented designer well-known for his work at Apple, Rdio and Facebook.

In this episode we talked with Wilson about game design, his favorite products and more - we hope you enjoy the show! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly ([email protected])

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1:01:00 - Don't let the frustration own you

1:01:50 - There are no dream jobs

Here we go, episode two of the Design Details Podcast! This week we caught up with Nick Slater, an insanely talented designer and illustrator doing wonderful work at Palantir. We had a lot of fun recording this show and we really think you'll enjoy it!

Full Disclosure: this episode is a bit longer and does have some strong language.

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0:05:45 - We dig back into Nick's origins - corgi conversations ensue.

0:07:00 - We start digging into Nick's journey to joining Palantir.

0:28:00 - What's it like working with a quickly-growing team of designers?

0:37:00 - Why is there such a huge focus on investing in illustrators at tech companies?

1:00:00 - Exploring the many Lord of the Rings inside jokes at Palantir.

1:10:30 - Adventure Time

1:12:00 - Dribbble and Nick's lack of online presence.

1:20:50 - Nick's motivation for working hard to succeed.

1:26:00 - Nick's current projects

The first episode of Design Details has arrived! For our opening show, we sat down with designer and developer Sam Soffes to talk about his latest project (Whiskey), building in public, brag-driven development and his interest in working as a designer. This is our first episode and we're learning a lot! We'd love your feedback or suggestions - give a shout on Twitter, @designdetailsfm or send us a private email!

1:35 - We chat with Sam about his latest labor of love, Whiskey.

6:30 - We talk about some of Sam's older projects.

7:50 - Discussion about the difficulty selling apps, including Cheddar and Roon

11:15 - How do you balance freelancing with clients and building your own side projects?

12:10 - We dive a bit deeper into the challenges of building Whiskey - what's your product philosophy?

18:45 - Sam shares a brilliant product development hack.

22:33 - What does it take to design a text/markdown editor?

26:05 - Sam has built several photo apps; we dive into the process.

37:40 - We chat about Sam's motorcycle trip through South Africa

43:52 - Dan Cassaro for Deus

44:01 - Sam tells us about designing an onboarding experience in Litely

50:50 - Sam talks about his move from development to design. Can taste be learned?

57:27 - We briefly chat about prototyping and the tools Sam uses.

This is a little teaser recording for us to test our equipment, set up our feeds and get the website up and running. You can subscribe to the podcast by heading to http://designdetails.fm and following on iTunes, RSS or email! The first Design Details episode is coming January 5th, 2015 - stay posted!