Drag & Drop

Holidaze and (can you believe) MORE shelter in place orders means it's a short one this week! This episode, we chat about the very sad passing of Zappos founder Tony Hsieh and the glorious Internet watch-fest of Hulu's Happiest Season (with its deep vein of gay.)

This week, we chat about the beautiful magic wall over at CNN developed by Code and Theory, ponder if there is more (or less) room in the equity conversation beyond Black, Brown, and White, and start a discussion about how to talk with our cohorts who work at gig companies now that Prop 22 has passed.

This week, the very nice CEO of Coinbase sidesteps direct conversations about #BLM (it's not in the mission statement), Facebook replies to "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix, Twitter faces allegations of colorism in their image cropping algo, aaaand Danny gets married on Zoom!

This week, we dig in with Kenny Chan, Design Director of Global Brand at Service Now, about his journey as an LGBT API person in ad school, agency life, and now a design leader in tech. Also, a new segment!

This week, we follow up on questions from a Pride panel Danny spoke on, discuss how Pinterest screwed over an early designer, and how we're losing POC spaces to PR driven D&I stunts. Also, TL;DR on the Facebook ad boycott of 2020: nothing is changing and he doesn't care.

Does meritocracy exist for all? Can creative work that serves capitalism ever be ethical? How can we create work that empowers and liberates all people? Welcome to Drag & Drop, a weekly series where Danny Chung and Spring Nguyen unleash their queer Asian judgement on the tech happenings in Silicon Valley and beyond. Join them for conversations with creatives, marketers, and builders who live and work at the intersection of technology, design, and culture. New episodes each Tuesday.