Kiasu Design Life

By Hsuan, Adilah Anuar

A UX & product design podcast based in Singapore 🌤 Hosted and produced by Adilah and Hsuan. Give chance and listen leh.... more

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The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.

Kiasu Design Life episodes:

April 11, 2024 31: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.7-9 "Robotics crowdsourcing and design ethics!""
YEEEHAWWWW! We've reached the final stretch of this book! We wrap this journey up by talking about ecosystems - how products work together to enhance your life, the difference between AI and AGI, and our responsibility as designers for social products"
📣 Also, look forward to our exclusive interview with Carla Diana, the author herself!
Timestamp:
(00:00) Time flies!
(01:05) Ch7: Ecosystems!
(04:23) Benefit of a robot in an ecosystem
(07:13) How ecosystem relate to UX?
(12:26) Ch8: AI & Social Savviness
(17:12) What is AGI and is it possible?
(18:30) Wise approach to designing socially intelligent product
(20:34) Ch9: Takeaways and now what?
(23:32) Is there a SG version of Moxi?!
(24:49) Hsuan's horror story of Neato and Dusty
(28:23) Potential & danger for designers
(30:30) WE DID IT & our genuine thoughts!!
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
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Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
36min
March 25, 202430: Chilli Padi 🌶️ - 6 UX portfolios we love!
Chilli padi is back! We scoured the internet to find 6 UX portfolios worth mentioning and explained why we like it!
Portfolios we mentioned:
IC Portfolios
Ang Yi Xin 🇸🇬 [Link]
Yuan Jie 🇸🇬 [Link]
Billy Tseng [Link]
Strategy/Manager
Joel Califa [Link]
Tarryn Lambert [Link]
Jonny Czar [Link]
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
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Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
21min
March 11, 2024 29: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.5-6 "Why do we find products..dumb?"
Have you ever find yourself saying "Why is this person so weird?", or "Gosh this product is dumb". This 2 chapters help us to peel the layers and explain in a structured manner. And in turn, teach us how to engineer a socially smart product!

🗓️ Final chapters 7-9 discussion will release on 3 Apr 2024
📣 Also, look forward to our exclusive interview with Carla Diana, the author herself!
Timestamp:
(00:00) Welcome!
(02:29) Ch5: Interactions
(06:50) Interactions in UX
(07:35) Sensing & inferring = interaction
(10:40) Sensors & actuators making interactions possible
(11:36) psst~ A mini announcement ;)
(12:35) How products sense, hear & see us
(21:19) Ch6: How robots are contextually aware
(24:34) Robots in SG restaurants
(26:20) When, where, for whom is key to context
(34:28) Enactment & storyboarding to gain context
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
39min
February 26, 202428: Chat with Sangeetha - Hiring insights from a design recruiter
A design recruiter has joined the chat! Join us with Sangeetha as she shared insights of design job market, hiring and staying competitive in Singapore.
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Our guest: Sangeetha Selvaraja
Reach out to her on LinkedIn
Dynamics of Singapore's Product Design Job Market
Thank you Alistair and Brief for sponsoring the space! ♥️
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Timestamp:
(00:00) Intro
(09:02) Sangeetha's day as a recruiter
(14:50) Stereotypes of a recruiter
(17:41) Design job market in SG
(26:29) How recruiters classify designers
(30:24) Career paths for UX in SG
(36:40) Hiring process for UX in SG
(42:20) How effective is the current process?
(47:32) Salary & hiring
(51:16) Red/green flags for candidates & interviewers
(54:29) Recruitment for large & small companies
(56:34) View on pregnant candidates
(58:08) How career history affects hiring
(01:01:41) Staying competitive as designers and AI
(01:04:19) Sangeetha's 3 takeaways
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
1h 10min
February 21, 202427: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.3-4 "How do products present and express themselves"
We're covering how products have "Presence" and "Expression". We had such fun recording this episode as we draw examples from our daily lives to illustrate the design concepts.
📚 My Robot Gets Me:
Official Website
Get it for free from NLB (Physical/ audiobook/ eBook)
🗓️ Chapters 5-6 discussion will release on 11 Mar 2024!
Timestamp:
(00:00) Welcome & name reveal!
(02:24) Ch3: Product presence & embodiment
(05:49) Product semantics
(12:17) Product's social roles
(15:11) Ch4: Product expression
(18:37) Lighting as expression
(20:24) Moving on to movement (keke)
(23:18) Sound as expression
(29:48) Ch3-4 thoughts
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
32min
February 13, 2024 26: SimplyGo or No? We review the app!
Riding on (🤓) the SimplyGo drama, we put on our commuter & designer hat and review the SimplyGo app!
Is this the standard of our local apps? 🫠🫠🫠
Timestamp:
(00:00) Hello!
(01:29) SimplyGo drama recap
(05:01) Our take on this topic
(10:42) SimplyGo's main workflows
(16:02) Sign up & onboarding review
(23:47) Dashboard review
(27:37) Adding card review
(30:40) Travel txn review (Hsuan's pissed)
(35:32) Top-up review (pun galore!)
(36:45) Our conclusion
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
44min
February 01, 202425: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.1-2 "We have social interactions with products too?!"
In this light-hearted episode, we're discussing chapters 1 & 2 of My Robot Gets Me!
We introduced 'social interactions', how that relates to product design, and how automatic doors gotta do with all these?! We also got a lil nerdy about 'affordances' & 'interactions' with the help of a framework 🤓
📚 My Robot Gets Me:
Official Website
Get it for free from NLB (Physical/ audiobook/ eBook)
🗓️ Chapters 3-4 discussion will release on 21 Feb 2024!
Timestamp:
(00:00) Welcome!
(01:52) Ch1: Social interactions w/ products
(05:25) Good and bad social exp.
(11:53) Social design framework
(13:14) Ch2: Affordances & Interactions
(15:06) Intuitive & intimacy
(18:01) Social affordances
(21:13) Interactants
(23:19) Our thoughts
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
26min
January 24, 2024 24: How to embrace layoffs
This is a follow-up to our previous episode "22: Going through a layoff". We've already shared a personal story of how one of us got laid off, but today we're covering what you can do knowing you're leaving a company, some lessons learnt after a layoff andddd, how to layoff-proof yourself!
MUSIC
Survivor - Destiny's Child
Timestamp:
(00:00) Hello!
(00:40) Your reactions from ep.22
(03:04) 4 reasons behind a layoff
(07:07) What to do if you are leaving
(15:27) Lessons from a layoff
(31:13) How to lay-off proof yourself
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
39min
January 16, 202423: Introducing a new concept! 📚🤓
Help us decide our club name by polling in Spotify and Instagram!
Our first book: My Robot Gets Me - Carla Diana
Official Website
Check availability in NLB (Physical book/ audiobook/ eBook)
🗓️ Chapters 1-2 discussion will release on 1 Feb 2024!
Timestamp:
(00:00) New concept reveal!
(01:03) Current club name
(02:25) How it works
(05:47) How this will benefit you
(06:39) Our first book!
(10:48) Wrapping up
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
12min
January 08, 2024 22: Going through a layoff
Happy 2024! We did it, we've tide through another year! Let's give a gentle pat on our backs.
Since it's the new year, we decided to share a personal story about ____'s layoff experience (guess who). Yes we're putting the AI in "laid off" 🥁
Disclaimer: This episode is by no means disparaging or harming the reputation of any companies.
Timestamp:
(00:00) Hello!
(03:26) Who got laid off?
(06:32) Our motivation behind this episode
(08:32) How the layoff happened
(22:27) Feelings towards the layoff
(38:12) Truth behind a layoff
(43:01) Getting laid off in Singapore
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much!
♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected]
___
Behind Kiasu Design Life:
Adilah - Website | LinkedIn
Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
...more
52min

FAQs about Kiasu Design Life:

How many episodes does Kiasu Design Life have?

The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.