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This week we talk about what is the best way to showcase UX work in a portfolio, letting your personality show in your work and on social media and exploring other design-adjacent interests. We also discuss the first episode of Westworld season 2.

• Joseph Pierce
• Kevin's Instagram
• Rafa's Instagram

• Decoding Westworld Podcast
• Out West Podcast
• Westworld subreddit

• A Quiet Place
• God of War

This week we talk about Impostor Syndrome, quitting social media for a week and Ready Player One.

• Facebook-quitting advice from a professional internet quitter

• Ready Player One Audiobook
• Zones

This week we answer some listener questions. Topics include: OKRs, 1:1s, and performance reviews.

• Kevin Gutowski
• Kevin Gutowski on Twitter
• Cortex #62: 2018 Yearly Themes

• Seven Sisters on Netflix
• Seven Sisters on iTunes
• Unsplash for iOS
• Coffee Table Typography Patreon
• Ricardo Magalhães on Twitter

How do you know when it's time to leave your company? While neither of us want to quit our job, we talk about our past experiences making these career moves.

• A UX Pro's Work is Never Done

• The Lobster
• Ask Playbook
• Elon Musk's April Fools joke
• MKBHD's April Fools joke
• Lego's April Fools joke

• Jean Marc Denis’s Patreon
• Concepts
• Charlie Marie’s iPad Pro review

This week we talk about the gear we use to do our work (desk, chairs, computers, etc.)

• Prototyping & Presenting | Figma Help Center
• Shower Dingus feedback thread
• Chevy's follow up

• Layout #6: The apps we use to get stuff done
• Rafa's Desk
• Rafa’s chair
• Kevin’s chair at work
• Kevin’s chair at home
• Kevin's desk at work
• Kevin’s desk at home
• Expensive standing mat
• Accidental Tech Podcast #242: These Arms Are Coming Off
• 13” MacBook Pro (with TouchBar)
• LG UltraFine 5K
• iMac 5K
• Rafa's speakers
• Beats Studio 3 Matte Black
• AirPods
• mStand
• iPhone Lightning Dock
• Mophie Chi Charger
• Blue Yeti
• IKEA Wireless Charger Lamp
• Ugmonk Wooden Card Holder
• Panobook, by Studio Neat
• Offscreen Magazine

• Patriot
• The Leftovers
• Ueno Design app
• Ember exporter

This week, we talk about being busy and how this is something we actively try to avoid. We also have some important shower dingus follow up, spend way too much time talking about the color of tennis balls and finally discuss our thoughts on Sketch 49.

• Picture of Sam’s Shower Dingus
• Shower Dingus (episode)

• Hello Internet #98: Dogfather
• Tenis wharehouse forum
• Picture of a tennis ball with color spectrum

• Sketch 49
• Google Home Routines

• Nike Epic React Flyknit
• Machina

This week we talk about the meaning of design titles (or lack thereof). We also finally talk about Black Panther.

• The Truth About Design Titles

• Black Panther

• Imaginary Worlds Podcast
• type__type Instagram account

This week we talk about traits we look for in the people we work with, and that Vero app.

• Foley not folio duh
• Chevy tweet

• Steve Jobs and beautiful polished rocks

• Vero app
• Pasquale D’Silva’s thread about Vero
• Menubar podcast

• Alto’s Odyssey
• Virgil Abloh’s Lecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design
• Ten Nike Icons Reconstructed - OffWhite
• 6 Days to Air - South Park
• Cortex #64: 6 Days to Air

This week we talk about the differences between marketing design and product design.

• Stripe
• Stripe Environment
• Design Sprint
• Abstract
• Sketch

• The Force of Sound
• Black Panther
• Kevin's playlist

This week we talk about how your personality can influence your design style and whether or not being "type-cast" is a bad thing. Also, Kevin finally caved in and bought a HomePod.

• Tobias Van Schneider
• Meg Robichaud
• Tim Van Damme
• HomePod
• The White Ring of Death
• HomePod Socks

• Black Panther album
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
• CHVRCHES — Get Out
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
• Rhye — Blood
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
• The Creative's Mix