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This week we talk about hiring designers and having to review other people's portfolios, HomePod reviews and... shower handle design.

• Jonathan Morrison HomePod Review
• The Verge's HomePod Review

• Andaz Hotel shower handle
• Follow @layoutfm on Twitter for the picture of Sam's shower dingus
• Sam Soffes

• Paddy Sketch plugin
• Logitech Circle 2

Launching our sticker store, dogfooding your own products and the mystery that is the HomePod.

• Flowkit for Sketch
• Layout Stickers

• Netlify
• Shopify
• HomePod

• Nike Run Club + Guided Runs
• Zumbo's Just Deserts

This week we talk about introversion and how it affects different aspect of our life and work.

• 3D for Designers, by Devon Ko
• Design Code, by Meng To
• Rafa’s sticker video

• Flowkit for Sketch, by Matt Smith (mds)
  • Use code LAYOUT for $9 discount
• Roost Stand

This week we talk about shipping side projects, not just working on them. We also talk about waking up early, sleep tracking and briefly touch on DARK (the Netflix show).

• Mitch’s comment on DN

• Michael’s 2017 recap video
• Matt's 2017 recap video
• Sam Soffes
• Immutable
• Brag-driven development
• Photo Edit Dribbble post
• Mophie Wireless Charger
• DARK

• How Star Wars IX should be written
• Cosmic Encounter
• Betrayal at House on the Hill

This week we talk about how challenging it is to keep adding new features without compromising on simplicity.

• Kevin’s tweet
• Original thread by Steven Sinofsky
• Frictionless Design Choices, by Steven Sinofsky on Medium

• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• The End of the F***ing World

As we're coming back from our holiday break, this week our topic is vacations. We address unlimited vacation policies, that feeling of guilt that sometimes comes with taking vacations and our tricks for disconnecting.

• Google Home Mini
• Black Mirror Season 4

• Orbitkey Ring Clip and Strap
• Worms MD, for Nintendo Switch
• Alexander Parkes

As always, we close out the year by rounding up and giving “awards” to our favorite things of the year.

• Rafa: DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
• Kevin: A Moment Apart — ODESZA
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
• Honorable Mention:
  • American Dream — Khalid

• Kevin: mother!
  • IMDB
  • iTunes
• Rafa: Blade Runner 2049
  • IMDB
  • iTunes
• Honorable Mentions:
  • The Big Sick
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Baby Driver
  • Get Out

• Rafa: Big Little Lies (Season 1)
  • IMDB
  • iTunes
  • HBO Now
• Kevin: Stranger Things (Season 2)
  • IMDB
  • Netflix
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Handmaid’s Tale (Season 1)
  • Master of None (Season 2)
  • Mindhunter (Season 1)

• Kevin: Paperclips!
• Rafa: Horizon Zero Dawn
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Kevin: Do by Friday
  • Apple Podcasts
• Rafa: S-Town
  • Apple Podcasts
• Honorable Mention: Lovett or Leave it

• Rafa: @_inside
• Kevin: @tranhelen

• Kevin: Things
  • Things for iOS — App Store
  • Things for Mac — Mac App Store
• Rafa: Halide
  • Halide on the App Store
• Honorable Mention:
  • Instagram
  • Apollo for Reddit
  • Swarm
  • Clips

• Rafa: Abstract
• Kevin: Pixelmator Pro
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Claquette
  • Sketch

• Kevin: Google Home Mini
• Rafa: Nintendo Switch
• Honorable Mention: iPhone X
  • The iPhone X — Daring Fireball

• Rafa: Philips Hue
• Kevin: Ergonofis: height adjustable desk

• Kevin: Kevin’s Team™
• Rafa: Netlify’s new Design System
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Layout 2.0
  • MobX Conference

• Rafa: 73: Should Designers Ego?
• Kevin: 75: Software Spring Cleaning™
• Honorable Mentions: 80: Design Mustard

• Rafa: Adobe bought Sketch
• Kevin: Stories in everything! feat Rafa
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Twitter redesign memes
  • Over the top Design Tools™

• Rafa: Falling behind on my side projects (demotivation)
• Kevin: My flight to SF

• Rafa: Diet/Workout plan
• Kevin: London design conference

• @chevykmd
• @kevgski
• @khaledbouya
• @victorkernes
• @magalhini

In this bonus episode, Kevin and Rafa talk about the new Star Wars movie: The Last Jedi. A 3h long, spoiler filled, holiday special.

• The Last Jedi
• Emo Kylo Ren Twitter account
  • “Dear diary...”
  • “Meticulously colors a bandaid black...”

• Tomorrow Podcast (with Joshua Topolsky)
• The Incomparable
• Defocused

This week we are joined by our friend Joel Califa to talk about the evolution of the designer role and the ethical dilemma of being a corporate designer. Joel is a product designer at GitHub, previously leading the design team at Digital Ocean.

• Julie Zhuo on how can I continue my growth
• Stephen Nixon on net neutrality
• Brian Sander on Fog of War

• Joel Califa
• Joel's newsletter
• Joel's tweetstorm
• Are we the baddies?

• Sports Loop Apple Watch Band
• Castro
• Google Pixel 2
• Google Maps' Moat

This week we explore how do you grow in your career as a designer?

• Listener Chevy's follow up

• Net neutrality in Portugal

• Pixelmator Pro
• App: The Human Story