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This week is all about Google IO, Material You, Project Starline and more! We also share details about some subtle tweaks we've made to our website and artwork.

• Google IO 2021
• Pluto AI (not the real name)
• Material You
• Project Starline
• Updated Layout website and artwork
  • New (Display P3): Light mode, Dark mode
  • Old (sRGB): Light mode, Dark mode
• Playdate (in P3)

• Android Studio

• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
• The Great Canadian Baking Show

This week we catch up on a lot of follow up about Apple TV Calibration, AirTags, whether our thoughts about the new iMac have changed and finally open up the pandora's box of ponchos.

• Nesquik
• Upgrade #350: The Time for Color is Now
• Stokke Xplory X Stroller
• The poncho episode
• We're all waiting for a link to Rafa's poncho
• Is poncho now the collective name for listeners who get our inside jokes?

• Live tweets about the Epic vs Apple trial
  • Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy)
  • Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia)
• Kid Detective
• Tiny World
• Three Identical Strangers
• Becoming You

This week we are joined by Jenny Wen and Kee Yen Yeo from Figma to talk about the behind-the-scenes of designing FigJam.

• Jenny Wen
  • Twitter
• Kee Yen Yeo
  • Twitter
• FigJam
• Config Behind the Scenes
• Pie Menus: A 30 Year Retrospective

• PeakDesign Capture Clip (v3)
• YouTube Channels
  • PWNISHER
    • How I Create Cinematic CG Environments
  • The Local Project
• MeUndies
• Noihsaf, resale with intention

This week we briefly touch on Config 2021 and some of Figma's announcements, and then dive into Apple's Spring Loaded announcements: Apple Podcasts subscriptions, AirTag, Apple TV (remote), iMac and iPad Pro.

• Apple Fitness Plus adds new workouts designed specifically for pregnant, beginner, and older users --- The Verge
• Austin on Twitter, regarding links in iOS Notes

• Config 2021
  • FigJam
• Apple Podcasts Subscriptions
• AirTags
  • AirTag Leather Key Ring
• Apple TV
  • Siri Remote
• iMac
• iPad Pro
  • iPad Pro Commercial

• Apple's new "Hello" Screensaver
• Happy Ears

This week we talk about taking your work presentations to another level, speculate about Apple's Spring Loaded event, and give our wishlist for WWDC 2021.

• Arlo Baby Monitoring Camera & Stand
• The B&B Podcast
  • Shawn Blanc
  • Ben Brooks
• Walking through the Home app (with Joey Banks)
• Spring Loaded event
• WWDC Announcement
• Cortex #113: Semi-Abandoned System

• Aēsop Sculpt Hair Polish
• Made for Living

This week we talk about using opacity in text colors when designing for light/dark mode, give our thoughts on Apple Fitness+ and get into Rafa's Hand Mirror woes.

• Contrast app
• Apple Fitness+
• Apple Fitness+ Studio Tour Exclusive
• Tyrell Désean
• Superlist icon teaser
• Superlist website
• Rafa's right-click popup Twitter thread
• Hand Mirror

• Surge jogger from Lululemon
• It Takes Two

This is our 200th episode! We talk about Kevin's experience working from an office for the first time in over a year, getting into 3D modeling, Android 12 leaked screenshots and the new PS5 VR controller.

• Wework
• Kevin's first render
• Kevin's other renders
• Android 12 leaked screenshots
• Next Gen PS5 VR controller
• Handmirror

• Mimestream
• The Sound of The Last of Us

This week we check in on Rafa's first 6 months at Superlist, then talk about managing emotions at work, balancing side projects & a day job and Twitter Super Follows.

• Listener Dave's question: "Do you think being comfortable and confident with your day job helps you to do side projects?"

• Superlist
• Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets

• Ugmonk Men's Essential Tee
• Darn Tough T4037 No Show Socks
• Fake Famous
  • Nick Bilton
  • Hatching Twitter

This week we talk about the best follow up we've ever received, go through more of the macOS shortcuts we couldn't live without, and we give our hot take on Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces.

• Figma's new icon
  • Ryhan Hassan
  • @ryhanhassan on Twitter
  • Ryan's new Figma icon announcement tweet
  • Pictogram
• Dave: How do you fit podcasting in our schedules
• Dima: Trackpad gestures?
• Rafly: ⌘` to switch between windows
• Andy: ⌘⇧T to reopen tabs in Chromium, and ⌘1/2/3
• Dym: Clipboard manager, CopyQ

• Clubhouse's Inevitability - Stratechery
• Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets

• Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry
• HomePod Mini

This week we follow up on last week's topic: talking about how different parts of the deisgn lifecycle can influence your mood, bluetooth issues, iOS 14.5 Beta Apple Watch unlock (when you're wearing a mask), computer literacy and more!

• Moods and Design lifecycle (not really)
  • The Road to Excellence, by Kevin Clark
• Bluetooth issues on 11.3 Beta

• ⌘Q: Quit Application
• ⌘W: Close active window/tab
• ⌘H: Hide active window
• ⌘tab: Move focus to different app

• Arrow keys: Move cursor
• ⇧ Arrow: Select text
• ⌥arrows: Move cursor to beginning/end of word
• ⇧⌥arrow: Select word
• ⌘arrow: Move cursor to beginning/end of line
• ⇧⌘arrow: Selects line

• Paste
• Alfred

• ⌘L: focus URL bar in browser
• ⌘A: select all
• ⌃⌘Space: Emoji Picker

• Losing Alice
• Servant