This is our last episode of Working File, at least for a little while. Linda and Maurice join Matt and Andy to go down the list of possible topics for shows that we never got to make. It's a Working File lightning round! Thanks to all of our contributors over the past year who helped make the show a reality.

Links Discussed

Wrist Robot

Machine Learning

Material Design

Bootstrap

Wordpress

Abstract

Git

Frank Chimero

Frank's Rowhome Illustration

Official Objectified Poster

Andy's Ripoff of the Objectified Poster

Matt's Objectified Poster

Luba Lukova

Everything is a Remix

This episode features Matt and Andy having a one-on-one conversation about the future of Working File and the difference between expressive and functional design projects.

Links Discussed

• On the Grid
• Numerology
• The Beginning of Infinity
• David Cole
• Waterfall Model

Matt is back for a lively discussion with Victoria and new contributor Daisy Sun about self-esteem and how to get a job when the world tells you that you're underqualified. Should you apply for a job if you don't meet the posted requirements? How do you break into an industry that feels elite and inaccessible to you? Is getting fired from Ben & Jerry's for being too short to scoop the ice cream technically discrimitation?

Links Discussed

Lord of the Rings "Cave"

SnapApp

Wayfair

Wayfair Jingle

NGP VAN

How to Pronounce Wacom

FontBureau

Ben & Jerry's

David Foster Wallace on Fish

Dear Prudence

Food Lust People Love

Matt and Andy take an episode off and Maurice wrangles three new contributors from all over the country to discuss how geography influences design community. Richard Wade Morgan, Kim Green, and Jamal Collins call in from Atlanta, Boseman, and Clevenland, respectively, and compare their experiences as a designer in different locales.

Links Discussed

Studio WadeSarah LawrenceWeapons of Mass CreationAdventures in Design PodcastMontana State UniversityBora ShehuUniversity of GeorgiaLiving Walls AtlantaGoat Farm Arts CenterRazorfishSon & SonsMailchimpKabbageMake America Gay AgainLost-N-Found Youth

Long time contributor Maurice Cherry organized this episode where Andy, Matt, and new contributor Jon Lewis discuss what it's like starting your own business as a designer. What are the reasons to start something new instead of getting a normal, stable job? What are the most difficult parts that no one ever tells you about?

Links Discussed

Lunch

MetaLab

Bakken & Bæck

Million Dollar Matchmaker

Elevate App

Mike Monteiro

We take a break from our normal topical panel shows this week for something different. Prompted by an interview with Simon Sinek, Andy and Linda have a one-on-one discussion about our generation's attitudes towards work and social media. How does our approach to our careers differ from our parents'? Are connections made through social media less meaningful, or at least different, than those made in real life?

Links Discussed

Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Friends of The Web

The Great Recession

Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv

The Borg

Our Incredible Journey

Ueno

MailChimp

Candy Crush

Steve Jobs

2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Millennials

This episode is all about education. Andy, Matt, Meg, and Maurice share their origin stories as we discuss the differences between being self-taught and learning about design through a formal, paid program. How do you find your voice when you begin your career working for others? How do you learn humility after you've spent four years and tens of thousands of dollars becoming an expert in something?

Links Discussed

Working File Episode 2 — The Artist and the Problem Solver

Morehouse College

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Wolfram Mathematica

Lunch

Sarah Huny Young

Huny on Revision Path

Husani on Revision Path

Husani Oakley

Savannah College of Art and Design

Maryland Institute College of Art

Kutztown University

Rhode Island School of Design

Clients from Hell

Josef Albers

Lynda

Skillshare

Black in Design 2017

Revision Path

Creative Works

AIGA Eye on Design Conference

Annie and Jon join us for a speculative discussion about the future of design. Will artificial intelligence and machine learning replace us in the future? How will we develop taste in automated systems? What will become of our industry when capitalism finally implodes?

Links Discussed

“Merlin Manndroid”

AirBNB Design

Artificial Intelligence

Assembly Line

Twitterbot

Algorithm

Pun

Machine Learning

Word Embedding

Pupper2Vec: Analyzing Internet Dog Slang with Machine Learning

Anthony Jeselnik

Markov Chain

Replika App

Creativity

Planet Money

AirBNB — Painting with Code

Material Design

Image Synthesis From Text With Deep Learning

Philosopher King

Basic Income

A/B Testing

Zine

Baby Boomers

The arc of the universe is long…

Dark Ages

List of Countries by Infant Mortality Rate

The Matrix

Pokémon Red Programmed in Minecraft

Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning

Musical Novelty Search — Evolutionary Algorithms + Ableton Live

Moonlight

Upstream Color

Dream Daddy

SmarterChild

Alexa

Siri

On this episode, Matt, Andy, and Kristy are joined by new contributor Sabrina Majeed to discuss what it means to be senior in any field. Find out what potential employers think of your years of experience and what it means to be a mature designer.

Links Discussed

On Being a Senior Engineer

Buzzfeed

Slack

Bill O'Reilly

Kate Arnonwitz

Hire Sabrina

This episode reunites Matt and Andy with Dan Auer, cohost of On the Grid, the podcast that eventually led to the creation of Working File. We get caught up on developments in Dan's life and discuss how we've grown and changed in the five years since we recorded the first episode of On the Grid.

Links Discussed

On the Grid

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Andy's Garden on Instagram

Cyberbullying

Dreamcast

Pentagram

Hedonic Treadmill

Burning Man

Sagmeister & Walsh