Ridd is a product designer, educator, podcaster, and founder, best known for his podcast Dive Club. Previously, he built products and startups for over a decade, and created Figma Academy, helping thousands of designers level up their craft.
From the conversation:
Books
• Alternative Layout Systems by Giliane Cachin — https://alternativelayoutsystem.com/publication
• Geometry of Design by Kimberly Elam — https://link.amazon/B0gTizjym
• Influence by Robert B. Cialdini — https://www.influenceatwork.com/books-and-publications
• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/330912/the-48-laws-of-power-by-robert-greene
Talks and interviews
• “Musical Thinking for Design Engineers” by M.A. Baytaş — https://youtu.be/t57p7ARE39Y
• “The Winding Journey of Designing an AI Product” with Sam Stephenson on Dive Club — https://dive.club/deep-dives/sam-stephenson
Tools and platforms
• Claude — https://claude.ai
• Conductor — https://conductor.build
• Granola — https://www.granola.ai
• Paper — https://paper.design
• Superwhisper — https://superwhisper.com
• Wispr Flow — https://wisprflow.ai
Education
• Alpha School — https://alpha.school
• Synthesis — https://synthesis.com
Related episodes
• Dan Hollick — https://www.designdisciplin.com/p/daniel-hollick
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