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The Diary Of Design Thinking18. Figma's hidden shortcut, design efficiency, and famous Spanish slogansEdward Chechique is a Product Designer, with a successful extra-curricular track record in sharing and teaching Design and AI on Medium (6.7k followers!), YouTube, and more.
Timestamps
0:00:00 Introduction0:00:45 Who is Edward Chechique0:09:18 Graphic design education0:10:40 Discovering Figma0:12:08 Should design leads stay hands-on?0:14:30 Helping others become autonomous0:17:57 Remaining efficient in Figma0:22:28 Figma's hidden shortcut0:26:37 Variables, Dev mode, Advanced prototyping: yay or nay?0:32:11 Designer efficiency0:36:20 Famous Spanish slogans0:39:11 How design workflows have changed since ChatGPT0:45:40 GPT 3.5, or 4.0?0:50:08 Disadvantages of using ChatGPT and AI0:55:01 Kee...2023-08-231h 18The Diary Of Design Thinking17. Job hunting, getting unstuck, and your first hireWhether UX, UI, product, research or content design—this one's for all the job hunters and newly minted hiring managers. Our guidance and reassurance in the rapids of the 2023 job market.
We cover balancing the role versus culture, negotiating salary, optimising your CV, landing remote roles, the interview process as it is today, and how to onboard your first hire.
Yes, it's tough out there, but it's not impossible. If we can connect you to anyone or help review your CV for example, drop us a line on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/in...2023-07-2352 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking16. Pfizer's Design System, spatial design, and AI is coming after your (boring) jobKevin Coyle, currently working with Brad Frost and friends at Big Medium, is an incredible all-star professional in tech currently focusing on frontend. While we cover the professionally interesting work of building a Design System within the giant that is Pfizer, we also cover some lighter topics such as AI stealing jobs, Blu-ray is ancient, and Apple's Vision Pro.
What we discussed
0:00:00—Introduction
0:00:49—Welcome Kevin Coyle
0:02:29—How did you get into Design Systems? Where did it all start?
0:06:39—What it's like working on Helix, Pfizer's Design System
0:09:20—Overcoming...2023-06-231h 09The Diary Of Design Thinking15. Design Systems, ChatGPT, and Beer with Dan DonaldDan Donald, previously Zeroheight and Autotrader, is not only an engineer, designer, and product person rolled into one, but an absolute generous gem of a human being.
We're privileged to have him with us to discuss all things Design Systems. How do we start one? What's the best tool? Will ChatGPT change how we approach them?
Plus: what our beers of choice were, Dan's celebrity doppelgänger, and some very wise words from Dan:
"Perfect is the enemy of the good".
What we discussed
0:00:00—Overview and introductions
0:01:00—Chuck, Simon, and Dan D...2023-05-251h 28The Diary Of Design Thinking14. Design feedback the right way, handling aggressive feedback, and lowering your defencesDesigners often have an easier time progressing into leadership positions, we think, because giving feedback and critique is core to a healthy design culture. We discuss how to do it right, how to handle aggressive feedback, and techniques for lowering your defences while maintaining your dignity.
…and when you grab your iconic GTA weapons during feedback.
0:00:04—Introduction and topics overview
0:00:27—Episode starts: mic problems and camera simping
0:01:20—Uno the dog makes a guest appearance
0:02:10—Sync and async design feedback. Well, critique
0:03:50—Wrestling with getting time for design feedback
0:05:21—How do you get the right level of feedback?
0...2023-04-2355 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking13. Should Product Designers work remotely, and the ultimate desk setup for UX/UI workPost-pandemic, we’ve gone from home bound to remote whenever we can, but is it even possible for a modern Product Designer? We discuss the ultimate desk setup, the worst desk setup, what belongs in your “go-bag”, and what setup graduates and freshly minted designers might need.
Plus, a couple books we can recommend, and tips to avoid causing your colleagues ear bleeds.
What we discussed
0:00:52—episode begins
0:01:30—post pandemic desk setups
0:02:40—dedicated microphone, is it worth it?
0:04:15—adjusting gain levels, to prevent your team mates’ ears bleeding
0:05:20—Chuck’s ultimate desk setup items
0:08:00—posture, neck position...2023-03-231h 09The Diary Of Design Thinking12. Do designers need to draw, stuck in Senior and Lead positions, and when stakeholders disagreeWhether you’re struggling to reach Senior level, or spinning your wheels pushing to Lead and beyond, it genuinely takes some hustling and some luck to do it. We cover the trials you’ll encounter on your journey getting there, share some advice on leading your team through it, and tips on getting decisions made on your projects.
Oh, and a little first-aid for dogs.
0:02:20—Types of designers: visual, operational, and discovery
0:06:20—Dealing with being perceived as an artist
0:13:00—The non-visual side of designing great products
0:18:30—Getting non-designer team mates to use FigJam, Miro, or Lucid
0:23:40—Our first few...2023-02-231h 34The Diary Of Design Thinking11. Bait-and-switch jobs, a layoff survival guide, and the art of disagreeing with stakeholders.Finding a new UX job can be daunting in itself, but it’s miles harder if you’ve just been laid off. What’s worse? Imagine if on your first day, it wasn’t what you signed up for—your manager informs you the role has changed responsibilities.
Bummer.
We cover how we navigate these difficulties in our own career journeys, wrangle with Webflow, and shine a transparent light on professionally disagreeing with your stakeholders.
Hint: rhymes with shdata, and shmuser shmesearch.
What we discussed
0:00:00 – what’s happened to Simon since last sea...2023-01-231h 09
The Diary Of Design Thinking10. I’m on pause.Hey Design Thinkers! Refocusing on life and career so I am on pause until 2023. Potentially bringing a cohost onboard for season 2 so watch this space. Let’s get inspired and stay curious folks. Peace.2022-06-2304 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking9. The 4 principals towards building delightful products.In this episode, I talk about the key principles I have learned throughout my journey as a UXer. Progressing further in my career.2022-05-2315 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking8. The art of career change with Tom Clarke, Junior Web Developer at Costa Coffee.Tom takes us on his career journey from starting in the profession of Law, then working as a Personal Trainer to tackling the Costa Coffee’s Design System as the Web Developer.2022-04-231h 01The Diary Of Design Thinking7. What it really takes to be a great leader with James Ferguson, Lead Product Designer at Vidsy.Living by the mantra "Seek first to understand, then be understood", James talks about what it takes to be a great leader. As a leader, you’re only as successful as the team.2022-03-231h 18The Diary Of Design Thinking6. How to design with intent to make things easier in our everyday lives with Kosta Laoudikos.In this episode of The Diary Of Design Thinking Podcast, Kosta walks us through the means of improving products and understanding how users interact with them in real world conditions.2022-02-231h 00
Rabbitt Stew ComicsEpisode 336Comic Reviews: DC Batman/Catwoman Special by John Paul Leon, Tom King, Bernard Chang, Shawn Crystal, Mitch Gerads, Dave Stewart, Walt Simonson, Ram V Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace by Garth Ennis, Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge Superman and Robin Special by Peter Tomasi, Viktor Bogdanovic, Scott Hanna, Daniel Henriques, Matt Santorelli, Ivan Plascencia, Matt Herms Mister Miracle: The Great Escape GN by Varian Johnson, Daniel Isles Teen Titans Go/DC Super Hero Girls: Exchange Students by Amy Wolfram, Agnes Garbowska Marvel Devil's Reign: Winter Soldier 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Nico Leon, Felipe Sobreiro Marauders Annual 1 by Steve Orlando, C...2022-01-262h 19The Diary Of Design Thinking5. Empathising with Engineers for an excellent product with Chuck Rice, Tech Lead at Residently.In this episode, Chuck walks us through his processes using his experience as a UX Designer and Software Engineer. We also touched upon the process of setting up your OKRs.2022-01-231h 10The Diary Of Design Thinking4. Using Fluid Personas in UX research with Iulia Cornigeanu, Lead UX Researcher at DunelmIulia Cornigeanu shows us her UX research process and teaches us techniques to improve our research skills. Top tip - there are no such thing is silly questions.2021-12-2343 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking3. How Costa Coffee use data analytics to drive success with Dan Tomlinson, Global Analytics ManagerIn this episode of The Diary of Design Thinking Podcast with Dan we talk about his data analytics approach at Costa Coffee.2021-11-2335 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking2. UX Design in software with Stacey Rey, Lead UX/UI Designer at Pix System.In this first ever episode of The Diary of Design Thinking Podcast with Stacey we talk about her design process within software.2021-10-2557 minThe Diary Of Design Thinking1. Welcome to The Diary Of Design ThinkingA deep dive into the idea behind The Diary Of Design Thinking Podcast and a short story about the host Simon Hoang.2021-09-2006 min