Should Designers Lead

Should Designers Lead

In this episode, Kate and Laura discuss something (semi) topical. They argue about whether designers should lead and then of course somehow veer into what design even is anyway and it's pretty much a typical mess.

Drink Pairing: Mojitos (or anything muddled)

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10 Bad Words

10 Bad Words

In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about terrible things they hear people say when building products. Apparently, there are words more triggering than "chatbot." Drink Pairing: Dirty Martini

21 Maalis 201726min

Why You Should Care about the Business Model

Why You Should Care about the Business Model

In this episode, Kate and Laura give five reasons why everybody, even designers and researchers, need to understand how their products and companies make money.  Drink Pairing: Margaritas

7 Maalis 201730min

Blind Spots

Blind Spots

In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about the kinds of things people miss when building products, why that's bad, and how to avoid it. Drink Pairing: Anything but Moonshine (which can cause blindness...

21 Helmi 201729min

Hot Takes

Hot Takes

The hottest of takes on the most trivial of topics. Kate and Laura argue about the future of AR, chatbots, the on demand economy, and whether pattern libraries will finally put designers out of busine...

7 Helmi 201728min

Building Your Brand

Building Your Brand

In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about building a personal brand as a designer, and why in the name of all that is holy anybody in their right mind would want to do that. They have some vague advi...

24 Tammi 201728min

Hypothesis Tracker

Hypothesis Tracker

In this episode, Kate and Laura discuss a tool and process for tracking the things you believe and getting better at predicting. The tool, predictably, is from Build Better Products. Which you should ...

10 Tammi 201726min

Rapid Fire, Part Deux

Rapid Fire, Part Deux

In this episode, Kate and Laura try and fail to tackle some typical UX questions in 2 minutes or less. Laura gives the most useful advice you will ever get about starting a new job. It's a short one, ...

27 Joulu 201618min

Advocating for the User

Advocating for the User

In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about picking the right users and advocating for them. Also, they explain why this is not entirely the designer's job.  Drink Pairing: Mulled Wine Music: The Futur...

13 Joulu 201629min