Tentative

We're a bit giddy this rare pre-coffee morning recording, before Segway-ing into naming conventions in CSS, as well as communicating about the design process and decisions. AeroPress Elbow Pit BEM The Agile Bicycle

Jaclyn and Kyle ponder their past lives and spirit animals, and manage to squeeze in some design talk about condensed sprints, tips for managing remote user testing, reinforcing best-practices, and time management. Danger Zone

Kyle & Jaclyn are back for 2018! This week they discuss Die Hard, designing on an iPad, the importance of community to creation, and embracing the flaws in your art. Daily UI Challenge My Kid Could Paint That Trailer Art & Fear: On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking- David Bayles iCarez matte iPad Pro Screen Protector New Skype Ringtone

Kyle & Jaclyn chat about Stranger Things, design approaches to personal sites, using improv to build better trust & communication on a team, & the importance of naming and language. Keep Ruby Weird Kyle on thoughtbot Blog Rocket Surgery Made Easy- Steve Krug Just Enough Research- Erika Hall A Script To Kickstart Your Jobs To Be Done Interviews JTBD Mattress Interview Mixed Methods Podcast Design Systems- Alla Kholmatova

Brenda and Dawn talk about early experiences with tech, CSS DevConf, code review, performance considerations around the world, and refactoring legacy sketch files. Keep Ruby Weird Elle Meredith KRW Keynote NeoPets CSS Dev Conf CSS Layout Club NYC Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS The Ins and Outs of Easing- Val Head Cubic Bezier Curves - Under the Hood Slides and Resources from CSS Dev Conf 2017 New Orleans

Jaclyn and Kyle talk about ways to start a design career, as well as what happens when you're deep in the trenches building products. Headspace thoughtbot Jobs thoughtbot Purpose Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 for Dummies A Complete Guide to Flexbox | CSS Tricks Upcase Treehouse Optimizely thoughtbot Product Design Sprint jaclynperrone.com

Reda & Kyle discuss color consistency across tools and devices, as well as the inefficiencies of design workflows. Making Sense Of Color Management- Craig Hockenberry React Sketch.app "Inventing on Principle"- Brett Victor Talk Abstract

Kyle & Reda discuss search engines, documentation searches, reminisce about Photoshop Slices in Dreamweaver, and question Reda's Google-Fu. DuckDuckGo Dash Documentation Dreamweaver Keep Ruby Weird Call For Proposals PSD2HTML

Kyle & Dawn discuss end-of-project planning / organization, jobs vs user stories, and the merits of Austin TX. thoughtbot Home Page Parent/Child Management for Trello Converting to Jobs Stories

Brenda joins Reda to discuss CSS Grid Layout, the reasons they don't use grid frameworks as much anymore, iPad design, and the pros/cons of client vs product work. CSS Layout Club CSS Working Group "Learn CSS Grid"- Jen Simmons Neat

Dawn and Kyle talk about Dawn’s recent experience running usability tests, and what learned from running them. Kyle discusses how he's using Jobs-to-be-done theory to build a marketing landing page. Finally, how they approach which resolution screen to design for first.

Reda and Jack talk about design from the perspective of a developer, why CSS sucks for layout, retro game making, and App Store things. Jack’s Twitter Safari default CSS CSS Grid module CSS Flexbox Build Phase Scribattle FlippyBit App Store purge

We talk about the dichotomy of perfection in design, versus shipping something that is 'good enough'. Reda discusses how he is keeping track of the places in the app that he wants to improve while trying to hit deadlines. Also, recent experience jumping on print design and branding projects, and the different tools used when tackling them.

We discuss whether it is better to have a bunch of work waiting for you or none when getting back from a vacation, what it’s like being the only designer on a project, documenting design, and trends / style specifically for iOS (and how it relates to the web). Ottoneu Fantasy Baseball Bear Notes App

Kyle is joined by Jaclyn Perrone to talk about designing with seed data, and how to make a new interface not look empty. They discuss using jobs-to-be-done to influence a product through interviews and job statements, as well as how they approach designing with users in mind, and the value of real users' reactions when testing interfaces. Jobs-to-be-done Design sprints Alan Klement Design sprint episode with Reda Remote design sprint episode with Dawn Jaclyn Perrone

Kyle is joined by Dawn Delatte to discuss the different tools and methodology employed in tackling a remote design sprint. They cover some of the success and failures of a recent sprint and how they split up work afterwards.Dawn talks about diving into JavaScript which leads to a discussion on how they learn new technology and design techniques. Kyle is back on a rails app and is enjoying planning out the product.Trello Board For Design SprintsTrello AppMiro - Whiteboard App (formerly Realtimeboard)FullstoryJavaScript For Web DesignersJobs StoriesSketchInvisionLulu Miller Tedx TalkKyle Recording Under a CoatDawn on TwitterDawn's Website

They're back! Reda and Kyle team up for a new season of Tentative. In this episode we discuss the thought process, tools, and execution plan for goals and resolutions in the new year. Plus, books for Reda to read over the coming year, and the importance of reading not only as a designer but also as a person. Gina Bolton’s V2MOM Getting Things Done Moonwalking with Einstein Kindle Competing Against Luck- Clayton Christiansen Kale and Coffee Compete- Alan Klement Making Sense of Color Management- Craig Hockenberry Creativity Inc. Thinking Fast and Slow

Using Instagram’s redesign as an example, we discuss the new wave of apps that are starting a trend of black and white UI. This leads to a debate on having concrete style trends, and why it doesn’t always make sense to follow them (but why it might make sense for Instagram). Episode about burnout Reda’s tweet Instagram redesign Reda’s Build Phase Episode Laila & Brenda Show

Reda and Kyle talk about how Kyle is tackling a branding project for a fantasy sports app. They then dig into how both are planning for upcoming design sprints, and the methodology behind their different approaches. Stattleship Logo Dribbble thoughtbot design sprint guide Reda’s WWDC post HiRes with Kyle

This episode Reda and Kyle talk about WWDC. They review new features for both iOS and the Apple Watch before discussing Apple's public attitude towards design, and speculate about the process Apple follows building software. WWDC iOS watchOS macOS WWDC Keynote Reda's WWDC blog post Swift Playgrounds