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Latest VIP Patrons:This week, we were invited to have a rant session about the little things in modern software that drive us nuts. A complainisode!
James Bartlett asks on GitHub: Frustrations with existing products got me into design. As you guys have new Macs, perhaps now's a good time to share your frustrations with Mac OS, and ideate on ways to mitigate. For example, I'd like to see an inbox for Airdrop. Currently everything airdropped, gets dropped into the downloads folder, and with no way to sort by sender etc.
Byeee!
324: Interface Design and the Physical World
323: Designing Social Proof
322: Designing App Onboarding Experiences
321: Illustrations and the Side Effects of Free Resources (feat. Meg Robichaud & Ryan Putnam)
320: The Path of a Generalist (feat. Pablo Stanley)
319: Content Strategy and Designing with Language (feat. Jonathon Colman)
318: Death of the Designer Unicorn
317: Designing for Dark Mode
316: The Convergence of iOS and Android
315: Building a Listener-Supported Podcast
314: Beauty, Vulnerability, and Doing Things That Matter (feat. Haraldur Thorleifsson)
313: Design Process Automation
312: Managing a Design Systems Team (feat. Diana Mounter)
311: Visuals in Product Design
310: Work, Culture, and Experimentation at a Product Design Agency (feat. Skyler Balbus)
309: Career Progression for Product Designers
308: Learning Design as a Developer
307: iOS 13 Beta
306: Is Ego Getting in the Way of Accessibility?
305: From Team to Solo Designer (feat. Michie Cao)
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