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364: How to Design Better Settings
363: How to Talk to Users
362: What Do Designers Even Do All Day?
361: Building Things You Use
360: Measuring Success in Interface Design
359: Design Systems and Creativity
358: Design and Venture Capital
357: GPT-3 and the Future of Design
356: Becoming a Product Manager ft. Cemre Güngör
355: Should I Be a Product Manager?
354: Designing on a Visa ft. Yitong Zhang
353: WWDC 2020
352: Building a Better Design Industry ft. Maurice Cherry
351: Accessibility Gut Checks
350: Designing Misused Features
349: Black Lives Matter
348: Getting Unstuck
347: Overcoming Skill Gaps
346: Quality Software
345: Developing Taste
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