Best Hacking UI Podcasts (2025)

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Crucial Tips to Go from Product Design Graduate to Your First Product Design Job 51:39

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick discuss the big gap between what UX education teaches you and what real product design work looks like on the job. Most junior designers leave school excited to “help users” and “make the world a better place” only to slam face first into business goals, tech debt, and stakeholders who wan…

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Why UX Coaching is the Shortcut Your Design Career Needs 53:05

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick figure out the hard truth about why so many UX and product designers struggle to get hired. Hint: it is not your (lack of) Figma skills. They discuss best practices and advice from their experience as UX coaches. From confidence gaps to portfolios that all look the same to the finding out …

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10 Years of Conversion Secrets: UX Design Hacks That Actually Make Money 47:20

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick share conversion optimization secrets they've learned over their combined 20 years of design experience. From the psychology behind high-converting ads to the small tweaks that always boost your landing page performance, they share the tactics that have moved the needle for many of the des…

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Design Mythbusters: 6 UX Myths That Hold Designers Back in 2025 52:10

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick become the "Design Mythbusters" and tackle the biggest misconceptions about UX design that both designers and non-designers believe. From the idea that UX is just about making things pretty to the pressure of getting everything right the first time, they bust (or confirm) myths that hold y…

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Product Design Just Killed UX Design (What Roles to Look for Instead) 56:44

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick are trying to untangle the confusing world of design job titles and their many, many variations. From UX designer to product designer to the emerging UX engineer role and everything inbetween. They share what each title actually means, their differences, and how to survive the ever-changin…

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What Product Design Is Actually Like (It's Not What Social Media Tells You) 50:06

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick talk about the actual day-to-day of being a product designer and how it is very different from what social media tells you. One's an in-house designer while the other is a freelancer. Both have over a decade of on-the-job design experience. Together, they discuss how AI creates overlap bet…

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Why Studying UX and Product Design is Worth It More Than Ever (for 2025 and beyond) 53:44

3M ago53:44

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick discuss the real answer to the question that’s been haunting LinkedIn threads, Reddit posts, and bootcamp Slack groups: Is it still worth becoming a UX or product designer in 2025 and beyond? They look back on their own (non-)traditional paths into product design, the current state of the …

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Personal Branding for Product Designers: Overrated, Underrated, and Misunderstood 47:30

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick go into the chaotic world of branding. They discuss why it matters more than ever, when it’s completely overhyped, and how to make the most of it as a product designer looking to build a career. Well-known branding moments include the Jaguar rebrand and Apple’s liquid glass 'feature'. Nick…

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How You Use Motion to Ruin or Improve Product Design 40:09

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick discuss the role of animation and motion in modern product design workflows and why it’s not just about looking slick. From micro-interactions to loading states, they find out where animation improves UX and where it becomes a distraction. They also get into motion for video editing, desig…

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Designers vs. Product Managers: Will They Become One? 39:55

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick talk about how the lines between designers and product managers are getting more and more blurry. AI tools speed up our way of working and startups grow using smaller teams than ever. Does that mean we are heading toward a new unicorn role for a designer-product-manager-hybrid? From workin…

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The Future of Figma? Why Designers Are Switching Tools (Fast) 45:32

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld discuss the fast-evolving world of design tools, AI integration for your tools, and why your current workflow might (or might not) already be outdated. From tool fatigue to the Figma vs. Framer debate, they explore how designers are adapting (or not) to new tech, what make…

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When Aesthetics Overshadow UX: A WWDC Design Debate 37:40

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In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld discuss the (design) updates Apple showcased at WWDC, including the much-hyped Liquid Glass, and what it means for product designers, users, and the future of UI. They discuss why both the product design community and Apple focuses too much on Liquid Glas, what to focus on…

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Stop Boring Stakeholders: How to Present Design (and Yourself) Like a Pro 42:37

6M ago42:37

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🎯 "Good design speaks for itself." ...except when it doesn’t. In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld break down how to present your work—and yourself—in a way that actually influences decisions. Whether you're in a client pitch, a job interview, or a high-stakes design review, how you communicate your value is just as important as what yo…

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Sketch, Ship, Scale: The Unsexy Work That Makes Great Designers 50:36

6M ago50:36

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🛠️ "Design is just making pretty screens, right?" ...Wrong. In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld dive into the real (and messy) side of product design—from research and collaboration to freelancing and client communication. It's everything they don't teach you in design school. We’re breaking down: ✅ How user research actually works (an…

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Figma Make Is Wild. But Is It Really the Future of Design? | Figma Config 2025 Breakdown 26:17

6M ago26:17

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The design community is divided. Some love the Figma Config announcements while others hate it. We've seen every type of comment from 'the output code sucks' to 'Figma just ended Illustrator'. But which one is true? Or is none of it true? In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld discuss Figma Config's 2025 announcements and how Figma Make, …

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Should Designers Learn to Code? The AI Shift No One’s Ready For 48:41

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💻"Designers don’t need to code." ...but is that advice still true today? In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld unpack why the designer role is evolving fast—and why the next generation of designers will need more than just Figma skills to stay relevant. We’re breaking down: ✅ Why polished prototypes now speak louder than polished decks. …

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The Mini-CEO Mindset: How Designers Earn Their Seat at the Table 36:33

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💡 “Designers need a seat at the table!” …but what if the company doesn’t even HAVE a table? In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld unpack the real reason designers struggle to influence decisions—they don’t speak the right language. We’re breaking down: ✅ Why empathy is a designer’s superpower—for users and stakeholders. ✅ The business la…

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Remote Work: The Dream, The Struggle, and The Reality Check 40:48

8M ago40:48

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💭 "Remote work is the future!" they said. "You'll love the freedom!" they promised. And yet… here we are, burnt out, over-snacking, and wondering if we should just buy another standing desk to fix our working lives. In this episode, Tyler White and Nick Groeneveld pull back the curtain on what remote work is REALLY like—from the dream of working in…

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The ROI Lie: Why Design is More Than Just Pretty Pixels 35:15

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💡 "Design ROI is just about making things look good, right?" WRONG. In this episode, Nick Groeneveld and Tyler White expose the ROI myth that’s been holding designers back for decades. Here’s the deal—great design isn’t just about aesthetics. It’s about influencing perception, driving conversions, and making customers FEEL something (even when they…

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#35 Ran Segall (Full stack designer & creator, Prospero) - Love what you do, take massive action, and prosper. 50:45

7+ y ago50:45

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Episode #35: Ran Segall We are super excited to have with us today the inspiring Ran Segall - a full stack designer, a creator, and a vlogger. Ran started out as a designer, working with startups to create great products & brands. For the past 5 years, his been freelancing with 3-5 clients at any given time, and also, he's been sharing his journey …

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#34 David Kadavy (Bestselling Author & Host, Love Your Work) - How well are we connecting with our curiosity? 54:27

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Episode #34: David Kadavy We are thrilled to have with us today the amazing David Kadavy - Bestselling author of The Heart to Start & Design For Hackers, a creative entrepreneur, and host of Love your Work Podcast. David started out as a curious web designer, working with startups and freelancing, he wanted to figure out a way to design smarter, fo…

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#33 Yasmine Evjen (Design Advocate, Google) - What is design if not a way to tell a story 52:24

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Episode #33: Yasmine Evjen It is our pleasure to present to you the inspiring Yasmine Evjen (that's ev-Yan) - Design Advocate at Google, a storyteller and (previously) a Co-host at Material Podcast - a podcast all about Google and Android. Yasmine started out as a front-end developer and a web designer, doing freelance work, working in agencies tha…

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#32 Quincy Larson (Founder and educator, freeCodeCamp) - The value of free education and building communities 55:17

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Episode #32: Quincy Larson Today we had the pleasure of talking to Quincy Larson - Founder and educator at " freeCodeCamp", where you can learn to code completely for free. Quincy started out as a teacher and a developer, driven by the 'pay it forward' mentality, and helping others to succeed. He also has a background in journalism, which had him p…

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#31 Brad Frost (Founder, Atomic Design) - Breaking down design systems to atomic elements 1:03:01

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Episode #31: Brad Frost We are honored to have with us today, the inspiring Brad Frost, Founder and inventor of the " Atomic Design" system. Brad started as a web designer, came out through the agency world, doing client work, started a shop, and eventually found himself also consulting for teams, doing workshops, writing a blog and hosting a podca…

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#30 Jason Ogle (Founder, UserDefenders.com) - Don't be a "tooler", but a learner 1:17:16

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Episode #30: Jason Ogle Our guest today is a fellow podcaster, the amazing Jason Ogle, Founder and host of UserDefenders.com podcast, where he creates and shares inspiring interviews with UX superheroes. Jason started as a designer and a developer in the 90s, and he believes in what's called "The Beginner's Mindset", which means that you're going t…

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#29 Noah Kagan (Founder, Sumo.com) - Have fun, create value and do it consistently 59:15

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Episode #29: Noah Kagan Our guest today is the inspiring Noah Kagan, Founder, and Chief-Sumo at Sumo.com, AppSumo.com, and OkDork. Noah is a super successful entrepreneur, a marketing specialist and business consultant. Noah made his way from the marketing world. He started at Intel, was employee #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint. Noah has a very open…

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#28 Samuel Hulick (Founder, UserOnboard.com) - Find a niche you love, specialize, succeed 1:05:02

8y ago1:05:02

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Episode #28: Samuel Hulick Our guest today is none other than Samuel Hulick, Founder of UserOnboard. Samuel started as a developer, and eventually found himself focusing on UX design and customer success. That led him to find that one crucial part of the experience that leads customers to succeed with any product: User Onboarding. From there, he on…

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#27 Maria Giudice (Former VP, Experience Design, Autodesk) - Designing to reinvent the future, and leading a cultural change in your organization 57:17

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Episode #27: Maria Giudice It is our pleasure to present to you Maria Giudice, Former VP, Experience Design at Autodesk, founder of Hot studio and former Creative Director of product design at Facebook. Maria was the founder of Hot studio for over 15 years and then acquired by Facebook, where she was working as a creative director of product design…

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#26 Keenan Cummings (Design Lead, Airbnb) - Finding Your Product's Level of Readiness and Manifesting Design systems 54:20

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Episode #26: Keenan Cummings Our guest today is the inspiring Keenan Cummings, Team Leader at Airbnb and former Co-founder/Creative Director of Days (acquired by Yahoo!) and the Designers Debate Club. Keenan started his career as a designer in NYC, working in brand agencies and doing print work, where he landed what he thought would be a dream proj…

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#25 Khoi Vinh (Principal Designer, Adobe) - Influencing an industry and building a personal brand 52:02

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Episode #25: Khoi Vinh Our guest today is none other than Khoi Vinh, Principal Designer at Adobe and former Design Director of The New York Times. Khoi is the founder of the popular blog, Subtraction.com and a true family man. He was born in South Vietnam and immigrated to the United States as a young boy. He attended Otis College of Art and Design…

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#24 Chris Coyier (CSS-Tricks & CodePen) - How to grow a blog and remain true to your audience 1:00:23

9y ago1:00:23

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Episode #24: Chris Coyier It is our pleasure to present to you Chris Coyier. Chris started his journey writing blogs he didn't enjoy, and eventually realized that his passion was actually in coding the blogs and crafting the CSS behind them. He eventually closed down all of his blogs except one, and CSS-Tricks was born. His blog is now one of the l…

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#23 Harry Roberts (CSS Wizardry) - The ups and downs of dominating a niche 56:12

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Episode #23: Harry Roberts Today we had the pleasure of talking to Harry Roberts, the founder of the well-known blog, CSS Wizardry. Harry started his career as a web developer at a very young age and has become one of the world’s most well-known experts in CSS. He was named young developer of the year in 2014 by Net Magazine, and now runs workshops…

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#22 Audience-driven product development (in-between-a-sode) 6:22

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Today’s episode is what we like to call an in-between-a-sode. There are a few days left of the applications for our program, The Side Project Accelerator, so I wanted to quickly discuss one of the core philosophies we teach in the program - audience-driven product development. This is the methodology that Sagi and I developed and used to build Hack…

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#21 Rizwan Javaid (SPA alum) - How to start public speaking 47:29

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Episode #21: Rizwan Javaid Today we are joined by Rizwan Javaid, a member of The Side Project Accelerator. Rizwan is a UX designer who is passionate about transforming ideas into engaging and profitable digital solutions. He is based out of California and works on a variety of projects both for mobile and web. Rizwan is also a blogger and internati…

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#20 Kelsey Ruger (SPA alum) - The teacher who never stopped learning 57:33

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Episode #20: Kelsey Ruger With us today is Kelsey Ruger, a UX consultant based out of Houston, Texas. Kelsey is a professor, a designer, a developer, and pretty much a jack of all trades. We met and got to know Kelsey because he's also a member of The Side Project Accelerator. Kelsey has worked on web and mobile projects for Fortune 100 startups an…

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#19 David Okuniev (Typeform) - The musician who turned a side project into a multi-million dollar company 47:03

9y ago47:03

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Episode #19: David Okuniev Joining us today is the former musician turned designer, David Okuniev. He is the co-founder and joint CEO of Typeform, one of the hottest young startups out there. In this conversation, we discuss his journey from being a musician with a record deal to owning a design agency and eventually building a product that was tra…

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#18 Peter Nowell (Sketch Master) - The freelance designer that stopped selling his time 1:03:57

9y ago1:03:57

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Episode #18: Peter Nowell Our guest today is a super talented designer with an entrepreneurial fire burning in his veins. We are pleased to present to you Peter Nowell, a designer based in San Francisco. Currently, Peter is splitting his time between doing amazing endeavors, design work for high end clients, and running Sketch Master, his scaling p…

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#17 Matt Mullenweg (Automattic, Wordpress) - The mission to give everyone their own home on the Internet 48:43

9y ago48:43

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Episode #17: Matt Mullenweg In this episode we were joined by Matt Mullenweg, CEO of the multi-billion dollar company Automattic, which is responsible for some of the Internet's most well known products such as WordPress, Gravatar, Akismet, and WooCommerce. Matt is driven by the mission to allow anyone in the world to have a home on the internet wh…

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#16 Jason Zook - the man who sold his last name and is now selling his future 1:26:42

9y ago1:26:42

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Episode #16: Jason Zook Our guest today is one of the most creative entrepreneurs in the world. We present to you Jason Zook, a guy who made a radical shift ultimately deciding to leave his “beige world" once and for all and embark on one of the most colorful entrepreneurial journeys of our time. Jason started out by getting companies to pay him to…

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#15: Tal Perry (Citi, Smart Scribe) - The goat herding, algorithm cracking, autodidact 1:06:38

9y ago1:06:38

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Episode #15: Tal Perry This is the third episode of the second season of the Hacking UI podcast, 'Scaling a Side Project'. In this season we interview designers, developers, and creative entrepreneurs who built and scaled successful side projects that we admire. Today’s guest is a very special type of person. He’s not your regular entrepreneur and …

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#14: Abandoning fear and getting out of your comfort zone, ft. Jason Bacher & Brian Buirge (GFDA) 1:07:01

9y ago1:07:01

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Episode #14: Jason Bacher & Brian Buirge This is the second episode of the second season of the Hacking UI podcast, 'Scaling a Side Project'. In this season we interview designers, developers, and creative entrepreneurs who built and scaled successful side projects that we admire. Today’s episode is one for the explicit books. So if you have sensit…

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#13: Bryn Jackson (Spec.fm) - building & scaling a podcast network to more than 5 million downloads 52:58

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Episode #13: Bryn Jackson This is the first episode of the second season of the Hacking UI podcast, 'Scaling a Side Project'. In this season we interview designers, developers, and creative entrepreneurs who built and scaled successful side projects that we admire. Today we are excited to have Bryn Jackson on the show. Bryn is the co-founder of Spe…

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#12: Victor Yocco (UX researcher & Author) on applying psychological theory to digital design 1:06:48

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Find all show notes in here: http://hackingui.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter here: http://hackingui.com/sign-up/By Sagi Shrieber & David Tintner

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#11: On running Hacking UI as a full time job & launching the Side Project Accelerator 53:14

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Find all show notes in here: http://hackingui.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter here: http://hackingui.com/sign-up/ Events in San Fransisco: Wednesday Aug 24th 2016: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacking-ui-micro-workshop-to-jump-start-your-personal-brand-tickets-27148005415 Thursday Aug 25th 2016: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacking-ui-scali…

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#10: Jon Lax (Director of Product Design at Facebook): The Teehan + Lax story, and useful tips for design managers 1:17:41

9y ago1:17:41

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Find all show notes in here: http://hackingui.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter here: http://hackingui.com/sign-up/ Events in San Fransisco: Wednesday Aug 24th 2016: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacking-ui-micro-workshop-to-jump-start-your-personal-brand-tickets-27148005415 Thursday Aug 25th 2016: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacking-ui-scali…

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#09: Katie Dill (Director of Experience Design at Airbnb): design management is UX 1:07:55

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Episode #9: Katie Dill This week on the podcast we had a great discussion with Katie Dill, the director of experience design at Airbnb, one of the few companies in the world that’s truly disrupting an industry. In this conversation we discuss managing designers as a design experiment, how craft and hustle go together, and why the user experience sh…

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#08: Bob Baxley (Former Design Manager at Yahoo,Apple, and Pinterest): Not everything has to be based off data 1:12:19

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This week we were honored to sit down with Bob Baxley, Former Design Manager at Yahoo,Apple, and Pinterest . Find all the show notes at: http://hackingui.com/scaling-a-design-team/bob-baxley-cultural-differences-inside-companies Get the Hacking UI newsletter here: http://hackingui.com/sign-up/By Sagi Shrieber & David Tintner

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#07: Magera Moon (Product Design Manager at Etsy): Creating a blame free culture & developing the styleguide 1:09:55

9+ y ago1:09:55

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This week we're super happy to have with us on the show Magera Moon - Product Design Manager at Etsy. Find all the show notes at: http://hackingui.com/scaling-a-design-team/scaling-a-design-team-ep-7-magera-moon Get the Hacking UI newsletter here: http://hackingui.com/sign-up/By Sagi Shrieber & David Tintner

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#06: Sagi Shrieber (Co-Founder of Hacking UI): How I built, and now scale, my side projects: Story, insights, and practical tips 38:32

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This is the read-out-loud of the Article found here: http://hackingui.com/product-hacking/side-projects/ In the following episode Sagi - Design Director, Hacking UI co-founder, and the founder of Israel's Pixel Perfect Magazine - shares his story & personal tips on the hows & whys of scaling side projects…

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#05: Joel Califa (Product Design Lead at Digital Ocean): Tools, habits and how to hire great designers 1:05:38

9+ y ago1:05:38

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This week we’re thrilled to share with you our talk with Joel Califa - Product Design Lead at DigitalOcean, Founder of Design & Code, and Front-End Instructor at GA . With us on this call is Noam Liss, senior product designer at SimilarWeb. Find all the show notes at: http://hackingui.com/category/scaling-a-design-team/ Get the Hacking UI newslette…