Between | Screens Podcast

Singapore | Creative scene | Startups | Fintech | Investors | Uber competition | Innovation mindset

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 11:11

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/153 - How would you describe the creative scene in Singapore and its attractiveness for startups? - Are these startups in some regards already ahead of the curve or are many of them still in copy-paste mode? - Is there also something happening that is new to the startup world? Is there something unique? - It sounds a little bit like Singapore is like a massive startup in itself?

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Service Design | Branding | Products | Services | Touch points | Break points | Post-it walls

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2017 5:52

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/152 - Can you talk about a bit about your understanding of Service Design?

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Edo van Dijk | Changes | First websites | Curious clients | Brand power | Asia | CEO perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2017 10:46

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/151 - How did your line of business change over the last 15 years or so and where do you see it going? - In terms of clients, what are you looking for as a company? Are you also looking for curiosity in your clients? - EdenSpiekermann seems to have expanded quite a bit in recent years. - Can you talk a bit about the benefits and obstacles that you encountered along the way as a company? - For you personally, what changed for you after you became CEO of EdenSpierkermann?

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Edo van Dijk | EdenSpiekermann origins | EDEN | Cross-border mergers | Erik Spiekermann

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 12:57

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/150 - Can you talk a little bit about the early days of EdenSpiekermann? - Sounds like the expansion in San Francisco and Singapore is very much an extension of this “EDEN” idea? - Was being ahead of the curve an advantage that paid off later?

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EdenSpiekermann | Lessons learned | Curiosity | Innocence | Stupid questions | Lateral thinking

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 10:15

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/149 - What would you say are your most valuable lessons learned overall? - What are you most curious about these days? - At this point in your career, in your life, what is important to you? - Do you think the number of designers who use their craft to empower people is high enough these days? - I was wondering, what do you think about the importance of curiosity and innocence in our societies these days?

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Edo van Dijk | EdenSpiekermann | Singapore | Tokyo | China | Projects | Plastic bags | Quokka

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016 10:29

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/148/ - Why did you decide to move to Singapore and open a branch of - EdenSpiekermann over there? - Was Tokyo also on the shortlist of possible destinations? - What is EdenSpiekermann working on at the moment in Singapore?

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Chris Shiflett | Brooklyn Beta | Friendly Web Conference | Origin story | Speakers | Trust | Pacing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 15:43

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/147 - What’s the elevator pitch for Brooklyn Beta? - What’s the origin story of Brooklyn Beta? - What exactly did you want to make different with this conference?

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Daniel Stenberg | cURL | Open source | Innovation | Future | GitHub | Female contributors

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2016 12:32

Show notes: betweenscreens.fm/episodes/146 - Was cURL your start in open source? - What makes you excited about open source? - What works and what might be broken about open source these days? - What works particularly well in open source? - How do you picture the future of open source? - How can we get more people into working on open source in the future? - Do you think GitHub is in a unique position to move forward with this issue and can possibly solve it? - How can we get more female developers to work on open source projects?

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Brad Frost | Atomic Design | UIs | Design system | Atoms | Molecules | Organisms | Templates | Pages

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2016 10:43

Show notes: betweenscreens.fm/episodes/145 - What made you write Atomic Design? - Which stage is the most difficult for you to work in?

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Randy J. Hunt | Organizing teams | Diversity | Effective over clever | Research | Small changes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2016 7:51

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/144 - How do you like to organize teams? - What do you mean by effective over clever? - How do you recommend doing research when designing for the web? - “Small frequent changes lead to being able to better fix errors.” Can you maybe elaborate on that?

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Jason Long | Open source | Empathy | Design contributions | GitHub | Progressions

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2016 8:26

Show notes: betweenscreens.fm/episodes/143/ - What do you think is broken and needs fixing in open source right now? - What makes you excited about open source? - Please tell us about your contributions to open source as a designer? - How would you recommend other designers to get more involved with open source? - What skill sets do designers need to be effective for working on open source projects?

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David Heinemeier Hansson | Rails community | Tone | Aspirations | Guarding motivations | Honesty

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 13:13

Show notes: betweenscreens.fm/episodes/142/ - What kind of tone do you try to establish among core people in the Rails community? - To quote your book Remote: “No assholes allowed, no assholy behavior allowed.” Does this also apply to the tone you try to establish in the Rails community? - How would you describe your persona in the open source community? - Dealing with an audience might be tricky for a lot of people? - Honesty seems to be very important to you? - Are you bad at small talk?

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Zach Holman | Getting Fired | At-will Employment | Performance Improvement Plans | Surprise Firings

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2016 15:09

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/141/ - What made you write this piece about getting fired? - What benefits can you see to being more open about firing people? - What do you think is broken with letting people go? - What made you appreciate GitHub so much? - Can you imagine that you might have stayed another 5-10 years? - Can you explain the concept of “At-will Employment”? - What are low hanging fruits to fix in the firing process? - What’s the middle ground between a performance improvement plan and firing fast?

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Joel Glovier | Digital Product Design | HospitalRun | Improving Lives | Designers & Open Source

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2016 14:25

Show notes: betweenscreens.fm/episodes/140/ - How would you describe the profession of “digital product design” these days? - What do you love about your industry? - Can you talk about HospitalRun, its history and goals? - How would you recommend that designers can get more active in the open source world? - What is needed to improve HostialRun?

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João Ferreira | Masters @ Work | Subvisual | Design problems | Deadlines | Pushing Envelopes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2015 12:12

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/139

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Corwin Harrell | Q&A | #01 | University | Setup | thoughtbot | Daily routine | Investment Fridays

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2015 11:45

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/138

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Roberto Machado | Subvisual | GroupBuddies | Portugal Startups | Rebranding | Technologies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2015 11:48

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/137

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James Edward Gray II | Screencasting | Reading code | Less Code | Future plans | PeepCode

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2015 12:25

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/136

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Chad Pytel | Q&A | #03 | Pissed off | Management style | Lip service | Playbook | thoughtbot | CEO

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2015 8:09

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/135

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Kyle Fiedler | Design Directors @ thoughtbot | Chief Design Officer responsibilities | Feedback

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2015 16:07

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/134

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Obie Fernandez | Q&A | #04 | College | Coding bootcamps | Decompressing | Brain health | Elon Musk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2015 9:35

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/133

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José Mota | Metaprogramming pitch | Ruby | When | When not | Object hierarchy | Message hierarchy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2015 11:11

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/132

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Josh Brewer | Designer Fund | Mentor & advisor | Startups | Power of design | Chances for success

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2015 12:02

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/131

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Corwin Harrell | Working @ thoughtbot | Skills | Learning | Investment fridays | Design sprints

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2015 12:55

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/130

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James Edward Gray II | Functional programming | JavaScript | Ember.js | Coding bootcamps | Gold rush

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2015 12:29

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/129

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Roberto Machado | Creators School | Accelerator coding program | Juniors in Portugal

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2015 8:20

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/128

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Kyle Fiedler | Feedback | Project retrospectives | Mentors | Product Managers | Clients

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2015 9:50

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/127

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Trent Walton | Q&A | #05 | Books | Routine | “Idols” | Family | Formula 1 | Burnout | Walks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2015 10:53

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/126

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Obie Fernandez | Q&A | #03 | Languages & Frameworks | Pissed off | JavaScript | Female Coworkers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2015 9:51

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/125

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Chad Pytel | Q&A | #02 | Procrastination | Impostor syndrome | Growing up | Female coworkers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2015 9:57

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/124

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Josh Brewer | Perks @ Twitter | Design team | User testing | Research | Leaving Twitter | IPO path

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2015 9:54

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/123

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James Edward Gray II | Ruby Rogues | Early Ruby / Rails | 10K hours | Teaching kids | Jekyll

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2015 11:53

Show Notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/122

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Corwin Harrell | thoughtbot redesign | Typefaces | Collaboration | Marketing pages | Ask why?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2015 14:07

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/121

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Tom Dale | Web Componenets | Ember Components | Standards | Glimmer Engine | HTMLBars

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2015 13:35

Show Notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/120

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Parker Moore | Berlin | Quitting school | 6Wunderkinder | Chad Fowler | Looking inward

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2015 7:24

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/119

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Kyle Fiedler | “Good” Designer | Saying “NO!” | Design questions | Apprentices | Onboarding

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2015 12:30

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/118

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Obie Fernandez | Q&A | #02 | Impostor syndrome | Growth | Hashrocket | Humility | Procrastination

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2015 10:47

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/117

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James Edward Gray II | Programming | Starting out | Ruby | Improving skills | Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2015 14:53

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/116

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Chad Pytel | Products | Focus | UPCASE | 37Signals | Investing | Grand mistakes | Hard conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 12:42

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/115

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Josh Brewer | Design @ Twitter | Legacy | Responsibilities | Cool & uncool | Rocket growth

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2015 12:13

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/114

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Steven B. Cook | edenspiekermann_ | Remote work | User testing | Prototyping

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2015 8:26

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/113

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Coby Chapple | Jekyll | Github Pages | Deploying | Plugins | Gem | Famous Sites

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2015 9:21

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/112

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Parker Moore | Q&A #03 | “Idols” | Books | Linguistics | Cities | Spare time | Jekyll 3 | Biases

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 8:04

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/111

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Mark Simonson | Type design | Influences | Type sins | Choosing & pairing type | Contrast

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015 9:22

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/110

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Trent Walton | Q&A | #04 | Arrogance | Collaboration | Food | Improving | Taste | Creating

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2015 9:36

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/109

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Tom Dale | Ember | Pros & cons | FastBoot | Backends | Testing | Hype | Future | Conventions

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2015 12:16

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/108

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Corwin Harrell | Mobile Design | Key Differences | Tools Improve skills | Process

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 19:26

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/107

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Obie Fernandez | Q&A | #01 | Andela | Starting out | Pairing | Setup | Routine | Learning stuff

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2015 12:52

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/106

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Steven B. Cook | Developer skills | Perks @ edenspiekermann_ | Tools | Reputation | Managers

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2015 10:53

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/105

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Chad Pytel | Q&A | #01 | CEO @thoughtbot | Starting out | College | Coding setup | Daily routines

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2015 11:39

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/104

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Randy J. Hunt | Responsibilities @Etsy | Invisible features | Company values | Support team

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 9:55

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/103

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