Podcast appearances and mentions of Nathan Curtis

On our latest episode of the podcast, we have a natter about what went on in Corrie between the 6th and the 10th May 2024 (Episodes #11,258 - 11,263). A mixed bag of opinions on this week's episodes, to be honest. Though we were both in agreement that the return of Nathan Curtis to the show left us feeling slightly underwhelmed - but still hopeful that be getting a bit more sinister in the coming weeks - while Gemma's still very much engaged in the Lauren story, Michael's patience for how long it's dragging out is wearing a little thin... A lot of characters getting angry at each other this week too - while Maria's annoyance at Gary after catching him with Sarah is somewhat understandable, George and Glenda at war just doesn't sit right with us! Also this week, Bernie organises a 24-hour karaokethon (that we only got to see snippets of two songs of), Alya heads off to Ireland and Liam becomes the third character in a week to be found collapsed on the floor - honestly, we just think everyone's trying to get in on Summer's bit while she's off in the US... In The Kabin, we discuss the new details on the Radio Times Soap Awards, which we now have a date and a location for - will they be a fitting replacement for the BSAs? We round things off with more of your feedback. Street Talk - 00:12:46 The Kabin - 02:02:50 Feedback - 02:21:02 

Chris Strahl sits with Nathan Curtis as he explores the delicate balance between reusing existing components and creating customized solutions in UI design. They unpack the complexities of design systems, touching on everything from color selection to ensuring functional and aesthetic harmony, providing insights on principled design choices in a world where reuse and customization are equally important.View the transcript of this episode here.Check out our upcoming events here.GuestNathan co-founded EightShapes with Dan Brown near Washington, DC in 2006. He's passionate about information architecture, user experience design, and front end development, and leads and consults with design systems teams to chart a strategic path and optimize operations. He wrote Modular Web Design in 2009, blogs about design systems regularly, and speaks at events worldwide.HostChris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack, host of @TheDSPod, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl and on LinkedIn.Sponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at knapsack.cloud.

Nathan coordinates clinical services and provides telepractice services for school-aged children. He is a lead instructor in Waldo County General Hospital's speech telepractice training program. He has taught telepractice courses at universities. Nathan has presented at national conferences on speech telepractice and integrating speech therapy services into school curricula. He has co-written articles in the ASHA Leader and presented webinars for ASHA on integrating literacy in preschool telepractice services.  Nathan enjoys developing authentic materials.

Dan Brown Dan Brown has focused his design work on information architecture for the past 25 years. Along the way, he has written three books, designed a design game, and created one of the the most-used tools in the profession, the Information Architecture Lenses card deck. Dan is very thoughtful about the practice of IA and has a lot to say about how the field has evolved. We talked about: his information architecture work at EightShapes his recent podcast interview series covering his Information Architecture Lenses project and insights he had as he talked with his guests his discovery that even apparently solitary elements of IA practice always involve collaboration with other people the evolution of information architecture practice and thinking over the past 25 years and the increasing clarity around systematic thinking the relationship between information architecture and content strategy his appreciation gained in the study of physical architecture of the constraints that physical space has as a metaphor for IA work how IAs could benefit from using different metaphors - city parks instead of functional buildings, or something besides family trees ideas around his next deck of IA cards, which will be more about how we make design decisions the shift of IA practice from a "bridge" practice to a "hub" practice the movement of IA practice into the UX field the parallels between role-playing games and collaborative storytelling and UX design work Dan's bio Dan, one of the co-founders of EightShapes, specializes in information architecture, user research, and product discovery. He has worked with clients large and small to tackle complex information architecture problems. He is the author of three books on user experience. He also designed the game Surviving Design Projects and created the essential tool for IA, The Deck of Information Architecture Lenses. Connect with Dan online Twitter Video Here's the video version of our conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P82WCFQ0j2w Podcast intro transcript This is the Content Strategy Insights podcast, episode number 114. The practice of information architecture has evolved a lot over the past 25 years. We use different metaphors now to talk about our work, and the field has largely been incorporated into UX design. Dan Brown has looked at these changes from a number of different perspectives, most notably as the author of the "Information Architecture Lenses" card deck, a tool that has helped innumerable practitioners improve their view of their IA work. Interview transcript Larry: Hi, everyone. Welcome to episode number 114 of the Content Strategy Insights podcast. I'm really happy today to have with us Dan Brown. Dan is the principal and founder at Eightshapes, an agency that he founded and runs. Dan, welcome to the show. Tell the folks a little bit more about what you do there at Eightshapes. Dan: Sure, Larry. Thanks for having me on the show. I co-founded Eightshapes in 2006 with Nathan Curtis. He and I started it as a boutique UX design firm. And to this day, that's what we're doing. We do a lot of work for clients of all sizes, helping them think through complex information architecture problems. Nathan, of course, is focusing a lot on design systems these days. So that's what we're doing here at Eightshapes. Larry: Yeah. Design systems are everywhere. We have to have a whole other conversation about that. But what I wanted to talk to you about today is really focus on your core competency, which is information architecture. I always have, in fact, I have it right here, I'm holding it up for the folks who are watching the video, your information architecture lenses. I refer to them every IA project I do. They're- Dan: That makes me so happy. Larry: Yeah. Dan: That brings me so much joy. Larry: Well, and what brings me even more joy is that you just did this series of intervi...

Audrey est Product Design Director chez OpenClassrooms. Avant cela, elle était Lead Designer & Design System Expert chez IDEAN (ex-Backelite) Passionnée par l’art, Audrey se spécialise très tôt dans le graphisme en faisant un bac arts appliqués, suivi d’un BTS communication visuelle pour finir aux Gobelins avec une spécialisation graphisme. Elle commence son parcours dans le print, en tant que maquettiste, chez Prisma Media. Elle évolue ensuite dans des agences généralistes, dites 360, où elle commence à découvrir le métier de designer digital. Puis, Audrey rejoint une agence 100% digital, où elle va apprendre à designer des applications mobiles. A l’époque, le métier d’Audrey s’appelle encore “Directrice Artistique”. Enfin, Audrey rejoint l’agence spécialisée dans le mobile Backelite (devenue IDEAN) où elle travaille sur de grosses applications comme celle du Crédit Agricole ou d’ING en tant que Lead Designer. Nous sommes en 2013 et Audrey réalise que les projets sont gérés en vase clos, qu’ils évoluent en fonction des designers affectés au projet et que la communication entre les équipes n’est pas optimale, ce qui donne des résultats mitigés. C’est ce qui l’amène à s’intéresser à l’Atomic Design et au Design System. Au cours de cet épisode, Audrey revient sur ce qu’est l’Atomic Design - une méthode pour créer des composants d’interface - et le Design System - le regroupement de ses composants. Nous abordons les questions à se poser en amont de créer un Design System pour savoir à quoi il va servir et comment le mettre en place. En 6 ans, Audrey a vu des entreprises qui avaient mis en place des Design Systems mais qui avaient échoué à se démocratiser au sein des équipes. En effet, un Design System est un vaste sujet et a besoin de structure pour aboutir. On revient donc sur les méthodes pour réussir cette mise en place : Audit interne pour savoir quelles sont les attentes, comment les équipes fonctionnent ensemble, quel est leur degrés de maturité Evangéliser auprès des parties prenantes pour leur expliquer l’utilité d’un Design System et le retour sur investissement Recommander les bonnes méthodes d’implémentation Le faire en collaboration avec l’ensemble des équipes pour qu’elles s’approprient le sujet Cette dernière étape de transition est importante car Audrey travaillait en agence pour des clients. Mettre en place un Design System dans un entreprise sans préparer la transition est l’assurance que le projet s’arrêtera rapidement car il ne sera pas reprise en interne. Grâce à son expérience, Audrey revient également sur les erreurs à éviter lorsque l’on met en place un Design System, mais également sur la façon de mesurer le succès de cette mise en place. Elle nous donne également des astuces sur son utilisation et de la façon de le faire persister au sein d’un entreprise. Les ressources de l'épisodes Les liens Le site d’IDEAN Le Medium d’Audrey Le Medium de Nathan Curtis Design Systems France TouchUp Les livres Hackez le Design System d’IDEAN Design Systems de Alla Kholmatova Les vidéos Focus sur la création d’un Design System avec Audrey Questions réponses sur le Design System avec Audrey Hacq et et Nicolas Duval Les autres épisodes de Design Journeys L’épisode #10 avec Nicolas Duval de BlaBlaCar L’épisode #11 avec Sophie Ianiro de Doctolib L’épisode #14 avec Camille Promérat Pour contacter Audrey : LinkedIn Vous avez aimé cet épisode ? Abonnez-vous à DESIGN SYSTEM sur votre application de podcast préférée N'oubliez pas de mettre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ avec un petit commentaire sur Apple Podcasts Partagez ce podcast à toutes les personnes qui travaillent dans le Design et le Produit 

Ray Gonzales, Lead UX Designer at Zappos, shares his favorite Design System resources. First, when it comes to the "creation" side of things, Invision is a great way to start. They have an entire collection of books on the subject. When it comes to "adoption," Ray mentions Nathan Curtis, who digs deeper behind the scenes at the structures we can use to disseminate our Design Systems. On the other hand, Paul uses the oldest (yet still best) trick in the book: a Google search!

Rob Mattern and Nathan Curtis discuss Mattern, LLC's first-of-its-kind survey about law firm cost recovery for e-discovery and litigation support.Find the survey here. Learn more from Rob through an upcoming webinar, The Getting to Zero Strategy, and his column in the March issue of Legal Management, "The Efficiency of the Attorney Experience in Your Firm's Back Office."Speaker BiosRob Mattern, MBA, is President and Founder of Mattern, LLC. Mattern has been widely published, including recently in The Wall Street Journal, Law Technology News and Legal Management magazine. He is an editorial board member of Law Journal Newsletters' Accounting Financial Planning for Law Firms.Nathan Curtis, IGP, is a Consultant at Mattern, LLC, where he is focused on emerging technologies and their application in the legal environment, driving results through Mattern's customized RFP process, and overseeing service, technology and policy implementations. He is also a Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Rob Mattern and Nathan Curtis discuss Mattern, LLC's first-of-its-kind survey about law firm cost recovery for e-discovery and litigation support. Find the survey here. Learn more from Rob through an upcoming webinar, The Getting to Zero Strategy, and his column in the March issue of Legal Management, "The Efficiency of the Attorney Experience in Your Firm’s Back Office." Speaker Bios Rob Mattern, MBA, is President and Founder of Mattern, LLC. Mattern has been widely published, including recently in The Wall Street Journal, Law Technology News and Legal Management magazine. He is an editorial board member of Law Journal Newsletters’ Accounting Financial Planning for Law Firms. Nathan Curtis, IGP, is a Consultant at Mattern, LLC, where he is focused on emerging technologies and their application in the legal environment, driving results through Mattern’s customized RFP process, and overseeing service, technology and policy implementations. He is also a Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Managing an effective design system program is a challenge. In his new workshop “Operating Design Systems” at this year’s DesignOps Summit (October 25), design systems guru Nathan Curtis will explore the operational topics that matter most: defining a system’s vision, forming a core team, scoping and making features, and communicating and contributing across a community. He’ll also zoom out, taking on higher-order challenges of multiple systems that overlap and conflict with one another, and the competition for capacity and attention that every system craves. On this episode of Rosenfeld Review, you’ll get a taste of Nathan’s workshop on operating design systems. Learn more and register here: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2019/sessions/operating-design-systems-curating-a-product-serving-products/

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Resilient Cores, YouTube Marketing, Transitional Eating, and More in the Process Hacker News for this week. For all the links, check out the show notes at: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-june-5-2018-resilient-cores-youtube-marketing-transitional-eating-and-more/ Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got resilient cores, YouTube marketing, transitional eating, and more. Enjoy! Awards Awesome news from Adam Siddiq! His book, Shackled, was announced as a finalist in the biography section of the 2018 International Book Awards. Events There’s still time to register for Agile and Scrum: Dramatically Improving Software Delivery led by Ron Lichty in San Francisco on June 9. Media The Life Through Transitions Podcast by Jon de Waal just recently launched, and the latest guest, dietitian Diane Summers explains our relationship with food and the body during transition. For the last few weeks Mike Massy has been releasing free weekly lyrics videos for some of his recent songs, such as Al Ennou, letting you sing along with the original Arabic or read translations in English as the song plays. Check out the trailer for Kate Swoboda’s new book, The Courage Habit. She was also interviewed for the Intangibles podcast, where she talks about more than her business and her book. Tara Hunt dishes out some secrets on how to build a great YouTube marketing strategy in an interview by Valene Jouany of Smarp. The Truly Social Podcast, hosted by Tara and Carlos Pacheco, also delivers its second episode, which tackles the topic of why the agency model is broken. Jeremy Ryan Slate guests on Nicole Holland‘s podcast, the Business Building Rockstars Show, to speak about podcast guesting, community, and more. Hear a poem from Pace Smith as she and Kyeli explore the topic of the paradigm glue and why people get angry at you for existing. The Man Up with Millar Experience Podcast features JuVan Langford having a conversation with Millar Montgomery about fatherhood and masculinity. Writing Business can cause stress, so find out what business skills can help boost your social life and your work in this blog entry by Frank Strona Recommended Resources The Enterprise UX conference is coming up June 13th through the 15th in San Francisco, and you’ll find Nathan Curtis of UX design agency EightShapes, who was referenced by Jina Anne among the line-up of workshop presenters. Learn to unleash your potential with Lewis Howes, a coach and speaker whom Malek Banoun and Paula Jenkins follow. Lewis is bringing you his Summit of Greatness from October 4th to 6th in Columbus, Ohio. Andrew Nance suggested following Rick Hanson, who recently published a new book called Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

As an organization and its products expand, so do the complexities of making sure that that there’s a consistent user experience. How do you accomplish that across multiple teams and locations? Lou talks with Nathan Curtis of EightShapes about his workshop at Enterprise UX 2018, Scalable Design Systems, and how having a design framework bridges the gap between teams and creates a cohesive customer experience. Follow Nathan Curtis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanacurtis

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got billionaires, soft fronts, wild hearts, and a meaningless, uncaring universe. Enjoy! Courses If you want to center your business around love and inspiration, sign up for The Heart of Money, a course created by Mark Silver which starts on February 28. Events A free online summit hosted by Tom Morkes called the $100K Launch School begins February 19th and runs until the 24th. Two of our other past Hack the Process guests, Brennan Dunn and Ryan Waggoner, along with myself, are among the featured speakers. As a speaker at Relationships and the Health-Promoting Power of Connection Across the Lifespan, Rhonda Magee will be discussing the value of compassionate, inclusive communication. This event will be held at UCLA from March 16 to 18. Are you wondering what role managers play in Agile teams? On February 28, Ron Lichty will be speaking about that to the Beyond Agile group at Impact Hub in Seattle. Programs Looking for funding for your tech projects related to diversity and inclusion? Ashe Dryden and her team at Fund Club would love to give you a hand. Apply now! Media Rich Mironov was interviewed on InfoQ’s Engineering Culture podcast about product development trends. Entrepreneur Naveen Jain guests on The Inner Changemaker Podcast with Jay Wong to explain what’s involved in becoming a billionaire. Anxiety and depression are ongoing life issues Pace Smith and Kyeli have to deal with. In the latest podcast episode of The Dervish and the Mermaid, they share how some recent medication changes help them not care whether the universe is a meaningless, uncaring void. Writing Process Street, founded by Vinay Patankar was featured on INC.com as one of four tools to run your company remotely. LeadFuze led by Justin McGill recently published a new article showing some copywriting principles to test out in sales and email campaigns. Recommended Resources In Brene Brown’s most recent interview on the On Being Podcast, she emphasizes the importance of having a strong back, soft front and a wild heart. Brene was referenced by two of our past guests, Kate Swoboda and Heather Chauvin. Living Compassion has opened registration for two workshops, Conscious Compassionate Action and Parenting with the Mentor. Cheri Huber, admired by Kate Swoboda and referenced during Mike Massy’s episode of Hack the Process, is a mindfulness teacher and the founder of Living Compassion. Nathan Curtis, founder of user experince design firm EightShapes and a recommendation made by Hack the Process guest Jina Anne, explains Design system intermediaries in his latest blog post. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

В последнее время в сообществе разработчиков все чаще упоминаются некие "дизайн-системы". С тем, что это такое и как это применимо к мобильному миру, нам помог разобраться Александр Зимин - iOS-разработчик из Badoo! Поддержи лучший подкаст про мобильную разработку: www.patreon.com/podlodka Также ждем вас, ваши лайки, репосты и комменты в мессенджерах и соцсетях!
 Telegram-чат: t.me/podlodka Telegram-канал: t.me/podlodkanews Страница в Facebook: www.facebook.com/podlodkacast/ Twitter-аккаунт: twitter.com/PodlodkaPodcast Содержание: - 00:01:05 - Знакомство с гостем - 00:03:11 - Что такое дизайн-системы - 00:17:30 - Зачем нужны дизайн-системы - 00:35:25 - Стадии эволюции дизайн-систем в компании - 00:54:52 - Нужна ли вам своя дизайн-система - 01:00:38 - Atomic-дизайн - 01:12:35 - Опыт существующих дизайн-систем Полезные ссылки: - Nathan Curtis и его статьи на Medium. Человек который больше всех рассуждает на тему современных дизайн-статей https://medium.com/@nathanacurtis - Polaris от Shopify, один из лучших примеров дизайн-систем https://polaris.shopify.com - Дизайн-система от Airbnb, пример того, как мыслить инновационно https://airbnb.design/building-a-visual-language/ - QA сессия с дизайнером из Airbnb, который был вовлечен в процесс созаданиях из дизайн-системы https://www.designernews.co/stories/69628--ama-karri-saarinen-designer-creating-design-systems-at-airbnb - Небольшая книга про Atomic Design http://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com - Badoo Mobile Web Styleguide, то что было до дизайн-системы Cosmos https://m.badoo.com/styleguide/ - Слайды про то как мы пришли к нашей дизайн-системе Cosmos https://speakerdeck.com/didoo/from-zero-to-cosmos - Обзор книги Systemantics от нашего MW разработчика. Книга описывает системы, их свойства и предназначения. https://medium.com/@didoo/systemantics-a778c4247cbb - Вот так бы выглядит дизайн-система фрилансера, на мой взгляд https://blog.prototypr.io/design-system-ac88c6740f53 - Идеи уникального языка для описания стилей https://medium.com/seek-blog/a-unified-styling-language-d0c208de2660 - Конференция про дизайн системы. Есть видео с выступлений 2016 года https://www.clarityconf.com - 1970 New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, можно фотки посмотреть https://standardsmanual.com/products/nyctacompactedition

Nathan Curtis co-founded EightShapes in 2006 and is passionate about interaction design, information architecture, and front-end development. He specializes in design systems consulting for teams large and small, regularly writing about and speaking at events worldwide. Co-hosting this week is Micah Godbolt, Senior Design Developer at Microsoft.

Nathan Curtis co-founded EightShapes in 2006 and is passionate about interaction design, information architecture, and front-end development. He specializes in design systems consulting for teams large and small, regularly writing about and speaking at events worldwide. Co-hosting this week is Micah Godbolt, Senior Design Developer at Microsoft.

Nathan Curtis co-founded EightShapes in 2006 and is passionate about interaction design, information architecture, and front-end development. He specializes in design systems consulting for teams large and small, regularly writing about and speaking at events worldwide. Co-hosting this week is Micah Godbolt, Senior Design Developer at Microsoft.

Design systems can organize and clarify a team’s design practice. Made of patterns and component libraries, they add a level of cohesion across designs. This, of course, can only occur once you have a design system in place. So how do you build one in the first place? Nick Stamas, the Creative Lead on the Business Products Team at WeWork, set out to do just that. He surveyed WeWork’s existing designs, noting inconsistencies, and pitched the idea of a design system to help streamline the work being done. His challenge was building this all out while WeWork continued to grow. Nathan Curtis, author of Modular Web Design, has identified stages that occur when implementing a design system. He shares his insights into Nick’s story and how you go from building the system to working as a systems team. He will be joining us in Boston, November 13-15 to teach one of the daylong workshops at the UI22 conference. For more information, visit uiconf.com.

Dan Brown is a web designer who specializes in IA, design research, and leading teams. He's written three books: Practical Design Discovery (2017), Designing Together (2013), and Communicating Design (2011), and created a card game, Surviving Design Projects, to help designers practice conflict resolution. Dan and his business partner Nathan Curtis co-founded DC-based UX design firm EightShapes in 2006. What is discovery and why is it important to design? What's the difference between Discovery and UX Strategy? or Research? How can you sell Discovery to organizations and people who are afraid of it? How has design changed since you got started in the 1990s? Links for this episode:Dan Brown on TwitterEightShapes.comDan Brown on MediumGreenOnions.com/booksDan Brown - EightShapesGreenOnions.comBrought to you by: BlueApron (Check out this week's menu and get your first three meals FREE—with FREE SHIPPING—by going to BlueApron.com/bigwebshow. FreshBooks (To claim your month long unrestricted free trial, go to FreshBooks.com/bigwebshow and enter BIG WEB SHOW in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section). Wix (Just go to Wix.com and create your stunning website today.)

Dan Brown is a web designer who specializes in IA, design research, and leading teams. He's written three books: Practical Design Discovery (2017), Designing Together (2013), and Communicating Design (2011), and created a card game, Surviving Design Projects, to help designers practice conflict resolution. Dan and his business partner Nathan Curtis co-founded DC-based UX design firm EightShapes in 2006. What is discovery and why is it important to design? What’s the difference between Discovery and UX Strategy? or Research? How can you sell Discovery to organizations and people who are afraid of it? How has design changed since you got started in the 1990s?

The expansion of the web past a desktop-based world into more of a multi-device ecosystem has caused organizations to re-evaluate almost everything they do. Style guides have had to grow to accommodate this new reality of multiple screens sizes and resolutions. When you start incorporating the multitude of products across devices and all the people working on them, organizations are forced to think more “systematically.”

Nathan joins us to talk about the style guides he’s worked on, and some of the things he’s gleaned from user research.

Collaboration and conflict exist in every design project. Dan Brown, a founder and principal (along with Nathan Curtis) at EightShapes, talks about why conflict is important in design and reveals how to direct passion in a positive way. Check out his book: www.designingtogetherbook.com & go to www.eightshapes.com.

Shared understanding is important to any team working towards a common goal. Ensuring every member of the team is on the same page can be difficult. Sketching is a quick, lightweight method for communicating design ideas or interactions. Starting with sketching early in the design process lets everyone share the same vision.

Prototyping is an effective way to communicate design ideas. Static PDFs, PSDs, and wireframes can help get your point across but aren’t dynamic. Usually, any necessary changes are logged away as to-dos. They’re then taken back, fixed, and presented again. Nathan Curtis and the team at EightShapes are prototyping with HTML and CSS more in their design process. They find that employing these techniques leads to greater efficiency.

Nathan discusses how the team at EightShapes brought their modular philosophy to creating rich interactive prototypes using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He explains how, through modular thinking, they were able to write scripts that chunked aspects of their designs to repurpose and reuse across multiple pages.

Prototypes help, be they paper, wireframes or PDFs, to exhibit a design idea. They allow you to communicate your idea visually and test aspects of the design. As effective as they are, they have their limitations. Nathan Curtis of EightShapes uses HTML prototypes in his team’s design process. Using HTML, they test functionality and interactions in ways that are impossible while using static PDFs.

Jared Spool chats with Nathan Curtis about the reuse and standardization of components that make up your web site.

Dealing with real-life web app production isn't as glamorous as some aspects of design in the digital realm, but it is full of challenges and can honestly make or break a project. There are ways of truly optimizing certain aspects of the production so that you can create a product with consistent quality at a faster pace. To find out how, I turned to Nathan Curtis.