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This week Jaclyn & Kyle catch up on streamlining UI, building landing pages in Hubspot CMS, first impressions of Tailwind, and auto-layout in Figma. Also, we reminisce as we say adieu to Kyle and his tenure on Tentative. 👋🥲
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This week Jaclyn & Kyle discuss neglecting your backlog, the emotions around a design sprint, and changes to the design and development team structure at thoughtbot.


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Nelsy Hubb, Product Manager at Neocova, joins Jaclyn to discuss engaging with outside partners, maintaining a design system, customer feedback, trusting your subject matter experts, design debt, and many, many allusions to The Lord of the Rings.



Neocova
Spotlight AI
Tiger King meets Lisa Frank
Nelsy on LinkedIn


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To wrap up our year, this week Kyle & Jaclyn run a retro for 2020. So put on those comfy pants and join us while they reflect on their most used tools, new amenities, and favorite hobbies of the year; as well as air some behind the scenes goodness.




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Miro
Between the World and Me- Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Queen's Gambit


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Lloyd Bennett, designer at thoughtbot London, joins the show to discuss Tones & Shades, his new digital magazine, as well as designing a brand identity, prototyping early in the design process, and animating with intent.




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Tones & Shades
"The Three-Hour Brand Sprint"- Jake Knapp
"Reinvention & the Creative Journey"- an interview With Helen Cammock
Offscreen Magazine
Tones & Shades on Instagram
Lloyd on Instagram


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Adekunle Oduye, UX Engineer at Mailchimp, discusses working on a design-system team, setting goals for 2021, storing documentation in Figma, and conducting user research for design systems.




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Mailchimp Style Guide
Essentialism
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