Frontlog

• Caleb was our best guest. Hands down. The GOAT.
• Up is the coolest neo bank ever. Hands down.
• Can we please stop reinventing the wheel?
• Does Jordan give his mother the worse espresso shot?
• What brewer should you get when you first get into coffee?
• Do siblings make you a better designer?

Our first guest ever is Taylored for our podcast. He’s Caleb Taylor, ex-designer turned Feature Owner at Respawn Entertainment! This somehow became an ad to work at Respawn, but we also talk about:

• How GPA doesn’t matter
• People only care if money’s on the line
• Why not create something no one asked for if you have fun?
• How Wordle has eaten the world and became “The Third Website”
• The precursor game to Wordle: https://calebtaylor.ca/legacy/spellroyale/index.html
• And obviously, video games!!!

We are so sorry, we forgot to put a v60 to filter out the pops on our microphones.

What were we up to for the last few months? We’re still in love with ADPList, it ain't a fad like Clubhouse (Sheeesh). Friendship ended with the “How Might We” methodology, now “Multiple Outcomes” is my best friend. Trade-offs, trade-offs, trade-offs! And finally, stay tuned for Jordan’s medium post on how to easily get a job in UX!

Mike's got a new mic?

Old Reply All podcast: http://feeds.wnyc.org/otm_tldr

What inspired Jordan to get into UX?

Michael's experience being moved around as a Jira ticket. Interesting.

ADPList is cool!

Is Tinder for Networking a good idea?

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Jordan's brand design project revealed

What do we want to do in season 2?

Everyone and their grandma wants to be in Product@

Who are the most dangerous stakeholders?

Did Bill Gates cause the global semi conductor shortage when he bought out all the chips for his vaccines. What is Confirmation Bias?

Why you should distinguish your buyers & users. Should it matter if your business is b2b or b2c?

Is bouldering considered rock climbing? Jordan conducts an in-depth analysis.

Linus was a Product Manager? Waht!? Post-NCIX PC Ecommerce stores suck. PERIODT. FULL STOP.

What can you do if someone holds the roadmap hostage?

Michael gets a new mouse. His favourite feature? Textured grips, should his hands get sweatty.

WFH- will it stay? what are the implications as an employee?

Which Apple product is Jordan raving about this time?

Is Jordan insane for favoring the iPad over the MacBook?

That time Michael developed PTSD from working with MacOS.

We talk masks and bikes. Why is Amsterdam so cool? This is the Valorant Episode. What does Valorant even mean? How is Valorant making the First Person Shooter genre more accessible? Their skin game is on a whole new level. Why can't League of Legends have voice chat?

Fibre (the internet) makes everything run faster! How Michael gets away with multitasking during meetings. We talk war stories with the facilities team. Jordan drops interview knowledge, cop it now today! How Microsoft made it easy with communicating product vision. Apple users are loyal AF. Is Clubhouse overhyped? We discuss the article "Are workshops ruining the UX design world".

Read more about the article "Are workshops ruining the UX design world?"

https://uxdesign.cc/are-workshops-ruining-the-ux-design-world-c1cb960b5063

We talk about the biggest rookie mistake at Hackathon. Jordan's thoughts as a participant and mentor at a hackathon. Is Clubhouse the new Facebook or the new MySpace? Should users be given the freedom to hurt themselves in a sandbox or stay safe on a happy path?