Design and a Half

Design and a half is a podcast about design, for everybody. Regardless if you're a designer, a developer, product owner or just someone really passionate about design-related topics, there's something in it for you too.Available on Spotify, Apple Podcast as well as Youtube.

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Design tests and Challenges

In today's episode I'm going to talk about Design tests and challenges. A surefire way to turn designers away, and a very profitable habit for a lot of companies looking to make design hires. We'll be looking at reasons why they are wrong, and alternative ways to judge a designer's fit based on his resume and his portfolio, instead of doing work for free. If you're a designer, or a Human Resources person or a Design Recruiter, I'd love to know you input on this subject as well. As always, if you...

Sep 27, 2020•23 min

Producthunt Fridays - 25 Sept 2020

Starting this Friday, I'll be doing a review of the 5 most popular producthunt items for that specific Friday, live, without having any prior knowledge about them. Sort of like a live User Testing Session where I see the product for the first time ! Let me know if it's something you'd like to see done more often and if you'd like me to change the format. Also, please consider subscribing to my podcast, or liking the episodes, since it incentives me to post more and help my podcast grow ! Thanks ...

Sep 25, 2020•18 min

Product Debate - Facebook's new desktop website

The new facebook desktop website redesign has been slowly rolling out, and ever since I became a beta tester for it, it just annoyed the ever living daylights out of me. Initially I was intrigued, tried it out for a week, and then was so frustrated with it, i switched back to the older version of the website. Obviously, they forced it upon everyone, and now, there is no way of going back, lest you do some non-orthodox javascript finagling. And so, I decided to share my own Product critique/debat...

Sep 23, 2020•22 min

How I started out as a UX Designer

I really don't like talking about myself usually because I am not keen on bragging, but I realised I never properly introduced myself, and how I came to do UX design in the first place, and so, in today's episode, you'll learn a little bit about my design background. Hope you'll enjoy it !

Sep 22, 2020•24 min

Small vs Large Scale Design

In this episode, we're going to be looking at the difference between design in smaller vs larger companies. We're going to look at what makes them different, why and what would best fit you.

Sep 20, 2020•27 min

Communication and Design

Why is communication important ? How can I communicate better and what are some good books on communication I can read to improve the way I communicate with others ? These are some questions that are answered in this first episode of Design and a Half.

Sep 19, 2020•58 min

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