The Start

The Advice - Duane King

Duane King is an Interactive Creative Director and Designer, in Portland. Duane's one of the most knowledgeable and resourceful designers I’ve met. Today we sit down to talk about the longevity and sustainability of design, starting two businesses and working with companies like Nike and Herman Miller. Duane grew up in Texas, started a luxury branding company and then moved to Portland to pursue design. Since then, he's made huge contributions to design, including designing one of my favorite websites (with Nike!). He shares his past 20 years of struggles, successes and experiences with us. He also has a cat who goes on walks and plays fetch! Show Links: * Duane King [http://kingduane.com/] * Follow Duane on Twitter [https://twitter.com/DuaneKing] * Ian Coyle [http://iancoyle.com/] * King Coyle [https://twitter.com/hugekingcoyle] * wk12 [https://twitter.com/wk12] * Dana Tanamachi [http://www.danatanamachi.com/] * The Gap [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbC4gqZGPSY] * Ayse Birsal [http://www.aysebirsel.com/] * Push Pen Group [http://www.pushpininc.com/] * Brutal Juice [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutal_Juice] * Quake III [https://www.gog.com/game/quake_iii_gold] * Swiss Grids [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/lessons-from-swiss-style-graphic-design/] * Jennifer Daniel [http://thisismyotherurl.com/] * Eva Zeisel [https://www.evazeiseloriginals.com/] * Alfred Stieglitz [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz] * Daniel Norris [https://twitter.com/DanielNorris]

The Chance - Kerem Suer

Kerem Suer is a Product Designer at Operator, in San Francisco. Before that Kerem worked with FitBit and Omada Health. We talk about being motivated at work through seeing improvements in your own offline life through the products. Kerem grew up in Istanbul and came to Sulphur, Oklahoma as a highschool exchange student. Since then, he's made a huge impact on the Design world and contributed to a lot of my favourite reading on Medium. He shares his journey with us and talks about the importance of disseminating information without being preachy. He's also a former National Sailor! Show Links: * Kerem Suer [http://kerem.co/] * Follow Kerem on Twitter [https://twitter.com/kerem] * FitBit [http://www.fitbit.com] * Omada Health [https://www.omadahealth.com] * Kerem on Dribble [https://dribbble.com/kerem] * Kerem on Medium [https://medium.com/@kerem] * Zaha Hadid [http://www.zaha-hadid.com] * Lovely [https://livelovely.com] * Type 2 Diabetes [http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2] * Operator [https://www.operator.com] * Señor Sesig [http://www.senorsisig.com]

The Community - Jed Schmidt

Jed Schmidt is a JavaScript Developer at Uniqlo in NY. Before that Jed lived in Tokyo and worked as a Japanese Translator. We talk about the huge shift in jobs, and how it feels to be working in a field that was once his hobby! Jed also was a founder of BrooklynJS. He tells us what sparked the inspiration for the meetup, what it means for the NY community and why he's decided to step down. We have a bunch of debates about minimalist coding, staying up to date on trends in Programming and people degrading each other's coding style. Jed also shares a link to him singing A Capella on Good Morning America. Show Links: * brooklyn js [http://brooklynjs.com/] * Follow Jed on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jedschmidt] * Dave Rupert [http://daverupert.com/] * Hitachi [http://www.hitachi.com] * Good Morning America A Cappella [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW_0kPQgVjM] * Eric Feng [http://ericfeng.com/] * If Hemingway Wrote Javascript [https://www.nostarch.com/hemingway] * Isaac Schlueter [http://izs.me/] * Ryan Dahl [https://github.com/ry] * 61 Local [http://61local.com/] * Jed's Github Article [http://github.com/jed/buildling-brooklyn] * script-ed [https://www.scripted.org/] * Willman Duffy [https://twitter.com/willmanduffy] * Mariko [https://twitter.com/kosamari] * Jasmine Greenway [https://medium.com/@shylah.chiera/a-developer-by-the-name-of-jasmine-green-630d020a97b#.xh9az23d3] * brianloveswords [https://github.com/brianloveswords] * First Field Ketchup [http://first-field.com/wp-content/uploads/FirstField_OriginalKetchup_Nutrition.pdf] * slack.borojs.com [http://slack.borojs.com] * waffleJS [https://wafflejs.com/]

Back In The Days - Yaron Schoen

Yaron Schoen is a Human Interface Designer and Product Designer in NY. Currently Yaron is working at Compass Inc., building a more sophisticated and tech-first real-estate company. Before that Yaron had a plentitude of work experiences - from a tiny design company in Jerusalem, founding Made For Humans, freelancing and starting Julpan (which was then acquired by Twitter!). Yaron sits down (in my apartment this time) to talk about his experience as a designer, founder, freelancer and employee. He shares how he's evolved through pivoting between these roles and how the industry and community has evolved between the 90's and today. We talk about appreciating art, coding as a form of rebellion and David Bowie. Show Links: * Yaron Schoen [http://yaronschoen.com] * Follow Yaron on Twitter [https://twitter.com/yarcom] * David Bowie Quote [https://youtu.be/FiK7s_0tGsg?t=6m38s] * Jonnie Hallman [http://destroytoday.com/] * Karl Stanton [https://twitter.com/karlstanton] * Sarah Parmenter [http://www.sazzy.co.uk/the-elephant-in-the-room/] * Julpan Acquisition [http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/twitter-julpan/] * Float [http://yaronschoen.com/writing/introducing-float/] * Made For Humans [http://madeforhumans.com/] * Compass [https://www.compass.com/]

The Right Amount of Chill - Yoko Sakao Ohama

Yoko Sakao Ohama is a Designer who lives in Brooklyn, NY and works at Squarespace. Aside from being an awesome designer, Yoko is also a dancer. In her spare time, she writes Why Aren't We Dancing - a curated newsletter about interesting dance videos she finds online. We sit down and talk about the path from school to working in the "real world" - the different perceptions and experiences of college, quitting a job at a start-up and when it's okay to burn bridges. We talk about our community of designers and developers, and handing off work to the right people within it. All in all, we evaluate the importance of self-confidence as we navigate through the tech-industry and life. Show Links: * Yoko Sakao Ohama [http://yoko.is] * Follow Yoko on Twitter [https://twitter.com/psyoko] * Squarespace [https://www.squarespace.com/] * Tattly [http://tattly.com/] * Swiss Miss [https://twitter.com/swissmiss] * Why Aren't We Dancing [http://www.whyarentwedancing.com/] * Kevin's Dance Videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghqL8-4tsAs] * Creative Mornings [https://creativemornings.com/] * Chandler McWilliams [http://chandlermcwilliams.com/] * Rusty Meadows [https://twitter.com/rameadows] * Oak Studios [http://oak.is/] * Kate Matsumoto [http://www.katematsumoto.com/] * Jesse Hertzberg [https://twitter.com/huss?lang=en] * Larry Legend's Talk [https://creativemornings.com/talks/audience-takes-the-stage--2/4] * Tools Day Podcast [http://toolsday.io/]