286: Bask in the Awkwardness

This week, we kindly critique the design details of Spectre, a new app from the folks behind Halide. In Follow-up, we discuss knowing when to shut up in a negotiation, and in Industry Talk, we debate when it's okay to break the rules of affordances. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new home and some wild music videos.

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Follow-up:

Mahmoud Bachir says "Something I've heard in regards to salary negotiation is to state your number concisely, then stop talking."
Pssst! Sometimes, it pays to listen until after the outro music (43:39)

Industry Talk:

affordance - n. the quality or property of an object that defines its possible uses or makes clear how it can or should be used
The Design of Everyday Things uses Norman doors (video) as an example of a good affordance
Reddit: Faucet at a restaurant
Here's a link to the Twitter composer modal
"More wood, fewer arrows"
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Chilled Monkey Brains

App Launch:

Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, the duo behind Halide, have released Spectre, an AI-powered shutter for your iPhone, letting you create amazing long exposures
Spectre (2015)
Spectre's launch icon resembles both an "S" and a camera lens, and it echoes the app interface

One Cool Thing:

Brian shared that he found a place to call his own in NYC \o/
Marshall shared the work of Billie Eilish, a singer-songwriter and maker of amazingly bizarre music videos

Recommended: you should see me in a crown, when the party's over, bury a friend, hostage

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