For episode 36, we got to spend some time with Meng To discussing what makes a great product, how to get started with design and development, and what it takes to build a thing. Meng's an incredibly talented creator and we're grateful he was able to take a break from helping people get started in our industry to hang out with us for an hour or so!


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Sponsors:

Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!)
Iconfinder

Meng To on the Web:

Twitter
Website
Blog
Medium
Dribbble

Show Notes:

4:00 - What Meng's working on

Shadowness
The Matrix
StarCraft

9:30 - What are you excited about in design?

Sketch
Invision
Pixate
Slack
Design + Code
Xcode
Swift

15:00 - Should designers write production code?

Macaw
Dreamweaver
Framer
AngularJS
MeteorJS
NodeJS
Codecademy
Material Design
Snapchat

24:30 - Creating free content vs paid content

Spring library
Apple Watch GUI

32:00 - WWDC expectations

UXKit rumors

35:00 - Global differences in design/dev culture

Alipay

40:30 - Learning development and gaming as a gateway to the tech industry

udemy
Super Smash Bros.
SoundBlaster 16 for Windows 3.11
DOTA
Warcraft III
Heroes of the Storm
World of Warcraft
Hearthstone
Wilson Miner
DD 3: I'm Tired of Looking at Apps (feat. Wilson Miner)
Stone Librande
DD 12: Kleenex Testers (feat. Stone Librande)

50:30 - The elements of a really compelling product

Marc Edwards
Bjango Actions
sketch-measure
Zeplin

55:00 - Don't give up. Just do something crazy.

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