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Hustle: The No-Win Design Problem (with Desiree Garcia, Automattic)
The Funsize Show
English - January 03, 2020 22:48 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCareers Business Arts Design product design design leadership innovation project management funsize software applications ios android web Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Desiree Garcia is a senior designer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and most recently, Tumblr. Their goal is to democratize publishing so that anyone with a story can tell it, regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world. She's also an editor at A List Apart, a webzine that explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
In this episode, we discuss:
How a psychology degree can influence design and teamworkWhat we miss about the old webStar Trek's Kobayashi Maru and how it applies to designHow to respond to situations that can't be wonThe challenges of talking about your workDesigning things that "aren't real"