Late Nights with Trav and Los
141 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsBest friends, Trav & Los, talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Designing You Authentic Self – Part 2
October 25, 2016 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBWe had an awesome opportunity to share the recording of this episode with a live audience along with a guest, the talented designer Jamie Leach. AIGA hosted a meet up and we had a great time, met some fantastic people. This is the second of a two part recording. The title of this 2 part series is “Designing your authentic self” this second episode focuses on finding your unique voice in your craft.
Designing You Authentic Self – Part 1
October 16, 2016 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWe had an awesome opportunity to share the recording of this episode with a live audience along with a guest, the talented designer Jamie Leach. AIGA hosted a meet up and we had a great time, met some fantastic people. This is a two part recording, next week we’ll hear the second part. The title of this 2 part series is “Designing your authentic self” this first episode is covers the idea of self-awareness, what it is, why we need it, and how to discover an appreciation for everyones littl...
Meditation Made Easy with Daniel Young
October 11, 2016 16:11 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBDaniel Young talks with us about the meditation class he teaches, and the benefits of mindfulness.
Daniel Young doesn't get stuck
October 04, 2016 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBDaniel Young stops by the show and tells his story. We learn about constantly reinventing yourself, being brave, and avoiding that feeling of getting stuck in life. Join us for the live show next week: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aiga-meetup-live-podcast-designing-your-authentic-self-tickets-28347372755
Becoming a better Visual Designer
September 27, 2016 06:48 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBEpisode Music: https://soundcloud.com/yourrapbeatstv/kaveli-beats-my-name-is-epic-eminem-type-choir-rap-beat-hip-hop-instrumental-2016 https://soundcloud.com/nick-panlook/nickelodeon-till-the-end-sample ###How to become a better Visual Designer. First, what is a Visual Designer? A designer, who understands design principles and critically applies them to solve complex problems visually: balancing craft and execution. So, how do you become a better Visual Designer, if you have a grasp of...
How to become a designer in 2016
September 20, 2016 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBEpisode Music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/inquisition Episode 88: Becoming a designer without design school How do we do that? Learn the tools 2. Sketch and photoshop 3. Origami and Framer JS for prototyping Take online courses 3. Envato 4. Coursera 5. Lynda 6. CreativeLive 7. Skillshare Get feedback 4. From a mentor or a peer 5. Online feedback communities 6. HH Design 7. HH Illustrate 8. Designer’s Guild 9. The Designers League 10. IxDA Build fundamentals 5. The de...
Jon Lax – Closing Teehan + Lax, and The Future Of Design
September 13, 2016 15:40 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWe sit at the table of Jon Lax and he shares his reaction to the backlash on the internet when they closed TeeHan and Lax. Jon also gives us insight into how he sees the future of design playing out.
Jon Lax – Growing up & Design Philosophy
September 06, 2016 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBWe sit at the table with Jon Lax and talk about his childhood and how that informed his design philosophy. This is part 1 of 2. Jon's Eulogy for his mother – https://medium.com/@jlax/madam-justice-joan-lax-9f9782004359#.mdvskbjqy
What is important to you?
August 30, 2016 07:01 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode, Los had planned to talk about one thing and we end up talking about how does one find importance? Episode music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/with-me https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie/little-brother
Storytelling for Designers
August 23, 2016 18:23 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB###Music Dj Quad Mix - https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/back-in-time-vlog-music Dyalla Remix - https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/lets-go-out Stranger Things Remix - https://theartistunion.com/tracks/26ccfb Kimbra Remix - https://soundcloud.com/search?q=kimbra%20remix ##Storytelling for designers Today’s episode is about storytelling. This is a conversation around what the role of storytelling looks like for a modern designer in this creative economy. Because, the most successful, com...
Andy Law is a Creative Professional – Part Two
August 16, 2016 17:10 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBTrav and Los go to Netflix to chill with Andy Law. Part Two.
Andy Law is a Creative Professional – Part One
August 09, 2016 21:20 - 51 minutes - 47 MBTrav and Los go to Netflix to chill with Andy Law.
An interview with Guy Kawasaki: advice, jokes, and live-streaming
August 02, 2016 07:31 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode Guy Kawasaki talks to us about the state of live-streaming, gives us some advice, and cracks a few jokes :) Check out Canva here : https://www.canva.com/ Episode music: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/go-with-me-vlog-music Los's Minute Vlogger series: https://instagram.com/losmontoya DevTips: https://youtube.com/devtipsfordesigners
Los's creative process
July 26, 2016 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB##Follow Los's #minutevlogger Vlog on Instagram https://instagram.com/losmontoya ###Music by Aspire : https://soundcloud.com/pryced/aspire Episode 81 - What’s my Vlogging workflow like Intro Welcome to another Late Nights! Topic Today, I’m going to talk to you all about how I go about thinking through how I am going to produce daily content on the vlog. Step 1 Understand what your day will look like tomorrow. It all starts with planning, if you listen back to “Maximise your producti...
Make your idea a reality
July 19, 2016 15:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBLos's Vlog on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/losmontoya/ Music by Jeff Kaale: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/secret-sauce-ft-cookin-soul Episode 80 - Vlogging Intro Welcome to another late nights! Hook Today’s episode is pretty much solely going to be about what we’ve done the last couple of weeks and my newest creative endeavour I am embarking on. What have we done? Adobe InVision Some new guests Brainstormed some new ideas Some negotiations My newest creative endeavou...
Do It Live! – Reflections on hosting a red carpet event
July 12, 2016 11:30 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBTrav and Los discuss what they learned from hosting a Red Carpet Movie Premiere.
Increase Influence by Moving Upstream
July 05, 2016 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBTrav and Los chat about how to maximize the influence they have on the organization and the product by getting as far as possible up the stream.
Crucial Conversations
June 28, 2016 14:39 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBSong :https://soundcloud.com/djkidkobra/antonio-banderas-el-mariachi Red carpet live-stream: https://www.facebook.com/invisionapp/ Intro I want to read a definition for you completely out of context. %% “A discussion between two or more people where (1) stakes are high, (2) opinions vary, and (3) emotions run strong” and the outcome greatly impacts their lives. The reason I read that to you is because that is the definition of a Crucial Conversation, which ends up being the topic for to...
Maximise your productivity with these 14 daily habits
June 21, 2016 07:01 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBEpisode 75 Music used in the episode: https://soundcloud.com/beat-fatigue/1-beat-fatigue-optimus-jive Pomodoro technique: http://pomodorotechnique.com/ 14 daily habits for maximising your productivity What to do when you are overwhelmed Intro In our lives we have moments where we are busy, moments when we are busier, and moments when we are the busiest. For the foreseeable future I will be in one of my most busiest seasons. My wife and I have a third child joining the family, I’m tri...
Selling Your Ideas
June 14, 2016 07:07 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBHow to sell Nicholas Boothman author of “Convince Them in 90 Seconds or Less” 90sec? tv commercials do it in 30 seconds, magazine ads in 3. If you go over 5 minutes trying to convince someone, you’ve lost. Confirmation bias: tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical errors. trust, clarity and emotional impact, and they have to happen at the same time. trust Trust comes from the first impression and comes from l...
The Elevator Pitch – Why you need it, and how it works.
June 07, 2016 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBA better elevator pitch. I was reading a post on imgr today where the person gave the advice that people should develop an elevator pitch when looking for a job. A few comments made me laugh So, Go to random companies and ride the elevator all day in hopes you catch a ride with a big-wig and strike up a conversation? - clutchthepearls Of the 6 companies I have worked for, only 1 had an elevator. - jackofshadows51 Sounds like your career has had some ups and downs. - BrecaAndTheSeaBeasts...
It gets personal: Listener questions #'s 3, 4, & 5
June 01, 2016 05:50 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBTrav and Los host an entire episode dedicated to answering listener questions. Music: https://soundcloud.com/syntheticepiphany/bob-marley-no-woman-no-cry Referenced article around Job Fulfillment: https://medium.com/@mags/the-four-dimensions-of-job-fulfillment-and-a-map-to-find-them-81198b50cd79#.9gnl4j6pu
The job to be done
May 23, 2016 07:25 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBEvery day we use physical and digital products. I mean, every day we hire physical and digital products. Today we talk about the "job to be done" of the products you hire everyday and how you can start thinking about the "job to be done" of the things you make. Article: https://medium.com/@eportelance/the-iceberg-of-jobs-to-be-done-5ad423fa84ff#.mhhzu7lc8 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGuSM3yUxik Intro Music: https://soundcloud.com/lordrecollectif/daft-punk-random-access Outro M...
Tools, Not Rules – a recipe for good collaboration
May 17, 2016 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBLean heavily on building tools and opportunities for yourself and others, rather than trying to follow a prescription or bounding yourself and others with new rules Each episode is a test. We learn from each episode and apply the lessons to new episodes. Maybe not in ways that you think, or that you see right away. The last narrated episode was 7 months ago. But that definitely planted the seeds for what I did this last week. Trav thinks it might be about placing tools in the bag to use la...
Imposter Syndrome
May 10, 2016 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBTrav travels across the United States and speaks to people all over about their experience with Imposter Syndrome. Special Guests: Ross Popoff-Walker – http://rosspw.com/ Nick Zakrasek – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickzakrasek Pauline Rose Clance – http://paulineroseclance.com/ Marty Nemko – http://www.martynemko.com/ Denise Cummins – http://www.denisecummins.com/ Take Dr. Clance's Imposter Phenomenon test... http://paulineroseclance.com/pdf/IPscoringtest.pdf All Music from http://e...
Experience Canvas: A framework for your product
May 03, 2016 17:02 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBLos walks us through The Experience Canvas: a framework for project teams of any size to ensure that the end result – whether it’s a minimum viable product (MVP), a new feature roll-out, even a process or other business initiative – is thorough, considered, user-centred and lean, without compromising on flexibility. The emphasis is on the experience to be achieved by that result; a minimum viable experience (MVE), if you will. Blog: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/10/fight-the-dark-side-of-...
I'm not good enough - Listener Question #2
April 26, 2016 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBEp. 67 Song - [https://soundcloud.com/steezmonks/louis-armstrong-aint-got-that-swing-steezmonks-remix-3] Intro Welcome to another episode of Late Nights with Trav and Los, I am hosting tonight and to my left is the ever wonderful, ever bearded, bestie co-host, Traaaaaav. It feels good to host again. I wanted to talk about last weeks episode for a few minutes before we get going with the podcast. I found it incredibly insightful. That being good, isn’t enough if you want to make a name f...
How To Make A Name for Yourself
April 18, 2016 15:14 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBHow to make a name for yourself Being good isn’t enough, you need a network In his decades-long study of creativity, management psychology expert Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described what he called a “systems approach.” Since "creative" work tends to be subjective, he posited a model that included three systems: The Domain The Field The Individual Domain: Master your craft Field: Get your work in front of people who are seen as authorities in the field. Individual You and your work m...
KEEP YOUR HEAD – Listener Question #1
April 12, 2016 07:45 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBKeep good mental health by: Learning about your flow state. Getting a support system Taking care of your health Not avoiding the work
The gap between taste and skill
April 05, 2016 15:12 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBLos writes one sentence down and then we podcast about it. We talk about the gap between taste and skill as a response to one of our Twitter followers. Always a great reminder :) Travis makes a reference to a quote and it's by the great Ira Glass. The quote is below for your reading pleasure! “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you...
8 ways to build trust
March 29, 2016 08:04 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBToday I want to talk about trust. Trust is a super broad topic, so the focus for this episode, is about trust in the workplace. And to be even more specific. I want to talk about trust as it pertains to it being a soft-skill you must have and subsequently develop as a designer. This is something you can focus on building anywhere. You can build this skill at an in-house design team, a design agency, or as a freelance designer. I will talk you through how to develop and focus on this soft-s...
Should you Specialize or Generalize in your Career?
March 22, 2016 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBShould I generalize or specialize in my career? Reagan Quote “I believe designers are all designers not just one type. An organization does this (narrow a designers scope) to help better define the individual and role but in reality a designer should understand many roles” I think it mostly comes down to personality. We have two things here. The first is who you are, as a person. What are your interests and skills. What do you have to offer and what makes you happy. Then the second thing...
Reagan Kim is the nicest person I’ve ever met
March 15, 2016 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBReagan Kim is a talented and genuine person. Regan was Trav's mentor when he joined Google. He's worked at Fox Entertainment, Netflix, Google, and now Facebook. He walk us through his journey and we pull out the principles of his success.
Building Self Confidence
March 08, 2016 14:54 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFeb 24, 2016 #Developing Self-Confidence My wife asked me a couple of weeks ago. How can you be so confident all the time? You want to know my answer? I told her, I got it from my momma. For your sake, dear listener,let me expand that answer: I grew up in a home where my dad usually worked 2 jobs to provide for us, or worked at odd hours of the day where I didn’t see him much. And as such, I was around my mom most of the time, at least in my formative years. I gained a major portion of ...
Get up, get started, and make something
March 01, 2016 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB##Los meets a startup founder at a coffee shop and tells that story. ###Link to contest information here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCZGEnHs_0H/?taken-by=travandlos ###Quick take aways: The Story Find something you are frustrated about Fix it
Purpose and Branding
February 23, 2016 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWhat I’d like to see a bit more of is people being concerned with their purpose and being true to that. As a follow-on asking the question “How can I appropriately tell that story with the intent of bringing others on board to this purpose.”
Cory Miller is a Good Human
February 16, 2016 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBCory Miller is a good human Cory Miller, Designer, Podcaster, Product Director @ SeanWes, Entrepreneur, Father, Husby, more. — We are going to get into all of that in a few minutes, but where did it all start? I want the origin story. Topics discussed: Design Shirts Product Director Podcast Branding
Brainstorming technique #2: New rivers
February 02, 2016 20:44 - 24 minutes - 22 MBLos tackles part two of a two-part series around brainstorming. In this episode we dive into New Rivers.
Brainstorming technique #1: Mind mapping
January 26, 2016 09:43 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBLos introduces a two-part series around brainstorming. In this episode we dive into Mind mapping.
Brainstorming technique #1: Mind mapping
January 26, 2016 09:43 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBLos introduces a two-part series around brainstorming. In this episode we dive into Mind mapping.
Year In Review — Our favorite Moments, Fan Mail, and Our Plans for the Future
January 19, 2016 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBThank you everyone for making 2015 a great year for the show! Episodes mentioned in this show How We Really Create (travandlos.com/38) Set and Achieve Better Goals (travandlos.com/10) How I increased my creative output 150% by simply changing the way I sleep (Polyphasic Sleep) (travandlos.com/38) Burnout – What it is, how to avoid and overcome it (travandlos.com/22) Steal a collage education (travandlos.com/23) Expectational Debt (travandlos.com/52) The loss of thought (travandlos.co...
Expectational Debt
January 12, 2016 17:40 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBExpectational Debt back from vacation trying to get ahead of the work expectations of others We are indebted by the expectations of our employers, community leaders, friends, family, and maybe most demanding of all; ourselves. How do we impose debt onto ourselves? incomplete projects other peoples requests emotional-based long term commitment Without completely being aware of it, we can sell the expectations of our time and energy pretty cheaply. debt can be positive, its how all r...
Designing you, me, and 2016
January 05, 2016 10:27 - 19 minutes - 18 MBLos helps you think of yourself as a startup and you become the product.
The Benefits of Creativity
December 29, 2015 10:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBLos tells Trav about the benefits of creativity. Also, our 50th Episode :) Thank you for listening and we are grateful to have you as a part of our Late Nights podcast ;) Enjoy this episode and tweet us if you want to chat, or facebook us!
How to Get Motivated
December 22, 2015 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBHow to Get Motivated What motivates you? Los says "Creative Freedom" but doesn't want to talk about it right now. It seems like a lot of my friends and followers are suffering simultaneously from the same ailment; lack of motivation. Indeed I, myself, have been fighting a healthy dose of resistance lately. I have one particular project that has dragged on for months and months and everyday the obstacles that stand between me and completion seem to be piling up. So this is the question I...
The Value of Reflection
December 15, 2015 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBI prefer to reflection over celebration Benefits of Meditation or Reflection See clearly what leads to happiness, success, failure and stress relate new knowledge to prior understanding Helps you to think in both abstract and conceptual terms (loosens thinking, enable connections) apply specific strategies in novel tasks understand their own thinking and learning strategies Transforms your experience into genuine learning about individual values and goals and about larger social issue...
Discover and Make: a Framework for Creativity
November 24, 2015 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBTrav tells Los how much he liked a previous episode and uses it as an example in discussing new creative ideas he was recently exposed to.
Sometimes, we fail hard
November 17, 2015 09:06 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBI (los) try to get Travis involved in an on-air problem solving design exercise. It doesn't work, at all. We then go on a related tangent about ads and content creation.
Jared Erondu
November 03, 2015 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBJared Erondu (of TeeSpring, Tree House, and The Industry) stops by to talk to us about getting his start, navigating a creative career, and always being true to yourself.
How to create the perfect task?
October 27, 2015 07:25 - 13 minutes - 9.08 MBLos talks about how to write the perfect task to get ideas progressing forward.