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Kyle needs a scooter. It’s palisade peach time in Colorado! We attempt to advice listener Tim on implementing standard design systems. Amazon rolls out a new tertiary text link font. Computers are taking over.

It's conference season. Mark your calendar's DVLP DNVR is in October and Emily is speaking at Denver Startup Week. We discuss how to be a good designer and pick your battles. We try our best to invent the audio emoji; with some success. How to design for the modern web.

Emily McCammon returns as our new semi-permanent co-host! Michael had an eventful weekend. Fire alarm PSAs, check your dates. Michael "read" Getting Naked. Kyle's been working on the DVLP DNVR 2018 conference website. Twitter changes their API and kills most third-party applications.

We say goodbye to our amazing co-host SuAnne Hall! Kyle gets his hands into some code. Michael drinks spicy beer and gets a replacement iPhone X. SuAnne gives us her famous Henry Ford Rant.

SuAnne treats herself because she worked too much. Michael worked too much and is exhausted. Kyle's son is about to start first grade so he has the feels. We announce dates for Develop Denver 2018! The changing landscape of Android chat apps. Michael gets philosophical about the UX of current startups. How does Apple make design choices? We ponder the future of computer input.

This just in Mrs. Coberly is real!! Kyle and SuAnne are train buddies. SuAnne goes to the speedway and it's amazing!! Michael's overcommitted. Kyle took the kids fishin'. Netflix changes up their UI for TVs. We discuss the goal of continuous UI delivery.

We’re joined by Sarah Drasner; Vue.js core team member, Microsoft Senior Developer Advocate, and CSS Tricks writer. Michael gets a new pair of shoes, SuAnne needs to watch her mouth at work, and Kyle was the first person to ever have a bad experience with Comcast. Sarah is planning a conference in Nigeria. We compare and contrast CLIs and GUIs and figure out the best use cases for each. We dig into anachronyms, iconography, and words, and get philosophical.

Emily stuck around! The MBP touch bar isn't our friend but Kyle ,makes peace with macOS. SuAnne loves her some baseball and preaches about totchos! Michael goes full UX on design systems with the team. Emily polices her company design system. We introduce the terms "cookie licking" and "seagulling." We discuss design tools, design systems and the partnership between design and development.

We're joined by Emily McCammon; Associate Director of Creative at Gaia, a graduate school instructor for CMCI Studio at CU and yoga teacher in training. Kyle got job! Michael's being productive. SuAnne is super happy with her job. The group engages in some intense pillow talk. How's the UX of your pillow? Does your pillow company have good CX? SuAnne had an epic CX interaction with her pillow company. Michael improves the CX for his shower. We discuss the responsibility of a platform for it's content; as Emily's grad students are building cool new platforms. And lastly, we discuss how to handle sexism in the workplace.

SuAnne displays her not-a-housewife tendencies. Michael's finally getting a new fence. Kyle loves mozzarella sticks and ska. Is UX Designer a real title we should be using? If you're in need a unique title du jour, we have a handy UX job title generator for you.

SuAnne's a trivia game super genius. Michael gets crazy hail and ponders weather icons. Kyle finds new challenges and opportunities. Everyone deserves cake! Listener emails spark a discussion of retros and how best to conduct and get your team members engaged.

Cody's still here! How can we connect as humans before we connect as professionals? Cody works for the NSA (just kidding) on the most secret project ever! We describe the concept of Go n Sees to learn how agile works. SuAnne has a UX pet-peeve; Click Here! The Denver v. scooter relationship heats up. Win, Lose, or Draw is back for the Apple WWDC announcements.

Cody's back to join the regular crew! SuAnne shares her alternative intro to the show. Kyle's in a funk and Michael tested out a Tesla Model 3. The glory that can be sabbaticals; for some people. The team gets into communication the root of all problems inside a company. The Sprint team goes deep on effective communication, soft skills, and EQ. How to run effective agile stand-ups.

Kyle goes on a family road trip to Yellowstone. Michael rescues a dog. SuAnne has a horror movie moment in the middle of the night. The team talks agile, retro, standups, and all things scrummy...Kyle was in heaven.

We talk accessibility. We are joined by Brooks Patton, an instructor at Galvanize and font accessibility expert. The history of the Curb Cut Effect and Electronic curb cuts. SuAnne had a rough day, so did Kyle... and Michael. It's a cleansing podcast.

Michael and Kyle are Dadding it up! Orthopedic shoes, fedoras, Fitbit and sunglass straps. SuAnne's down a flippy floppy and has an App Cues update. Michael's back from Maui all chilled out. Kyle is reading Messy in his free time. Our thoughts on the Denver invasion of Lime Scooters. A new tool for meaningful networking.

Kyle moves onto a new chapter in his career, Michael reviews his new MacBook Pro, and we all geek out about keyboard switch types. Michael Wilson joins us again, and we chat about our GDPR feelings.

Today, we're joined by VR specialist Michael Wilson, Design Director of ProtectWise, who talks about what it takes to design a VR cityscape, powered by petabytes of data, that empowers cybersecurity professionals to proactively and visually hunt for threats in their environment. Also, SuAnne runs out of gas, AGAIN, Kyle and Michael start planning for the Denver Develop conference, and Michael celebrates (or survives) his wife's first mother's day.

No drinking for Michael, he's on antibiotics. SuAnne rediscovers her sight! And Kyle learns he's a Top Golf pro. SuAnne is volunteering for Dress for Success. Finally some listener feedback!! Fancy cars and why we can't have nice things. Google takes control of links on Chrome for iPhone. Kyle's Android corner is back; SuAnne doesn't like it. Our thoughts on the Gmail redesign. Kyle explains his gaming past. SuAnne tells us all about on-boarding adventures and App Cues for web apps.

Becca Zukoski is back for more! We try buzzballs and things get off the rails. Kyle's trying to be nicer to the internet. Doorbell moments. Michael makes Instant Pot ribs. Becca is learning French and eating popcorn. We continue discussing resume design best practices and Becca schools us.