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The return of Cody Moiseve!! He got lost in LA and is back for more. We're also joined by manager of talent acquisition, Becca Zukowski from 90octane. The Colorado wind made a visit to Michael's backyard. Kyle has some cross browser fun. SuAnne rents a party bus and craziness ensues. Becca went to closing day at Vail ski resort. Becca reviews hundreds of resumes a day. She sheds some light on what really matters on your resume and cover letter.

SuAnne saw Hamilton. Kyle's got the excitement for Westworld Season 2 and a new project. Michael's been organizing the Meetup train. Twitter cuts back on third-party app access. We discuss the shift in the social media movement. LinkedIn introduces hashtags. Netflix debuts their own typeface, saving them money and branding the experience. Great example of guerrilla design for highway signage. Stripe introduces invoicing and recurring fees.

We're joined by Don Abrams from the InVision Studio prototyping team. SuAnne has a travel writer friend in town. Kyle reminisces about his ballroom dancing days. Michael loves the Trader Joe’s almond croissants. Don re-watches his childhood favorite cartoon shows. As usual Kyle tells a story you have never heard. We discuss the origin story of InVision Studio. Kyle asks, why a desktop app and not a progressive web app? A peek behind the curtain. And finally a it about the strategy of InVision Studio and how it was built.

We're joined by Alex Hoffman Product Designer extraordinaire! Michael wants his burritos back and saw Jumanji, Kyle is launching a new tool. SuAnne's taking Google Analytics 101 training. Everything Sketch! What are the must have plugins? The ones that work and the ones that don't. Sketch Runner, Rename It, Zeplin, Keys, Craft and more! How to make design reviews valuable to everyone. Best practices for using modals.

SuAnne's autonomous Volvo. Michael put his foot in his mouth. Kyle's off the sugar. We discuss the rise of design ethics and the responsibility of designers understanding how their products will affect people's lives. How to practice good usability and enable users to find what they need without significant effort.

Kyle's been happy houring it up! Michael can't do the late nights like he used to. SuAnne is grinding on market research and indulges in some self care. Things got spammy for us this week. Android devices get an eyebrow. Amazon Alexa keeps listening. Are inspirational UI designs actually inspirational or are they just fluff?

SuAnne experiences the other side of UX research. Michael hangs with some fam and has a wet dinner experience. Kyle's students make him participate in "Beer-boarding." We talk everything agile from training to standups, retros and introducing agile in organizations.

Kyle loves him some ski train. Michael's meta email experience. SuAnne's hubby is getting old and she tries out Dispatch. Sketch/Craft updates including prototyping in app. How did we get here? We ponder the state of user expectations and how we address how to meet the current level of user expectations.

Michael is consulting and spent some time with the little one in the hospital. Kyle loves hospital food. Shopping cart adventures. SuAnne is rolling high class. Staycation with Kyle's Denver tour. Things get crazy at a web design firm in Boulder, CO. How many tabs do you keep open in your browser? Personal UI design projects; Instagram 95. Background on designing the Winter Olympic icons.

Kyle congratulates his friends with on their Grammy win! Cody is wishing for some cold weather. Micheal is teaching his baby HTML and CSS. More mobile design trends and the state of UX in 2018.

We're joined by the one and only SuAnne Hall! Michael did a podcast panel, Kyle wanted to join and we're recording in a new room! Kyle has a snow guy. Does the Belluminati hold up to the hype? Double decker what what?! And Kyle's still living in a monochromatic world. We're missing Cody... Alexa's voice is changing. Our thoughts on mobile design trends coming in 2018.

The good intro. Kyle takes the grayscale challenge and is obsessed with the Taco Belluminati. Cody has a client slip and upgrade his airfare. Michael hides his time waster apps. How many apps do you actually use on your phone? B.J. Novak’s social app; Kiyo. The many disciplines of UX and anatomy of UX design.

Intro problems. Cody's ready for a snow day, Michael deals with Acrobat changes, and Kyle had a productive week. Zuck responds to the news feed changes. Cody's anti social channels. We're addicted to our smart devices. The psychology of why we can't put them down. Are we going to start living less connected lives? Quantifying your health for motivation. Once upon a time, Michael helped the neighbor kids, and then...

Cody's still in LA and Michael has holiday gifts for the guys. When UX goes bad, Hawaii missile alert system. What effect will Zuck's changes to your Facebook news feed have on your social habits? Coca-cola tries to fix their brand with a new typeface; TCCC Unity. Kyle's strong feelings on Google AMP.

After a month away, the guys are back and motivated to push their UX, design, and tech chops even further in 2018. Michael is enjoying the user experience with his new Apple Airpods while Cody is using Sonos to setup his own version of Home Alone. Meanwhile, Kyle has some thoughts of how Apple should have handled the whole iPhone battery drama.

Day 8! We're joined by Michelle Bergquist; Web Developer and Resident Instructor at Galvanize. Leading the next generation of web. What happens when you combine beer and a Macbook Pro. What are the gaps in bootcamp programs that will stop you from bring hired? Michelle shares her experience with a formal masters degree in Library and Information Science. Our advice for starting out 2018!

Day 7! We're joined by Ashley Carter; UX Designer at Deloitte Digital. Podcast history and our podcast origin story. T-shaped people. Rounding out your skills in any position. Working as a part of a team with varied strengths and skills. Should you make fake designs to test out new ideas? The Dribbble-ization of UX design. Starting new projects with pen and paper or on the screen?

Day 6! We're joined by Ryan Winzenburg; Product & User Experience Consultant at the Department of the Interior. The opportunity that more constraints allow. UPS creating efficiency in shipping with bike transport. Listener questions and our definitions for the varying field of service design. What you a good/bad UX designer?

Day 5! We're joined by Garrett Dawson; frontend developer at Blinker. How frontend development impacts the user experience. The importance of involving development early. Current standards and browser constraints. When will the web be "the" place to experience apps?

Day 4! We're joined by Tyler Merry; a UX Technologist at Universal Mind. Tyler's new theme song. Building Slack bots! Bot, chat bot, machine learning, ai, personal assistant, what do we call it and what does it do? Combating bots in NIKE's sneaker culture. Kyle plays the economics card! Upload your nudes to Facebook so your exs can't. Making recommendations suck less by being friends with the ai.