Design Details

286: Bask in the Awkwardness

Episode Summary

This week, we debut our App Launch segment by kindly critiquing the design details of Spectre, a new app from the folks behind Halide. In Follow-up, we discuss knowing when to shut up in a negotiation, and in Industry Talk, we debate when it's okay to break the rules of affordances. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new home and some creative music videos.

Episode Notes

This week, we kindly critique the design details of Spectre, a new app from the folks behind Halide. In Follow-up, we discuss knowing when to shut up in a negotiation, and in Industry Talk, we debate when it's okay to break the rules of affordances. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new home and some wild music videos.

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Follow-up:

• Mahmoud Bachir says "Something I've heard in regards to salary negotiation is to state your number concisely, then stop talking."
• Pssst! Sometimes, it pays to listen until after the outro music (43:39)

Industry Talk:

• affordance - n. the quality or property of an object that defines its possible uses or makes clear how it can or should be used
• The Design of Everyday Things uses Norman doors (video) as an example of a good affordance
• Reddit: Faucet at a restaurant
• Here's a link to the Twitter composer modal
• "More wood, fewer arrows"
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Chilled Monkey Brains

App Launch:

• Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, the duo behind Halide, have released Spectre, an AI-powered shutter for your iPhone, letting you create amazing long exposures
• Spectre (2015)
• Spectre's launch icon resembles both an "S" and a camera lens, and it echoes the app interface

One Cool Thing:

• Brian shared that he found a place to call his own in NYC \o/
• Marshall shared the work of Billie Eilish, a singer-songwriter and maker of amazingly bizarre music videos
  • Recommended: you should see me in a crown, when the party's over, bury a friend, hostage

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