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Mar 21, 2025 29 min

The Burn Book

from Designer & Designer Hosted by brian fling, joe alterio

Burn Victims • FAANG as a validator • FAANG's lack of innovation • Armchair Logo Art Direction • Amateur hour in the design space • MAU/DAU is a broken concept • Uber is the ultimate example of enshittification • An attempt to not look at my phone •"Chimping" • Text messaging needs a reinvent • What's App is terrible • "Founder Mode" • Alegria Art is an abomination Pull Quotes "I've seen incredibly talented people passed on because they don't have a FAANG background." "If tomorrow they found out burning kittens in a barrel would make their stock price go up four points, they would do it so fucking fast." "I think you can make something extremely valuable, that you don't touch a lot." "Uber has made the world worse in every conceivable way" "Can you stand still and look around for 10 minutes? I bet you can't." "Founder Mode is just a new term for micromanagement" "Teaching is thing the that taught me how to be a better leader." Connect with Joe & Brian Website: designer.fm Email: [email protected] Don't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to us! Outro music: Rumors by Lizzo (ft. Cardi B) Got something to say to us, good, bad or ugly? You can always email us at [email protected]

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This week Brian & Joe decide to throw their format out the window and just bitch and moan for a half hour on the internet. Middle aged white guys complaining? We got you covered, fam. 👋

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