All Episodes

Ep. 100 - In a World of Cynics, Be an Idealist

Ep. 99 - What If You Are Capable of So Much More?

Ep. 98 - I FAILED! (But it wasn't fatal)

Ep. 97 - Why Recognition Trumps Recall in Design

Ep. 96 - Gap Analysis (How to Improve Your Products and Your Business)

Ep. 95 - Grow The Roses (Of Success)

Ep. 94 - Why We Must Despair Less

Ep. 93 - Quantum Computing and User Centered Design

Ep. 92 - Is Elon Musk's "Idiot Index" Actually Useful?

Ep. 91 - Design More. Despair Less. (The Podcast)

Ep. 90 - Grok As A Mechanical Engineers Assistant

Ep. 89 - Threat Detection and AI

Ep. 88 - Consider These 3 Things When Making Big Life Decisions

Ep. 87 - A Few Thoughts On Inauguration Day

Ep. 86 - SpaceX The Destroyer of Despair

Ep. 85 - Creepy Robots and the Uncanny Valley

Ep. 84 - Everyone Is A Designer

Ep. 83 - Personas (The Archetypal User)

Ep. 82 - Innovation vs. Invention (Plus Thoughts on Despair)

Ep. 81 - Let There Be Light!

Ep. 80 - 4 Steps to Design Driven Innovation

Ep. 79 - Design More Monday: Creative Confidence

Ep. 78 - Despair Less Friday (A New Series)

Ep. 77 - Hick's Law and Ockham's Razor

Ep. 76 - The Freedom of Constraint

Ep. 75 - How You Respond When Things Go Wrong Will Define Your Career

Ep. 74 - Simple Is Rarely Easy

Ep. 73 - Time To Figure Out What's Next

Ep. 72 - What Design Can Tell Us About Personality and Values

Ep. 71 - The CYBERTRUCK

Ep. 70 - Training Not Trying

Ep. 69 - Is Design Thinking Dead?

Ep. 68 - Design Thinking: Prototype, Test, Iterate

Ep. 67 - Design Thinking: Ideate

Ep. 66 - Design Thinking: Define

Ep. 65 - Design Thinking: Empathize

Ep. 64 - Fake FAQs #6

Ep. 63 - I Am Back

Rewind: Ep. 37 - Advice to a Young Designer

Rewind: Ep. 23 - 80/20 Rule

Rewind: Ep. 22 - Double Diamond Model for Creativity and Design

Ep. 62 - The Keys to Innovation and Invention

Ep. 61 - How To Actually Under Promise and Over Deliver

Ep. 60 - The Golden Ratio

Ep. 59 - Fake FAQs #5

Ep. 58 - Opportunities to Innovate

Ep. 57 - Five Websites For Every Product Designer

Bonus: On The Road

Ep. 56 - Interstate Design and Consistency

Bonus: Failing Fast Isn't Accepting Mediocrity

Ep. 55 - Forgiveness and Framing in Design

Ep. 54 - Form Follows Failure

Ep. 53 - Of Forks and Threads

Ep. 52 - The Infamous Design Pivot

Bonus: ChatGPT and AI

Ep. 51 - Is Design A Skill That Can Be Learned?

Ep. 50 - The Curious Comeback of Crocs

Ep. 49 - Apple Vision Pro Design Review

Ep. 48 - Fake FAQs #4

Ep. 47 - What Is A Design Engineer?

Ep. 46 - What Is Product Design?

Ep. 45 - How To Stop Missing Deadlines

Ep. 44 - A/B Testing

Ep. 43 - Fake FAQ's #3

Ep. 42 - Risk Maps

Ep. 41 - Leaders Provide A Common Vision

Ep. 40 - In Review: Designing for People

Ep. 39 - Sometimes You Need a Big Win

Ep. 38 - Five Strategies To Reduce Design Complexity

Ep. 37 - Advice to a Young Designer

Ep. 36 - Fake FAQs #2

Bonus: Fail Intelligently (My Guest Blog Post)

Ep. 35 - Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

Ep. 34 - Old Fashioned Hard Work

Ep. 33 - How To Fix Air Travel

Ep. 32 - The Complicated Role of Pressure

Ep. 31 - Improve Efficiency and Reduce Errors

Ep. 30 - Fake FAQs #1

Ep. 29 - How to Become an "Idea Factory"

Ep. 28 - Design Lessons from the Q-Collar

Ep. 27 - In Review: Q-Collar (How To Protect Your Brain)

Ep. 26 - Flexibility vs. Usability (It's Tradeoffs All The Way Down)

Ep. 25 - A Call To Criticism

Ep. 24 - Fitts's Law: Why Are E-Stop Buttons Big and Close?

Ep. 23 - 80/20 Rule

Ep. 22 - Double Diamond Model for Creativity and Design

Ep. 21 - Product Usability vs. Value

Ep. 20 - Factor of Safety

Ep. 19 - Entry Points in Design

Ep. 18 - Mapping

Ep. 17 - Part 3: The Role of Design

Ep. 16 - Part 2: The Solution

Ep. 15 - Part 1: The Problem

Ep. 14 - In Review: The Practice

Ep. 13 - Change

Bonus: Status Update - Oct. 2022

Ep. 12 - Failing Fast

Ep. 11 - Aesthetic-Usability Effect

Ep. 10 - In Review: Creative Confidence

Ep. 9 - Feel The Pain

Ep. 8 - Prototype vs. Pretotype

Bonus: Labor Day

Ep. 7 - How to Work More Efficiently

Ep. 6 - Affordances vs. Signifiers

Ep. 5 - Mind Maps

Ep. 4 - Mental Model

Ep. 3 - Rapid Prototyping

Ep. 2 - Human Centered Design

Ep. 1 - Intro