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Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Wake Wake Sahil on the Web: Twitter GitHub Medium Gumroad Dribbble Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Gumroad Kyle Webster 6:00 - Building audiences Small Product Lab The Fault In Our Stars Missionary vs. Mercenary @shl On Writing 46:00 - Design challenges Jeremy Goldberg George Kedenburg III

Today we sat down with Malthe Sigurdsson, the current Head of Design at Stripe. Before joining Stripe, Malthe was the VP of Product at Rdio, and before that he was the Creative Director at Skype. In this episode we dig into Malthe's journey through these amazing companies, diving deep into hiring and scaling design teams and how to think like a product designer. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Hired Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Malthe on the Web: Website Twitter Show Notes: 5:00 - Introductions Stripe Stripe is hiring 7:00 - Design at Stripe Stripe Connect Benjamin De Cock Michaël Villar Wilson Miner 12:00 - Malthe's history Skype Rdio Malthe on Rdio Kazaa Ryan Sims Adam Polselli 35:00 - Growing a design team Design of Everyday Things

It's teaser time! This episode we caught up with Sam Soffes and Marshall Bock, two upcoming hosts on the Spec Network! In this show we chat about the future of Spec and dive deep into some Sketch pro tips. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Hired Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Marshall on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Show Notes: 4:00 - Who are you? Bock YouTube Gaming Soffes 6:00 - New Spec shows! Spec Josh Sortino Josh on Design Details @immutablefm @vicarious_fm 17:00 - Message us on Twitter (@specfm) with your email address to join our Slack Team! @specfm 21:00 - Marshall shares his story. Morgan Allan Knutson @cpaandrew 33:00 - Sam's working on things. Sam's Braun Screensaver Whiskey Sam tells us what he's working on 38:00 - Sketch talk. Zeplin Kerem Suer Kerem's naming convention Exploring Dynamic Layouts in Sketch Stop Drawing Dead Fish Bret Victor LaunchKit

For our 50th episode we sat down with Steph Monette and Liam Campbell, developers at Mule Design, to chat about CSS, startups versus agencies and the state of tech in San Francisco. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Steph on the Web: Website GitHub Medium Twitter Liam on the Web: Website GitHub Twitter Dear Design Student Show Notes: 3:00 - NPR 5:00 - Introductions Team Sketch Mule Design Mike Monteiro 6:00 - What are you working on? National Audubon Society The Seattle Times Andrew Norcross Reaktiv Studios Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 1 Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 2 General Assembly Mike Monteiro 12:00 - Hyphens vs. Underscores Sass Hampton Catlin Functional CSS Brent Jackson Jon Gold murmurs Pesticide Griddle Stop Pushing the Web Forward CodePen CSS Blend Modes 26:00 - Startup culture Dropbox Code School Iconfinder Dear Design Student 51:00 - What are you excited about? The Grid Ben Bayard Rubber Duck Debugging

Today we sat down with Anand Sharma, founder of Gyroscope and an insanely-talented designer/developer. We caught up about his work on Gyroscope, the future of health tracking and how the quantified self is changing the world. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Dropbox Anand on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Instagram Dribbble Gyroscope Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on? Gyroscope Gyroscope on Instagram Aprilzero Making of Aprilzero RescueTime Sense Luna Vessyl

Happy Monday! Today we caught up with Floris Dekker, senior design manager at Etsy and founder of Little Big Details! In this show we chat about Little Big Details, management as a design problem, gardening and what Floris is excited about in the world of design. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Floris on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Little Big Details Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Etsy Little Big Details Etsy Progress Report 2014 Kickstarter 10:00 - Designing around the world. Made by Sofa 14:00 - We learn about Little Big Details Little Big Details swissmiss The Webby Awards Andrew McCarthy 29:00 - Management as a design problem. Cap Watkins Design Details with Cap 45:00 - What else are you excited for in the design world? InVision Framer Webflow Origami Proto Atomic Designer News 49:00 - What's a strong opinion you have right now? Floris on Dribbble Drama on Dribbble Beme Casey Neistat Etsy San Francisco

Today we caught up with Mark Otto, the creator of Bootstrap and designer at GitHub. We go deep into the CSS/front-end world on this one, we hope you enjoy listening! If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Dropbox Mark on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Dribbble Instagram Bootstrap Code Guide Show Notes: 3:00 - What are you working on? Bootstrap Sublime Atom Slack Sketch Sip Photoshop Boostrap on GitHub 14:00 - We learn more about Boostrap Web Components PostCSS Sass Less Design Details with Jon Gold @mdo-ular CSS 24:00 - More about the current state of the front-end React CSS with React Functional CSS Tachyons Brent Jackson Basscss Immutable CSS BEM 101 Nesting in CSS Primer 40:00 - Burritos CodePen JS Bin 47:00 - Getting into our backgrounds ZURB Foundation Design Details with Michael Schultz Mark on GitHub

Today we caught up with Josh Sortino, designer at Teespring, startup advisor and photographer. We chat about design and communication, the design world in San Francisco, photography and how designers can get a seat at the table. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Josh on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Unsplash Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Teespring Bento 9:00 - How did you start advising startups? LAUNCH FAST Agreement Sam Soffes Shyp Facebook Ad Platform Functional CSS The Grid Shopify 20:00 - How did you get into photography? Sortino Photos Sony a7S 16-35mm Zeiss Sony a7R II 30:00 - What do you do outside of work? Agar 40:00 - Design + Communication Design Details with Haraldur Thorleifsson Busytown T-shaped People Patio11

It's time for a break from the normal conversations we have here on Design Details; today we stepped back to try and see the bigger picture with Elle Luna. Elle is a writer, designer, artist, entrepreneur and life adventurer, and in this episode she helps us navigate some of the bigger questions in our lives and in our careers. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Dropbox Elle on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram Medium Elle on The Great Discontent The Crossroads of Should and Must - Blog Post The Crossroads of Should and Must - Book Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? The Crossroads of Should and Must on Amazon The 100 Day Project 14:00 - We chat about design, art and utility. Mailbox Bulan Project The Crossroads of Should and Must - Blog Post First Round + Elle Luna 41:00 - More about side projects and careers Josh Sortino Jared Erondu Michael O'Neal Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off Four Hour Work Week Design Details ft. Dustin Senos Elle on Picasso Alejandro Jodorowsky JodoEnglish

For episode 44 we caught up with Haraldur Thorleifsson, a designer and agency founder leading the amazing team at UENO. In this show we chat about Haraldur's background and journey to starting UENO, the state of web design, Apple Watch, burnout and more. We recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Halli on the Web: Website Dribbble UENO An Interview with Haraldur Thorleifsson Twitter Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? UENO Timeline Luxe Mackey Saturday Dann Petty 13:00 - How did you get big clients as a freelancer? Santa Tracker The Case Studies Halli on Dribbble 22:00 - Is the web becoming a series of boxes? Design Details ft. Noah Stokes Spec 35:00 - What's your toolkit these days? Photoshop Sketch 40:00 We chat UENO, Apple Watch, burnout and more Medium Medium and Holocracy Macalope Bloomberg on Evan Spiegel