Episode 119: Erica Joy

Next up, a really great interview with Erica Joy, build and release engineer for Slack.

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Erica Joy is a build and release engineer for Slack. When she’s not busy working on the latest features for the popular team collaboration tool, she’s speaking out on the problems in the tech community and how they can be solved.

We spoke about a typical day at Slack, talked about her popular piece on Medium titled “The Other Side of Diversity”, touched on the topic of diversity advocacy, and even talked about genealogy. (Talk about a range of topics!) Erica’s voice is so needed in this current state of the industry, and I’m really glad for the opportunity to share her story!

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Episode 115: Diógenes Brito

Diógenes Brito is a product designer in San Francisco currently working at Slack.

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You may have heard of Diógenes Brito from his blog post “Just A Brown Hand”. In it, he talks about his process behind a simple design change that has now made ripples throughout the tech community. Small changes definitely can have big consequences!

In our conversation, we talked about confusing job titles in the tech industry, his philosophy as a designer, who he admires, and his current obsessions. Diógenes is definitely someone who thinks deeply about design and its impact (even in the smallest ways). It’s a really fun and informative interview, so I hope you learn a lot from it!

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Episode 113: Justin Edmund

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I'm so glad I had the chance to talk with product designer Justin Edmund, formerly of Pinterest.

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You may know about Justin Edmund from one of two places — his turn as a child actor in the 1996 holiday classic “The Preacher’s Wife” or as Pinterest’s first design hire (who USA Today profiled last year about being Black in Silicon Valley). What more is there that you could know? A lot!

We talked about his shift from acting to technology, his time at Carnegie Mellon, the early days of Pinterest, and his focus on using design to solve big problems and help the less privileged among us. Justin’s also on the crossroads of a pretty big life change, so I’m really glad for the opportunity to talk with him about what he’s got in store in the future. Enjoy!

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Episode 81: Damian Madray

Damian Madray is a senior product designer at Neo Innovation, and founder of Hunie and TheGlint.

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June kicks off with a great interview with Damian Madray. Damian Madray is senior product designer at Neo Interactive, and the founder of Hunie — a community for designers, founders, and developers for design feedback — and TheGlint, a series of salons that facilitate meaningful conversations.

Our conversation mainly centered around his two creations, but Damian also talked a lot about passion and drive and how those two things motivate his work. One of Damian’s big goals is learning how to design culture, so if you’re in the Bay Area, there’s a good chance you’ll hear more about Damian in the future!

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