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This week we talk about the state of continuing tech & design education. Product Design Lead Kate Mills is in the house and she has a scooter! Kyle has been teaching real live students. Michael wont tell us what's up, but does share sage wisdom on crafting a UX career. A super pregnant Emily finds out that graphic storytelling is one memorable approach to teaching.

Starting new jobs all the ins and outs of onboarding. Emily gets motherly with Kyle. Micheal is amazed by Tesla Mobile service. Emily chooses he unborn child's favorite animal. The team shares our "fun fact" answers for introductions to new groups.

Animations are more than a feeling. Some are heavy, some are light, many are supported and some delight. Emily got to use CSS keyframe animations this week. Meanwhile, Kyle started his new job. Michael accidentally knocked over someone’s popcorn kernels, triggering a complicated Rube Goldberg scenario. Google Assistant gets a physical button on Nokia and LG models and we wonder if we should be going in an opposite direction, towards total voice control... even though the combination of AI plus voice could get all too real.

Emily senses that the recording studio is haunted. Michael is getting accustomed to his new 40 hour per week job. Kyle was fun-employed all week, which included work. Microsoft employees protest using Halo Lens for military training, which raises questions that raise more questions about ethics in tech. YouTube bans comments on videos with children, a micro step on a long journey towards salvation. And finally, we each bottom line our lessons learned from these troublesome times.

It's COLD in Denver! Emily loves the clickbait articles. Micheal relives a walking meeting horror story for the Wall Street Journal. Our thoughts on why and how to use walking meetings yo your advantage. Do largest tech companies need a physical headquarters? We talk Amazon city selection and remote working. And Kyle teaches us about mob coding.

It's Kyle's birthday!!! Emily is making the moneys and baking the baby. The guys have new gigs. Is it possible to cleanse your life of the big 5 tech companies? We ponder what it means for you lifestyle when opting out of tech. We end with the impact of big tech expanding headquarters on the local ecosystems.

Michael and Kyle are already planning the 8th year of DVLP DNVR, August 2019. Emily is out of frosting. In this process focused episode, we preach on the power of low fidelity. We identify one big, giant, gaping pitfall in giving applicants design challenges - and Michael gives pro tips for approaching challenges from a problem solving perspective. We also examine one guy’s success in designing an onboarding process.

A pregnant Emily cries over the Hamilton storyline. A not pregnant Kyle tears up when he imagines that Nintendo is a person who gets old and passes away and has a funeral. Michael snowblowers for the entire neighborhood. In tech news, Apple users pay the cost of privacy for optimal user experience. Google bets for both sides by distributing PWAs in the Play store. Podcasting steps up to join media wars 2019.

Michael's still dry; sparkling water fun. Emily has her own case of FOMO. Kyle Dads at peak levels. Michael and Kyle bond over dad bods. The UX of DOB dropdowns as we issue a Cody's Design Challenge. Chick-fil-A gets physical with CX. Home Depot switches fully to self-checkout and Kyle builds a new desk. Emily builds her own burger, iPad style.

Everyone presents! Emily spoke, Kyle spoke and Michael judges a design challenge. Our thoughts on the new Slack logo. We get cozy with some 2019 design trends. Lastly some portfolio tips from a Twitter user who looked at hundreds of portfolios in a few days.

Kyle makes his strong feelings known on a number of topics, including the use of job titles in our current tech culture. We all talk about highlights from not one of the most insightful yearly reviews, which results Kyle grieving hard over the declining popularity of Firefox in 2018. The Duolingo owl changes its attitude, which reminds Kyle of systemic problems in modern education. And finally we cover a design tools year end survey!

It’s 2019 and we’re back! Kyle has a massive number of goals for the new year. Michael wants to take things less personally, and Emily wants to feel feelings. In UX & Tech News, we dissect Instagram’s side scroll mishap and speculate about Elon’s 1.4 mile tunnel underneath LA. Additionally, we await 2019 streaming content wars with popcorn in hand.

Day 8! John Mcree; is a UX Consultant with over 19 years of experience. We talk contracting and attempt to talk measuring UX after a long day of UX discussion and drinking.

Day 7! We're joined by Kim Schlesinger; Site Reliability Engineer at ReactiveOps and the co-founder of diversity, a company that is striving to make the tech industry more equitable. We talk Kubernetes and applying design processes to education.

Day 6! Friend of the show Alex Hoffman; Product Designer at Spex Technologies. Alex joins us to talk typefaces and hand-lettering in the digital age.

Day 5! Liz Hassan; Lead Product Designer at Notion. Joins us to discuss job searching and perseverance. Is your company guilty of cowboy content?

Day 4! We're joined by Kris Davis; Senior UX Architect at Deloitte Digital. Where should designers get involved; how early is too early? Our thoughts on take home UX challenges and whiteboard exercises.

Day 3! We're joined by friend fo the show, Jamie Van Zandt; Director of UX at Element3 Health. We give each other Christmas gifts.

Day 2! We're joined by Justin McCammon; Director of Engineering at Open Influence. It's a McCammon sandwich!! The story of Emily's engagement. We celebrate our 2-Year Podcast Anniversary and talk remote working.

Sprinting through the Holidays begins with our special guest Coleman Imhoff; a Junior Developer. Michael's son is roaring. Kyle's son pretend teaches. We discuss Google's expansion of Project Fi phone service and our provider thoughts. Our review of 2018 UX Trends; PWA fun! This year we're drinking beers from our sponsor Joyride Brewing Company.

This week Michael Dusing, Emily McCammon, and Kyle Coberly are joined by OG hosts SuAnne Hall and Cody Moiseve for a epic LIVE show. We take a look back on our first 100 episodes and celebrate our roots!

Jesse Weaver is back for more!! We're still back at intros. Michael hosted a happy hour at Casa Bonita. Emily divulges her long con secret. How much is too much for sleep? All our animation grips and dreams. Jesse schools us on, "The Future of Digital Product Design is About Human Empowerment." Is "blitz scaling" a good thing? And some Apple announcement roundups.

We're joined by Jesse Weaver, Director of Entrepreneurial Design at CMCI Studio, co-founder at Binderful and Medium blogger. Emily gives a shout out to Generation Exchange. Michael's son gets 80s for halloween. Kyle's son wants to pay for everything! Jesse's halloween skills have been leveled up. Google staff take a stand and walkout.

DVLP DNVR was a success! And is over.. finally. Michael gave some talks. Kyle went camping with his son. Emily's dog got predatory. All the product bias with Netflix's recommendation AI has a racial bias and Amazon's machine learning tool doesn't hire women. We get into some Dos and Don'ts of Dribbble design trends. It's time to get out there VOTE!

We are live from DVLP DNVR!&!$!%! Emily’s husband signed Michael up for a smell of the month club. Emily’s riding hard on the freelance hustle bus. Kyle is running around with a hose looking for fires to fight. In this LIVE episode we pull unseen topics to debate out of the official hustle hat.

Joe Toscano is in the house talking about his book Automating Humanity, an insider’s perspective on big tech. Emily smells optimism somewhere far away in the distance. Kyle & Michael debate the legalities of scooter driving as the scooter death race continues. We discuss the benefits & pitfalls of gig economy services.

Super special guest and author of "Automating Humanity" Joe Toscano joins us this week! Michael and Kyle have been Develop Denvering like crazy. Emily dug into Framer X. Most importantly, we reveal results from the Denver salary survey!!! Stay tuned for next week when really drink the juice of Joe's book, "Automating Humanity."

Michael got an Apple Watch. Emily galavanted her way through Denver Startup Week. Kyles's son gets badged up, Bobcat style. All the feels. Our thoughts on the new iPhones, there's three. We get down and dirty with everything Single Page Apps, it's SPA time.

Michael’s wife got a Tesla Model 3!%!$#!!! Michael and Emily drove it to Red Rocks and we talk about Tesla Model 3 pros. Kyle is hoping that Game of Thrones Live will bring back interest in the orchestra. We helped a listener advocate for organizational change! We speculate on the Instagram founders’ resignation from Facebook and ponder whether or not change is inevitable post acquisition.

Emily attends a live podcast. Kyle relives his teenage roots. Another listener email! Our advice on hiring the right fit when looking for candidates for an open position. Be able to answer the question why. We ponder UX salaries in Denver compared to coasts. Emily shares some interviewing tips. Design and Code, should we keep them separate?

Kyle needs a scooter. It’s palisade peach time in Colorado! We attempt to advice listener Tim on implementing standard design systems. Amazon rolls out a new tertiary text link font. Computers are taking over.

It's conference season. Mark your calendar's DVLP DNVR is in October and Emily is speaking at Denver Startup Week. We discuss how to be a good designer and pick your battles. We try our best to invent the audio emoji; with some success. How to design for the modern web.

Emily McCammon returns as our new semi-permanent co-host! Michael had an eventful weekend. Fire alarm PSAs, check your dates. Michael "read" Getting Naked. Kyle's been working on the DVLP DNVR 2018 conference website. Twitter changes their API and kills most third-party applications.

We say goodbye to our amazing co-host SuAnne Hall! Kyle gets his hands into some code. Michael drinks spicy beer and gets a replacement iPhone X. SuAnne gives us her famous Henry Ford Rant.

SuAnne treats herself because she worked too much. Michael worked too much and is exhausted. Kyle's son is about to start first grade so he has the feels. We announce dates for Develop Denver 2018! The changing landscape of Android chat apps. Michael gets philosophical about the UX of current startups. How does Apple make design choices? We ponder the future of computer input.

This just in Mrs. Coberly is real!! Kyle and SuAnne are train buddies. SuAnne goes to the speedway and it's amazing!! Michael's overcommitted. Kyle took the kids fishin'. Netflix changes up their UI for TVs. We discuss the goal of continuous UI delivery.

We’re joined by Sarah Drasner; Vue.js core team member, Microsoft Senior Developer Advocate, and CSS Tricks writer. Michael gets a new pair of shoes, SuAnne needs to watch her mouth at work, and Kyle was the first person to ever have a bad experience with Comcast. Sarah is planning a conference in Nigeria. We compare and contrast CLIs and GUIs and figure out the best use cases for each. We dig into anachronyms, iconography, and words, and get philosophical.

Emily stuck around! The MBP touch bar isn't our friend but Kyle ,makes peace with macOS. SuAnne loves her some baseball and preaches about totchos! Michael goes full UX on design systems with the team. Emily polices her company design system. We introduce the terms "cookie licking" and "seagulling." We discuss design tools, design systems and the partnership between design and development.

We're joined by Emily McCammon; Associate Director of Creative at Gaia, a graduate school instructor for CMCI Studio at CU and yoga teacher in training. Kyle got job! Michael's being productive. SuAnne is super happy with her job. The group engages in some intense pillow talk. How's the UX of your pillow? Does your pillow company have good CX? SuAnne had an epic CX interaction with her pillow company. Michael improves the CX for his shower. We discuss the responsibility of a platform for it's content; as Emily's grad students are building cool new platforms. And lastly, we discuss how to handle sexism in the workplace.

SuAnne displays her not-a-housewife tendencies. Michael's finally getting a new fence. Kyle loves mozzarella sticks and ska. Is UX Designer a real title we should be using? If you're in need a unique title du jour, we have a handy UX job title generator for you.

SuAnne's a trivia game super genius. Michael gets crazy hail and ponders weather icons. Kyle finds new challenges and opportunities. Everyone deserves cake! Listener emails spark a discussion of retros and how best to conduct and get your team members engaged.

Cody's still here! How can we connect as humans before we connect as professionals? Cody works for the NSA (just kidding) on the most secret project ever! We describe the concept of Go n Sees to learn how agile works. SuAnne has a UX pet-peeve; Click Here! The Denver v. scooter relationship heats up. Win, Lose, or Draw is back for the Apple WWDC announcements.

Cody's back to join the regular crew! SuAnne shares her alternative intro to the show. Kyle's in a funk and Michael tested out a Tesla Model 3. The glory that can be sabbaticals; for some people. The team gets into communication the root of all problems inside a company. The Sprint team goes deep on effective communication, soft skills, and EQ. How to run effective agile stand-ups.

Kyle goes on a family road trip to Yellowstone. Michael rescues a dog. SuAnne has a horror movie moment in the middle of the night. The team talks agile, retro, standups, and all things scrummy...Kyle was in heaven.

We talk accessibility. We are joined by Brooks Patton, an instructor at Galvanize and font accessibility expert. The history of the Curb Cut Effect and Electronic curb cuts. SuAnne had a rough day, so did Kyle... and Michael. It's a cleansing podcast.

Michael and Kyle are Dadding it up! Orthopedic shoes, fedoras, Fitbit and sunglass straps. SuAnne's down a flippy floppy and has an App Cues update. Michael's back from Maui all chilled out. Kyle is reading Messy in his free time. Our thoughts on the Denver invasion of Lime Scooters. A new tool for meaningful networking.

Kyle moves onto a new chapter in his career, Michael reviews his new MacBook Pro, and we all geek out about keyboard switch types. Michael Wilson joins us again, and we chat about our GDPR feelings.

Today, we're joined by VR specialist Michael Wilson, Design Director of ProtectWise, who talks about what it takes to design a VR cityscape, powered by petabytes of data, that empowers cybersecurity professionals to proactively and visually hunt for threats in their environment. Also, SuAnne runs out of gas, AGAIN, Kyle and Michael start planning for the Denver Develop conference, and Michael celebrates (or survives) his wife's first mother's day.

No drinking for Michael, he's on antibiotics. SuAnne rediscovers her sight! And Kyle learns he's a Top Golf pro. SuAnne is volunteering for Dress for Success. Finally some listener feedback!! Fancy cars and why we can't have nice things. Google takes control of links on Chrome for iPhone. Kyle's Android corner is back; SuAnne doesn't like it. Our thoughts on the Gmail redesign. Kyle explains his gaming past. SuAnne tells us all about on-boarding adventures and App Cues for web apps.

Becca Zukoski is back for more! We try buzzballs and things get off the rails. Kyle's trying to be nicer to the internet. Doorbell moments. Michael makes Instant Pot ribs. Becca is learning French and eating popcorn. We continue discussing resume design best practices and Becca schools us.