Katie and David sit down with Christa Mrgan to talk about creating user interfaces, getting started in design, music and the upcoming Layers conference.

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Guest Starring:

Christa Mrgan

Links and Show Notes:

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Christa Mrgan (@antichrista) | Twitter

http://bringyourlayers.com 

App Camp For Girls 3.0 | Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign

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App Camp 3.0 Indiegogo Campaign - Let's Fund a Mac Power Users Team! — KatieFloyd.me

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Rogue Amoeba | Quality Audio Software for Mac OS X

Rogue Amoeba | Piezo: Charmingly Simple Recording From Applications and Audio Devices

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio On Mac OS X

Layers - A new design conference

App Camp For Girls

OmniOutliner - outlining & writing for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - The Omni Group

Adobe Photoshop CC

Adobe Illustrator CC

Bohemian Coding - Sketch 3

Mac App Store - Sketch 3

MacRabbit - Slicy

Tumult Hype 3

Adobe After Effects

Quartz Composer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coda

Kodlian.com - Icon Slate

Bamboo Pad, wireless | Wacom

Apple - Magic Mouse - The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse.

Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”

Wacom | Interactive Pen Displays & Tablet Styluses

Amazon.com: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac

Slack: Be less busy

Capo — Reverse Engineering Rock and Roll

xScope

iOS Fonts

The Elements of Typographic Style

Fonts In Use – Type at work in the real world.

Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces

You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene

App Camp Quiz Compendium on the App Store on iTunes

Game of Thrones Theme: Banjo - YouTube

Amazon.com : Confidence GTR Power Pro Motorized Electric Treadmill

NORBERG Wall-mounted drop-leaf table - IKEA

About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

Subtraction.com + Khoi Vinh’s Web site

Pttrns | Mobile design patterns, resources and inspiration

Dribbble - Show and tell for designers

Christa's Treadmill Workstation