Design Details
Design Details
Brian Lovin, Marshall Bock
7: VP of Unnecessary Redesign (feat. Cap Watkins)
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Feb 16, 2015 at 1:58 am.
Cap tells us what he's been up to lately.
We explore life as a designer on the East Coast.
Cap Watkins: VP of Unnecessary Redesign.
We explore a bit about the hiring decisions being made at BuzzFeed.
What prototyping tools are you using?
What does it mean to be a VP of design?
We learn some management advice for designers.
We get down with some chef biographies.
We get back to the biggest challenges of hiring designers and some of the most common mistakes people make when applying for a design job.
Cap shares his process as a designer.
Winding things down, here's where you can find Cap.
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This week we caught up with Cap Watkins, the recently-appointed VP of design at BuzzFeed. We picked Cap's brain about hiring designers, A/B testing, beard-growing, East Coast design and more. Oh, and robo-horses!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly!
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Cap Watkins on the Web:
Website
Cap's Blog
Twitter
Instagram
Video: Designing at Scale
Designer News AMA
Show Notes:
02:00 - Cap tells us what he's been up to lately.
BuzzFeed
Etsy
03:00 - We explore life as a designer on the East Coast.
Bagel.io - unregistered!
Kim Bost
11:30 - Cap Watkins: VP of Unnecessary Redesign.
Two Weeks at BuzzFeed
15:00 - We explore a bit about the hiring decisions being made at BuzzFeed.
The Boring Designer
Big Nerd Ranch
18:00 - What prototyping tools are you using?
Flinto
InVision
OOCSS
Origami + Quartz Composer
Pixate
Form
28:30 - What does it mean to be a VP of design?
Randy Hunt
Reflections from a First-Time Manager
32:00 - We learn some management advice for designers.
The Switch from Designer to Manager
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
37:00 - We get down with some chef biographies.
Anthony Bourdain
Marcus Samuelsson
Grant Achatz
Kitchen Confidential
52:00 - We get back to the biggest challenges of hiring designers and some of the most common mistakes people make when applying for a design job.
Dribbblification of Design
59:00 - Cap shares his process as a designer.
My Design Process, Part 1
My Design Process, Part 2
My Design Process, Part 3
1:09:00 - Winding things down, here's where you can find Cap.
Cap's links
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