Chris Kalani's guest appearances

Chris Kalani

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Kevin Clark

Ryan Putnam

Alice Lee

Bob Baxley

Dan Mall

Diana Mounter

Julie Zhuo

Mark Otto

Kristy Tillman

Elle Luna

Katie Dill

Khoi Vinh

Braden Kowitz

Vanessa Cho

Erika Hall

OwlTail

Danny Trinh

This episode, we had two designers building their own companies by building some awesome products that we're super excited about - Chris Kalani of Wake and Danny Trinh from Free. We took a bunch of questions from people watching on Periscope and these guys have some great energy which lead to a fantastic conversation and some "real talk"! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors:  LaunchKit  Chris Kalani on the Web  Twitter (Wake, Inc.) Website Instagram Facebook  Danny Trinh on the Web  Twitter Dribbble Free  Show Notes: 3:30 - Danny and Chris tell us about their current projects  Wake Bakken &amp; Baeck Free Daniel Burka Bobby Goodlatte Digg Kevin Rose Stanford  12:00 - The best ways to learn design and the fear of sharing things  Harper Reed Google Ventures GV Design Sprints LayerVault Aligned Pixels, Ink. Marc Edwards Nick Slater Wake Commercial Will Wilkinson MetaLab Andrew Wilkinson Will's videos Mike Davidson T-Bo da Firecracker  27:00 - Super Smash Bros. rosters and Pokemon as a game for designers  Sebastiaan De With Pokemon Brands Olly Moss Justin Mezzell  30:00 - Leveling up your UI and your career  Matt Van Horn Dustin Mierau Bay to Breakers Path The Path Button Daniel Davis Slack Campfire Glitch Stewart Butterfield "Your friends are more than their job titles (and so are you)" Dustin Senos Zoolander "Who Am I?"  45:00 - Dumb titles and how to divide up design roles on a team  Creativity, Inc. Shochu  50:00 - Listener Questions

<p>This episode, we had two designers building their own companies by building some awesome products that we're super excited about - Chris Kalani of Wake and Danny Trinh from Free. We took a bunch of questions from people watching on Periscope and these guys have some great energy which lead to a fantastic conversation and some "real talk"!</p> <p>If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@designdetailsfm</a>!</p> <h5>Sponsors:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="http://launchkit.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LaunchKit</a></li> </ul> <h5>Chris Kalani on the Web</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/wakeinc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter (Wake, Inc.)</a></li> <li><a href="http://chriskalani.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://instagram.com/chriskalani" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://facebook.com/ck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> </ul> <h5>Danny Trinh on the Web</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dtrinh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://dribbble.com/dtrinh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dribbble</a></li> <li><a href="http://ffrree.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free</a></li> </ul> <h5>Show Notes:</h5> <p><strong>3:30</strong> - Danny and Chris tell us about their current projects</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://wake.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wake</a></li> <li><a href="http://bakkenbaeck.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bakken &amp; Baeck</a></li> <li><a href="http://ffrree.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dburka" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Burka</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/rsg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bobby Goodlatte</a></li> <li><a href="http://digg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digg</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kevinrose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Rose</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.stanford.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stanford</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>12:00</strong> - The best ways to learn design and the fear of sharing things</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/harper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harper Reed</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/googleventures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Ventures</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gv.com/sprint/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GV Design Sprints</a></li> <li><a href="http://layervault.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LayerVault</a></li> <li><a href="http://alignedpixels.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aligned Pixels, Ink.</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/marcedwards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/slaterdesign" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Slater</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIalL5fkhPM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wake Commercial</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/willw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="http://metalab.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MetaLab</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/awilkinson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/ww" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will's videos</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mikeindustries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/tbo225" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T-Bo da Firecracker</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>27:00</strong> - Super Smash Bros. rosters and Pokemon as a game for designers</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sdw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sebastiaan De With</a></li> <li><a href="http://pictogram.agency/pokemonbranding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pokemon Brands</a></li> <li><a href="http://ollymoss.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olly Moss</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/justinmezzell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Mezzell</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>30:00</strong> - Leveling up your UI and your career</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mvanhorn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Van Horn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dmierau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dustin Mierau</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bay_to_Breakers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bay to Breakers</a></li> <li><a href="https://path.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Path</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqn5jhktdms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Path Button</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/flyingeaglebear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Davis</a></li> <li><a href="http://slackhq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a></li> <li><a href="https://campfirenow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Campfire</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/stewart-butterfield-tiny-speck-glitch-closing-2012-11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glitch</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/stewart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stewart Butterfield</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@dustin/your-friends-are-more-than-their-job-titles-and-so-are-you-71c3b2f3d0ff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Your friends are more than their job titles (and so are you)"</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dustin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dustin Senos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2B5ffWR6g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoolander "Who Am I?"</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>45:00</strong> - Dumb titles and how to divide up design roles on a team</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creativity, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Sh%C5%8Dch%C5%AB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shochu</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>50:00</strong> - Listener Questions</p>

25: Arbitrary Head Chef (feat. Danny Trinh & Chris Kalani)