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Tentative

Tentative is a podcast about digital product design. Hosted by thoughtbot's Chief Design Officer Kyle Fiedler & Boston Design Director Jaclyn Perrone.

Ranked #1

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62: Down With Portfolios

62: Down With Portfolios

Jaclyn & Kyle discuss the value of in-person meetings, the philosophy of Trello backgrounds, nostalgia for antiquate... Read more

13 Dec 2018

31mins

Ranked #2

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73: 11:15 is a Time, Too

73: 11:15 is a Time, Too

Jaclyn puts together a role-playing workshop for consulting your way through difficult conversations, and building empat... Read more

17 Jul 2019

27mins

Ranked #3

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78: Everyone Can Draw (Skipper Chong Warson)

78: Everyone Can Draw (Skipper Chong Warson)

Skipper Chong Warson, Design Director of thoughtbot San Francisco, joins Kyle to discuss the psychology of podcast recor... Read more

25 Oct 2019

28mins

Ranked #4

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75: Make It Pretty

75: Make It Pretty

Kyle has fun with a hiring-promo read, while Jaclyn dislikes the polling system in Slack. Also, presenting visual design... Read more

14 Aug 2019

24mins

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65: No Tangents Friday

65: No Tangents Friday

Jaclyn and Kyle discuss remote interview methodology, skillset tracking, Design Sprint 101™️, and Kyle's skills as a Bee... Read more

7 Feb 2019

24mins

Ranked #6

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68: iPod + a Case of Beer

68: iPod + a Case of Beer

Jaclyn goes on a ski trip, Kyle eats cake on the microphone (sorry). Also, de-stressing techniques, Austin weather (surp... Read more

28 Mar 2019

35mins

Ranked #7

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64: I Know, That You Know, That I Know What a Progress Bar Is

64: I Know, That You Know, That I Know What a Progress Bar Is

Jaclyn & Kyle wish you a (very belated) Happy New Year, and discuss the shortcomings of video-chat during interviews... Read more

24 Jan 2019

33mins

Ranked #8

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61: Zebras Drinking Mint Juleps

61: Zebras Drinking Mint Juleps

Jaclyn & Kyle chat about the new thoughtbot Austin office, designing for Android, feelings on maintaining Sketch fil... Read more

29 Nov 2018

33mins

Ranked #9

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67: In This Kitchen, We Iterate

67: In This Kitchen, We Iterate

Jaclyn hosts a cooking show while Kyle does what his calendar tells him to. Also, being excited by invalidating ideas, d... Read more

14 Mar 2019

28mins

Ranked #10

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69: Stand in Your Emotion

69: Stand in Your Emotion

Kyle deals with a "dentist situation" and writes a blog post, while both he & Jaclyn return to IC design work. Also,... Read more

18 Apr 2019

19mins

Ranked #11

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77: A Hop of Faith (Keiran King & Tyson Gach)

77: A Hop of Faith (Keiran King & Tyson Gach)

Live from New York, it's Keiran King & Tyson Gach! They join Kyle to discuss designing apples, comparing and contras... Read more

4 Oct 2019

31mins

Ranked #12

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72: Good Crafternoon

72: Good Crafternoon

Jaclyn designs wristbands for a 5k, fiddles around with CSS Grid, and kicks off a new project. Meanwhile, Kyle attends m... Read more

20 Jun 2019

22mins

Ranked #13

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74: Commute to the Basement

74: Commute to the Basement

While Jaclyn gives interview tips (both user and hiring), Kyle does his best Michael Keaton impression. Also, active lis... Read more

31 Jul 2019

25mins

Ranked #14

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70: Down the Doughnut Hole

70: Down the Doughnut Hole

Jaclyn is frustrated with calendars, and Kyle continues work on the thoughtbot.com redesign. Also skills evaluations, an... Read more

8 May 2019

24mins

Ranked #15

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71: Get Back Up Again

71: Get Back Up Again

This week Kyle follows his calendar, while Jaclyn wraps up a research project and celebrates a fruitful sales-call, and ... Read more

6 Jun 2019

16mins

Ranked #16

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63: Solutionland™️

63: Solutionland™️

Jaclyn sells some art, kicks off a giant design sprint, and prepares a presentation on how to co-facilitate a design spr... Read more

9 Jan 2019

29mins

Ranked #17

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66: Drink Punctuations

66: Drink Punctuations

Jaclyn starts a new Meetup and wonders about ice-breaking activities & community building. Kyle tries his hand at vi... Read more

28 Feb 2019

28mins

Ranked #18

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76: I Can Wait!

76: I Can Wait!

Jaclyn is taking a break for a little bit and Kyle sets a course for happiness. We talk about embracing change as an opp... Read more

20 Sep 2019

32mins

Ranked #19

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87: An Homage to Mean Girls

87: An Homage to Mean Girls

Kyle gets stressed out by grocery shopping, and prepares for a workshop. Jaclyn finishes a draft on a case study and ben... Read more

24 Apr 2020

37mins

Ranked #20

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86: Just a Square on a Screen

86: Just a Square on a Screen

As thoughtbot transitions to working remotely, we discuss the tools and tips we use when conducting remote design sprint... Read more

27 Mar 2020

30mins

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