291: Figma's UI Redesign and Public Critique

This week, we discuss Figma's UI redesign, the public response to it, and how to effectively communicate negative feedback to both companies and colleagues. In Follow-up, Brian has an update on a previous Cool Thing, we read some listener feedback (all positive, phew!), and Marshall shares his choice of AirPower replacement. And as always, we share a couple cool things, like a fellow designer's website and a new music album.

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• Pssst! What should we do for Episode 300? Let us know!
• Brian is reading We Are Legion (We Are Bob), the first book in the Bobiverse trilogy and Marshall's Cool Thing suggestion from last episode
• Chris Doner likes how Artboard Manager reorders artboards in the Layer List to reflect their positions on the Canvas
• Cameron Campbell thinks we should have a Patreon to support 3-hour episodes O_o
• Brian tweeted a poll asking how much money one would need in order to stop working for the rest of one's life
• Marshall purchased the SliceCharge 2 to fill the AirPower-shaped hole in his heart
• Hard Cider Labs also makes the BassCanon attachment for Ear/AirPods

• Figma Blog: "We refreshed Figma's UI: An inside look at our process" by Rasmus Andersson
• Microsoft Office's Ribbon UI is being redesigned
• Spectrum v3's redesign received a lot of feedback
• There was a Spectrum discussion of the Figma redesign
• Shit sandwich (shĭt sănd′wĭch) n. - a method of softening negative feedback by prepending and appending positive feedback
• Just ask EA about negative customer feedback
• People mocked the "Wii" and "iPad" monikers for a little while until no one cared anymore

• Brian shared the personal website for his Ryan Morrison (not Marshall's Ryan Morrison)
• Marshall shared Billie Eilish's new album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • Reprise (rĭ-prēz′) n. - a repetition of a phrase or verse; a return to an original theme
  • Lil Dicky - Molly feat. Brendon Urie

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