Whilst I prepare the next batch of 8px Radio episodes, I'm sharing a recording of an article I published on Smashing Magazine about components.

In the previous installment in the series, we took a good look through the process of building flexible and repeatable components, aligning with the FRAILS framework. In this second part, we will be jumping head first into building adoptable, indexable, logical, and specific components. 

Article: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/12/building-components-consumption-not-complexity-part2/

Whilst I prepare the next batch of 8px Radio episodes, I'm sharing a recording of an article I published on Smashing Magazine about components.

Article: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/12/building-components-consumption-not-complexity-part1/

After our episode, Charli and I had a great chat about the design industry, becoming a creative director and when we should or shouldn't educate others.

00:00 – Welcome

4:06 – Question 1

7:29 – Random question

9:47 – Question 2

12:17 – Question 3

17:50 – A word from our sponsors

18:21 – Question 4

31:07 – Question 5

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Christos' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotChristos

Christos' Medium: https://medium.com/@christoskastriti

00:00 – Hello 

1:15 – Question #1 

4:41 – Random question 

6:32 – Question #2 

11:29 – Question #3 

14:30 – Word from our sponsors 

14:54 – Question #4 

18:06 – Question #5

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Kate's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kate_kassab

Kate's website: https://www.katekassab.com/

00:00 – Hello

1:58 – Question #1

4:10 – Random question

6:00 – Question #2

10:45 – Question #3

16:18 – A word from our sponsors

16:49 – Question #4

19:54 – Question #5

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Zach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachgrosser

Zacht Studio: https://www.zacht.studio/

Presentation design: https://www.presentation.design/

00:00 – Hello

00:32 – Question #1 

2:28 – Bonus question 

3:26 – Question #2 

5:39 – Question #3 

8:11 – Word from our sponsors 

8:36 – Question #4  

15:22 – Question #5

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Aurora on Twitter: https://twitter.com/auareyou

Aurora's website: https://www.auareyou.com/

00:00 – Hello 

00:25 – Introduction 

1:49 – Question 1 

5:15 – Random question 

6:53 – Question 2 

11:00 – Question 3 

16:50 – Word from our sponsor 

17:09 – Question 4 

21:55 – Question 5

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Charli on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliprangley

CharliMarieTV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlimarietv

Our podcast is hotting up and coming very soon.

Every episode only asks 5 questions, so what are they?

It's time for a new podcast for creatives.

Rather than talking about case studies, our favourite grid systems, or design systems, let's find out a bit more about our favourite creatives.

I'll be asking just 5 questions, and keeping episodes nice and tight.

Dan is the person behind all of those amazing Twitter deep dive threads on the intricacies of things like dark mode colour and how QR codes work.

Is Kate an AI? Who knows, not even me to be honest.

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If you'd like to be coached by Kate, you can get 10% off her course by mentioning me (Luis)!

https://www.realityprototyping.com/

Milan is the guy who wore a Sketch t-shirt to a Figma conference.

You can find Amy hanging out here:

• amyhupe.co.uk
• twitter.com/Amy_Hupe

She likes Bon Iver, as we all do.

Hey everyone! I was published in Smashing Magazine this week with an article titled "Overcoming Imposter Syndrome By Developing Your Own Guiding Principles", and thought that because it's a long article you may like to hear an audio version of it.

Let me know what you think 🙌

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Here's the link to the article if you'd like to read it: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/07/overcoming-imposter-syndrome-developing-guiding-principles/

I was recently interviewed in Furquan Ahmad's YouTube channel about design systems and thought it would great to cross-post it to you all as it works just as well as a podcast. 

We discussed:

• What they are in 10 words
• What they aren't!
• How to encourage adoption
• Whether they limit creativity
• Advice for junior designers getting started with them
• Naming convention advice

Hope you enjoy this cross post 👋

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Furquan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IIFWV7QjKja6UYjL-z9Cw

00:00 – Introductions

04:29 – Question #1

07:01 – Random question

08:34 – Question #2

15:24 – Question #3

19:12 – A word from our sponsors

19:46 – Question #4

26:54 – Question #5

28:20 – Outro

00:00 – Introduction 

01:15 – Question #1 

04:19 – Random question 

06:55 – Question #2 

11:19 – Question #3 

14:01 – A word from our sponsors 

14:30 – Question #4 

18:40 – Question #5  

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Femke's Twitter: https://twitter.com/femkesvsFemke's links: https://keepo.io/femke/

"Doodler turned CEO" is the perfect origin story I think.

Maria lives her life like she's in a musical.