For episode 36, we got to spend some time with Meng To discussing what makes a great product, how to get started with design and development, and what it takes to build a thing. Meng's an incredibly talented creator and we're grateful he was able to take a break from helping people get started in our industry to hang out with us for an hour or so!

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Sponsors:

• Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!)
• Iconfinder

Meng To on the Web:

• Twitter
• Website
• Blog
• Medium
• Dribbble

Show Notes:

4:00 - What Meng's working on

• Shadowness
• The Matrix
• StarCraft

9:30 - What are you excited about in design?

• Sketch
• Invision
• Pixate
• Slack
• Design + Code
• Xcode
• Swift

15:00 - Should designers write production code?

• Macaw
• Dreamweaver
• Framer
• AngularJS
• MeteorJS
• NodeJS
• Codecademy
• Material Design
• Snapchat

24:30 - Creating free content vs paid content

• Spring library
• Apple Watch GUI

32:00 - WWDC expectations

• UXKit rumors

35:00 - Global differences in design/dev culture

• Alipay

40:30 - Learning development and gaming as a gateway to the tech industry

• udemy
• Super Smash Bros.
• SoundBlaster 16 for Windows 3.11
• DOTA
• Warcraft III
• Heroes of the Storm
• World of Warcraft
• Hearthstone
• Wilson Miner
• DD 3: I'm Tired of Looking at Apps (feat. Wilson Miner)
• Stone Librande
• DD 12: Kleenex Testers (feat. Stone Librande)

50:30 - The elements of a really compelling product

• Marc Edwards
• Bjango Actions
• sketch-measure
• Zeplin

55:00 - Don't give up. Just do something crazy.