Episode 24 - "You'd be good at glassblowing!"

We recorded this episode just after the UK General Election in December 2019, so our moods were a little sombre. Answering your lovely questions helped us forget all that though! We knew we wouldn't get it edited before Christmas, so this is "The New Year" episode.

• Font of the week is Infini
• UX Technique of the week is the KJ Technique for establishing priorities

In the questions we talk about:

• Hobbies for relaxation
• Dream clients to work for
• Jobs that never came to fruition, and the time Jon nearly made a website for an upmarket sex shop
• Favourite, and least favourite, design trends
• What job we wanted to have when we were growing up
• When is the right time to allow your kids to have a phone, and strategies for managing the potential hell it unleashes

• A Call to ARMS: Apple Remote Management Service UDP Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attacks | NETSCOUT — The vulnerability that was used to attack Corbyn's website
• Every Noise at Once
• Music Genre-ator — Make up your own music genres!
• What Is “Escape Room” And Why Is It One Of My Top Genres On Spotify? — A detailed explanation of how Spotify's weird music genre algorithm works
• Infini typeface by Sandrine Nugue | CNAP — Font of the week!
• Sandrine Nugue — The French designer that created Infini, and that Jon had a hard time pronouncing
• The KJ-Technique: A Group Process for Establishing Priorities — UX Articles by UIE — UX technique of the week!
• Luke Dorny☕ (@luxuryluke) • Instagram photos and videos
• Cream Co (@creamltdco) • Instagram photos and videos — Luxury Lukes Leatherwork!
• Mat Irvine - HomePage Frameset — Who Jon wanted to be when he grew up
• Home | Resolve to Save Lives — The health charity that Jon is working for.
• Rationalist Association — One of John's favourite clients
• The Audience Agency | The Audience Agency — John's current client
• Coco de Mer — The job that never was
• Canonical | The company behind Ubuntu — Ubuntu, Ubuntu they drink it in the Congo
• Humans of Flat Design (@HumansOfFlat) / Twitter — A twitter feed where people moan about a particular fashion
• Brutalist Websites
• Kirby - The file-based content management system
• A Showcase of 50 Skeuomorphic Designs — In case you've already forgotten what it looked like