Designers and developers ​have​ to work with each other, but it doesn’t have to be painful. Viget’s Megan Zlock and Owen Shifflett go on to explain how empathy and the shared goal of the client and project needs, can make conversations more productive, collaborative and enjoyable. We discuss misconceptions from a designer ​and​ developer perspective, advice on how to communicate your design and development ideas better, and what tools and resources to help increase designer-developer harmony.

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Show Notes:

• Empathy is Actually a Choice
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
• How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Unfuddle.com
• Slack.com
• Google Hangouts
• GitHub Issues
• Should You Use a Custom Scroll Indicator by Curt Aldredge
• Don't Dance on Your Dad's Grave by Rob Ford
• Florence and the Machine
• The Blue Van
• Psych
• The Sopranos
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