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Ben Newton

True North

An Arts, Design and Technology podcast
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True North

Ben Newton

True North

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True North

Ben Newton

True North

An Arts, Design and Technology podcast
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Imagine for a moment that we are back in the early 2000’s – 2005 to be specific. You are in San Francisco & own fledgling design agency. You saw first hand the highs achieved by those at the crest of the dotcom bubble & what happened to them on
In 2016 a design partner from Google Ventures (GV), Jake Knapp, released a book called Sprint. The book introduced the idea of Design Sprints, a concept that had existed within Google for several years and was a mainstay in the toolset employed
Laura Summers and Milly Schmidt have been active contributors in the Australian tech scene for a while now. Both have strong backgrounds in design, development, user experience, copy writing and product management. They’ve also mentored dozens
Laura Summers and Milly Schmidt have been active contributors in the Australian tech scene for a while now. Both have strong backgrounds in design, development, user experience, copy writing and product management. They’ve also mentored dozens
In the second of a two part episode we take a look at culture and diversity and learn how successful companies are thinking about this and what we can try in our own companies. We speak with Farai Madzima, A UX Lead from Shopify, Remya Ramesh,
In the first of a two part episode we take a look at culture and diversity and explore what they are and how they can be viewed differently. We speak with Farai Madzima, A UX Lead from Shopify, and Atlassian’s Global Head of Diversity and Belon
Carmel was sure she was going to be fired. It was clear to her that she was out of her depth & only a matter of time until someone found out. She should just quit... That's what she though, but not what she did. Carmel changed her thinking & p
How do you lead if you've never been well lead? We speak to design leaders at some of the world's most interesting companies to learn how they think about leadership, and what their major challenges were and continue to be. Follow True North on
When tragedy strikes & everything you've worked for is taken away from you, how do you respond? In this episode we hear the story of how someone took a devastating event & turned it into a company which changes the lives of thousands. Follow Tr
Motivated by the preventable death of a young girl, a group of students set out to design a better solution to anaphylactic allergies and in the process create an award winning idea. Follow True North on Twitter or subscribe to be notified of n
In this episode we learn about a revolutionary dance program which has been liberating Parkinson's sufferers from their symptoms through movement and music.  Where does UX come into this? Well, they received a grant from Google to create an aug
This is the first episode in a mini series which revolves around the UX Awards, the premier independent awards, which this year will be held in Palo Alto, California on November 8 and 9. To learn more about the awards, as well as how to enter,
In recent years Atlassian has grown from 4 designers to over 120. In this period they've undergone rapid change & widespread scaling challenges. In this episode we go inside their design, growth & UX teams to learn their tips & secrets for cont
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey speaks with Elizabeth Churchill, a Head of UX at Google. Elizabeth has also been the Director of Human Computer Interaction at the eBay Research Lab, as well as having held senior research positions at Yahoo and P
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey speaks with Janaki Kumar, the VP Head of Design and Co-Innovation Center at SAP and the author of ‘Gamification At Work: Designing Engaging Business Software”. They also discuss her Woman of Influence Award and wh
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey speaks with Sarah Doody. Sarah is one of those people who can make you feel exhausted purely because she seems to be doing so much. In recent times she’s been a director of product development and user experience,
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey and Kathy Baxter dive into UX research, geeking out in a way that only years of experience can lead to. Kathy covers a lot, including the difference between enterprise and consumer user research based on her time
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey talks to Aarron Walter, who is currently the VP of Design Education at InVision and before that he was employee number four at MailChimp where he founded their UX practice. Shefik and Aarron dive into topics inclu
Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey talks to Jeff Veen. Jeff is a Design Partner at True Ventures, where he spends his time helping companies create better products. He also does as an advisor for companies like about.me, Medium, and WordPress. Prev
This is the first episode in a mini-series, between season 1 and 2 of True North, called the ‘Master Series’. Loop11’s co-founder Shefik Bey talks to Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is the author of the best selling book Lean UX and the soon to be released
This episode is the third in our mini-series, Design Horizons, and is the season finale for True North. We feature interviews with Jeff Gothelf, Andy Budd, Chris Thelwell, Jake Causby and Joe Robinson. As with many trends that have seen a rapid
This episode is the second in our mini-series, Design Horizons, where we speak with design leaders from around the world. We discuss issues they believe to be the highest priority in the design and UX industry. In this episode we look at the UX
This episode is the first in our mini-series, Design Horizons, where we speak with design leaders from around the world. We discuss issues they believe to be the highest priority in the design and UX industry. In this first episode we look at d
Envato is an entirely bootstrapped company, creating and managing online marketplaces for creatives around the globe.  They’ve been servicing millions of users and growing exponentially for the last 10 years. Now they are faced with a vexing pr
Most of us do whatever we can to avoid advertisements. Many of us use technology to block or avoid them. So what happens if your company revolves around getting people to not only opt in to see advertisements, but to view them dozens of times p
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