Show Notes
Ayeeeee! Hsuan and Adilah here! We're so excited to finally launch our first episode. Today in Day 1 of Kiasu Design Life, we talked about what this podcast is as we share our motivation, plans and dreams. (We already have plans for Day 100 already..?) If this still doesn't excite you, listen to us try to build our credibility by sharing our design experiences, how we met (and what FoF actually meant to Adilah -cough-), how 2 podcast fans journeyed to starting a podcast, and otters in longkang?! We hope you enjoy this as much as we did! Reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Twitter and Instagram. ____ Timestamp: 00:35 - Day 1 of Kiasu Design Life 🥳 01:19 - What to expect in this podcast 03:46 - Our backgrounds in design 06:40 - Things we're planning for this podcast 09:11 - A little bit of history: How did this podcast start 14:48 - Verbalising our designs and its benefits 17:15 - Our motivation behind starting this podcast 23:58 - Our selfish agenda 😈 31:00 - Show wrap ____ Some references we made in this episode: Otters spotted job-swimming from TraceTogether to SingPass [Reddit] Friends of Figma Singapore Design SG Telegram Group Product SG Telegram Group Radiolab Podcast Najip Ali's podcast episode on his journey in Singapore's Malay entertainment scene ____ Behind the voices: Adilah - Website | LinkedIn Hsuan - Website
♥️ We're self-funding this podcast, so if you’re enjoying the episodes and want to support us, we'd be so grateful for any donations. Every little bit helps—thank you so much! ♥️ Reach out to us on Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners or email us at [email protected] ___ Behind Kiasu Design Life: Adilah - Website | LinkedIn Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn
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