#50: Does Design, Content or Usability Come First?
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In this week's episode, Johnny, James, and Zack discuss whether design, content, or usability come first when planning out a project. They also answer more listener questions! Enjoy.
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What’s new/ what are we working on?
- Zack: Shelf, Leatherworking, Bushmills, Fabtech
- Johnny: Modern Dining Table, Assembly Table Design
- James: KITCHEN!!!!
Show Topic: Does Design, Content or Usability Come First?
Metal & Grain :
Do you think about design, content or usability first?
Make Brooklyn :
How does being a content creator affect your timeline in completing projects? I know for me, filming makes it take easily three times longer than it otherwise would.
Keith Johnson WW:
When you guys put together a YouTube vid, do you record everything and then do a marathon editing session? Or do you work in chunks and edit as you finish each phase of the project?
Yonatan2:
What do you do when you find yourself awake at 5AM, unable to sleep, being blasted with tons of great project ideas? Only me?
Hammer and Neil:
If you could make any step of the process done in an instant what step would it be?
Joke of the week
From Yonatan2 :
What's a really cheap DIYing consumable you can buy on Amazon?
Primer.
What’s new/what are we watching/reading?
- Johnny: Jer’s Woodshop (video below)
- James: Mortise and Tenon
- Zack: Make Supply
Favorite tool/product this week?
- Zack: Lanskey Sharpening system
- Johnny: Whiteside Chamfering Bit
- James: Dead on Annihilator Wrecking Bar