Ridd

Ridd is a product designer, educator, podcaster, and founder, best known for his podcast Dive Club. Previously, he built products and startups for over a decade, and created Figma Academy, helping thousands of designers level up their craft.

From the conversation:

Books

• Alternative Layout Systems by Giliane Cachin — https://alternativelayoutsystem.com/publication

• Geometry of Design by Kimberly Elam — https://link.amazon/B0gTizjym

• Influence by Robert B. Cialdini — https://www.influenceatwork.com/books-and-publications

• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/330912/the-48-laws-of-power-by-robert-greene

Talks and interviews

• “Musical Thinking for Design Engineers” by M.A. Baytaş — https://youtu.be/t57p7ARE39Y

• “The Winding Journey of Designing an AI Product” with Sam Stephenson on Dive Club — https://dive.club/deep-dives/sam-stephenson

Tools and platforms

• Claude — https://claude.ai

• Conductor — https://conductor.build

• Granola — https://www.granola.ai

• Paper — https://paper.design

• Superwhisper — https://superwhisper.com

• Wispr Flow — https://wisprflow.ai

Education

• Alpha School — https://alpha.school

• Synthesis — https://synthesis.com

Related episodes

• Dan Hollick — https://www.designdisciplin.com/p/daniel-hollick

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