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「职行者」是一档记录精英小人物的访谈类节目，希望通过每期邀请一位一线城市的行业精英，探讨每个人对其行业及职场日常的独特见解，以及个人成长的多面自我。 The Executors is a biweekly interview-style discussion that explores in depth the dynamics of the career landscape in China’s major cities through the lens of leading local professionals and their unique growth journeys. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zhixingzhe/support
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The Spark is a podcast that explores what it means to traverse cultures and share stories that intersect Chinese and American culture to interrupt barriers and create connections. The Spark is a cultural haven - A space held by a friendship between two women from two different countries, meeting at the point where their cultures, identities and stories intersect. Their conversations are grounded in transparency as they move beyond previous perceptions and ideas of the other to form deep conn ...
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Disclaimer: On April 16th, Amy had the opportunity to finally have lunch with her mentor, the former president of NYU. On the night of the Year of the Dragon New Year’s Eve, Amy found herself in tears while FaceTiming her parents. In this episode, she continues the conversation from our previous installment, sharing her mix of anxieties and excitem…
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Meg is back from her first trip to China in five years. We said we’d be back in three weeks, but that quickly turned into eight. For Meg, jet-leg, getting back into routine, and processing this trip so that she can share her experience took a little longer. This is one of the most precise and poignant episodes we’ve ever recorded. The points of con…
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By the time you read this, Meg will be on a plane to China for the first time in five years and you won’t hear from us for about a month. In this episode, Meg shares her thoughts as she finally gets to go back to China. Amy shares what she’ll be up to while Meg’s gone. 当你读到这条消息时，Meg 已经在飞往中国的飞机上了。接下来的一个月你可能不会收到我们的更新，这是因为Meg要在中国好好体验。毕竟这是五年来她第一次回国。在这一…
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We all take risks, big and small, every day - especially those of us who are leading unconventional lives that span across multiple countries and cultures. In this episode we ponder the question, “When is a risk worth taking?” 无论大小，我们每天都在冒险——尤其当我们是过着跨越多个国家和文化的非传统生活的人。在这一集中，我们思考一个问题，“何时冒险是值得的呢？” Listen along to hear our answers. Join in on the conve…
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We’re baaaackkk! Did you miss us? In our 40th episode and first of 2024, we take some time to reflect on 2023 and share what we’re most looking forward to in 2024. Our first episode of each new year has become a ritual of sorts - a way for us to take inventory of where we’ve been and where we’re going. 我们回来了！你想我们了吗？2024年的第一集也是我们的第40个整集。在这集中，我们花了一些时…
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In this episode, Meg and Amy deep dive into AI, their experiences exploring its capabilities, where they think it will be adapted and where they think it won’t, and more. Both Amy and Meg share how it is or isn’t being used in their respective fields, and Meg shares the fun ways she’s been using it outside of work. Meg 和 Amy深入讨论了人工智能——这个可能对创意行业产生深远…
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Ep.38: Field Notes - Observations, Interpretations, and Reflections of a Life Lived Wholeheartedly
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What you might not know is that when Meg is not behind the mic for The Spark Podcast, she’s writing. Surveyor of life, midwife of stories - the truest thing Meg knows about herself is that she’s a writer. In May of 2022, she started a personal newsletter called Field Notes where she shares her lyrical essays, poems, and personal anecdotes. With Fie…
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In this episode, Amy and Meg sit down to talk about the Barbie movie - because it’s a MUST. IYKYK. They talk about their experiences going to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer, how the Barbie movie was received in both America and China, the stark contrast between Barbie and Oppenheimer, and their arrival at this moment in history. 在这集中，Amy和Meg分享了观看电…
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Meg and Amy sit down for a mid-summer check-in. They talk about what they’ve been up to since the last episode, visiting past versions of themselves, work, Amy’s trip home, and more as they look forward to what fall holds for The Spark. Meg 和 Amy在这仲夏之日，坐下聊了聊过去几个月发生的点点滴滴。她们分享了从刚开始做播客到现在的心态变化，工作上的起起伏伏，以及Amy的回家之旅。在这集的结尾，Meg和Amy分享了对“火花电台”接下来节目的策划和期盼。 I…
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Meg and Amy revisited their past episode "Two Cities, Multiple Lives” after three years of turbulence, travel bans, and growth. The world may seem and feel different after the pandemic. However, upon re-listening to the episode and reexamining their lives over the past three years, they realized that instead of splitting lives in between different …
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Meg and Amy reflect on episode 3: Scared But Brave, and episode 4: Hello 2020 - the two episodes recorded before the world as we knew it fell apart. Hello 2020 right? And when they look back they talk about how coincidental it was that the motto they went into to 2020 with, “Scared But Brave,” would be so necessary. They discuss the moments they ha…
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Every great story starts at the beginning. Now that The Spark is almost four years old, Meg and Amy wanted to take a look back on how it all started. They reflect on their first two episodes and from it emerges a the topic of growth. Amy shares how she’s learned to less-critical of herself and Meg shares how she’s learned to become more herself and…
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Meg and Amy are back behind the mic again for their first episode of 2023! They share where they’ve been, where they’re going, and what they’ve been up to since the last episode. Plus, what’s new for The Spark and the exciting new way to connect with Meg and Amy and others in The Spark community! Be the first to join in here: https://thesparkpodcas…
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If you look at the outdoor industry, you usually see one type of person - white men. Alex Kim has set out to change that. Alex Kim is a first generation Korean American. Originally from Maryland, he’s the founder and director of Here Montana. Here Montana, is an outdoor program in Missoula, Montana that serves people of color to increase outdoor re…
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然这并不是火花电台第一次采访楼佳凯，但这是我们第一次用中文与佳凯对话。佳凯是怎样从一个中国留学生，成长为一位拎着相机设备，义无反顾地深入丛林，牧场，和高山的纪录者？除了腾讯纪录片里收纳的情节，《一次远行》镜头后到底还发生了什么故事？在异国他乡学习生活多年后，如今，佳凯终于回到了老家义乌。他最近在忙什么？生活如何？ 摘下相机的佳凯，是一个什么样的人？希望通过这集，我们都可以更加了解我们的老朋友，故事叙述人，纪录片摄影人楼佳凯。 你可能已经听说过，或者看过腾讯视频的最新纪录片系列《一次远行》。《一次远行》记录了五名中国留学生在疫情期间，人在他乡求学生活的故事。纪录片的最后一集的主角是火花电台采访过的前嘉宾——自由纪录片摄影人楼佳凯。当我们第一次采访佳凯的时候，他人还在美国蒙大拿州的米苏拉。那时的…
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You may have seen the recent Tencent Documentary Series, Bon Voyage, that follows five Chinese students living abroad during the pandemic. In the last episode, they follow past Spark guest, Jiakai Lou. When we first talked with Jiakai, he was in Missoula, Montana at the height of the pandemic sitting at a crossroad: To stay in the U.S. or to go. If…
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In this solo episode, Meg caught up with the first foreign exchange student she knew who subsequently became one of her oldest and closest friends. Meg met Diane Schäfer-Surén in highschool on the Oregon Coast. The two take a walk down the memory lane, talking about all the instrumental moments that turned Diane’s foreign exchange experience into o…
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Amy终于在去年年底，采访到了一位她非常佩服的好朋友——李泽尧。目前，他的全职工作是一名在PINT任职的网络工程师。业余时间，他是纽约市立大学亨特学院的客座教授。从屏幕前到讲台后，作为一名年轻的外国教授，泽尧在美国公立大学教课的过程中经历了非常多有意思的身份转换和奇异故事。在这集中，我们均娓娓道来。 李泽尧是一名生长在北京，如今长居在纽约的网络工程师，设计师，以及教育者。他本科毕业于上海纽约大学，研究生毕业于纽约大学帝势艺术学院互动电子媒体学位。 感谢聆听！我们希望你能加入和我们的对话。你的评论和评分对这档播客至关重要，我们提前感谢你的参与。 你也可以和我们在以下社交平台直接对话： Instagram: @spark_podcast Facebook（脸书）: @thesparkpodcas…
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In this episode, Amy had a casual conversation about careers, lifestyles, and the meaning of being a global citizen in today’s context with one of her friends, Zeyao Li. Zeyao is a web engineer at PINT, an adjunct professor at the Hunter College Film and Media Department, and a fellow Bejinger / New Yorker/ NYU Shanghai Alumni. He unleashes his cre…
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Amy and Meg are back with a brand new episode of The Spark in the New Year, kicking things off how it all began - in conversation, just the two of them. As they embrace the Year of the Tiger wholeheartedly, Chinese New Year brings the concept of home to mind. They realized that the concept of home and it’s definition has changed for the both of the…
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孟溯，青年艺术家。2010年毕业于山东工艺美术学院，2014年结业于清华大学美术学院。现工作生活于北京、济南。孟溯的画作不是那种很常见的很燃很炸的当代艺术，而是少有的柔和色调下，所能明显感受到的果敢、沉静、甚至是童真。在他的画里，人物被抽象，事物被具象；人很轻易地浮游于他的作品之上，放空了思绪，遗忘了时间。 什么样的经历能让他有这么得体而新奇的艺术创作？带着这样的疑问，我和孟溯开启了对谈。 时间线 03:06 我不太愿意介绍我的作品 03:56 绘画的叙事性与形式美 07:05 当代艺术的时间性 14:13 国内当代艺术的走向与现状 11:21 孟溯式绘画风格 18:07 给年轻艺术家的忠告 相关资料 百度百科，栗宪庭 音乐 Dardust (2017), Lost and found fe…
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孟溯，青年艺术家。2010年毕业于山东工艺美术学院，2014年结业于清华大学美术学院。现工作生活于北京、济南。孟溯的画作不是那种很常见的很燃很炸的当代艺术，而是少有的柔和色调下，所能明显感受到的果敢、沉静、甚至是童真。在他的画里，人物被抽象，事物被具象；人很轻易地浮游于他的作品之上，放空了思绪，遗忘了时间。 什么样的经历能让他有这么得体而新奇的艺术创作？带着这样的疑问，我和孟溯开启了对谈。 时间线 02:54 从记者变成画者 05:06 孤独的创作者，不好吗 07:08 壁画到油画的创作跨度 09:42 特立独行的形式变化 11:21 孟溯式绘画风格 14:08 从零到一的迷茫与享受 18:00艺术家的谋生之路 相关资料 百度百科，孟溯 每日看艺术，艺术家孟溯：对生活的镜像式描述 百度百科，…
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In this episode, Amy and Meg sit down for one final conversation of The Spark’s Motherhood Series which organically stemmed from a single episode and turned into a beautiful, sensitive, and powerful series featuring three inspiring mothers. For Amy and Meg, it only felt fitting that the last guests of the series were the mothers they’ve been in con…
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Raised in Shanghai, China, Jenny Zheng is a fellow millennial, entrepreneur, influencer, and a new mom in Manhattan. She is the founder of Velvet.Co, an international public relations and marketing agency and living her life to the fullest countering challenges with instinct. In this conversation, Jenny opens up about becoming a mother, striking th…
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Dr. Wednesday Martin is a social scientist, storyteller, and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. Her book, Primates of Park Avenue (translated into “I Am a Mother, I Need the Hermes Birkin Bag” in Chinese), stirred up a heated debate across oceans and sparked an greater awareness around “exhausted motherhood” and the scarcity mindset that runs ra…
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本期嘉宾是来自alterR凹凸现实工作室的创始人张诗涵与杨沁沁。凹凸现实是一家专注于科技，设计与艺术交叉的实验性跨学科工作室。她们以思辨设计为方法关注潜在的未来可能性并介入隐形的问题。她们同时是纽约新美术馆 NEW INC Creative Science 的成员。 作品入选Award 360 2019年度设计100 /日本连线杂志创意奖/ 快公司Fast Company改变世界创新奖/ IDEA 奖/ Core77设计奖等。曾受到Domus, LINK Journal等专访并参展于多个国际设计周展览。 张诗涵是一位屡获殊荣的设计未来学家，也是凹凸现实工作室的联合创始人。她曾就读于浙江大学工业设计专业，并在加州艺术学院获得跨学科设计硕士学位。目前她在Twitch担任产品设计师，同时也被任命为…
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赞了：在母亲节之际，我们决定发布与一位实实在在的超能女性的对话。她是“酷妈黛安娜”。曾经的她是一位投行人士，一位时尚设计师，以及竞技拉丁舞舞者。现在，她是两个男孩的妈妈（认真的，她简直是全能）正巧录制于国际妇女节，黛安娜和Meg还有Amy分享了作为一位在不同文化和不同国家之间，养育具有世界观的小朋友的经历和故事。当黛安娜成为妈妈的时候，她必须学习如何重塑自己的崩塌的个人身份。内容创作和录制视频帮助她找回了内心的平静。在创作的世界中，她想利用自己的平台，讲述那些值得被听见的伟大和充满力量的女性和母亲的故事。 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce…
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We're celebrating Mother's Day by kicking off a Motherhood Series in conversation with a true wonder woman and "cool mum," Dianna Lee. She's a former investment banker turned fashion designer, a Latin ballroom dancer and mother to two boys (Seriously, she does it all). Recorded by happenstance on International Women's Day of all days, Dianna shares…
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Pelayo Alvarez is the host, founder, and producer of The Forbidden Apple Podcast, a space to reclaim your spirituality. He’s also been one of Amy’s best friends for the past three years after she moved to New York City. Pelayo grew up in the Catholic Church in Gijon, a northwestern city in Spain. He never felt like he belonged. His personality and …
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本期嘉宾是来自alterR凹凸现实工作室的创始人张诗涵与杨沁沁。凹凸现实是一家专注于科技，设计与艺术交叉的实验性跨学科工作室。她们以思辨设计为方法关注潜在的未来可能性并介入隐形的问题。她们同时是纽约新美术馆旗下艺术与科技孵化器NEW INC Creative Science的成员。 作品入选Award 360 2019年度设计100 /日本连线杂志创意奖/ 快公司Fast Company改变世界创新奖/ IDEA 奖/ Core77设计奖等。曾受到Domus, LINK Journal等专访并参展于多个国际设计周展览。 张诗涵是一位屡获殊荣的设计未来学家，也是凹凸现实工作室的联合创始人。她曾就读于浙江大学工业设计专业，并在加州艺术学院获得跨学科设计硕士学位。目前她在Twitch担任产品设计师…
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The third installment of the “Artist Series,” Meg and Amy dive deep into conversation with, founder of Latitude Gallery in New York City, Shihui Zhou. In this episode, Shihui Zhou shares her story and invites us all to come along with the adventure that is opening an art gallery in 2020, that today, is not only surviving, but in many ways thriving.…
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职行者2.0 回归。未来的节目会继续秉承“无废话，有干货”的原则，邀请来自全球一二线城市的创作者、创新者、创业者们，融入更有深度且多元的职场人访谈。 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zhixingzhe/support
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You may have heard about Ting Zhao, the documentary filmmaker who recently became the first Asian Woman to win a Golden Globe for her film 'Nomad Land' - a film observing U.S. culture. Our guest on this episode of The Spark Podcast is an aspiring documentary filmmaker and visual journalist currently based in Missoula, Montana who is well on his way…
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生长在北京的 Ariel Ziyi Cui从小就知道自己长大后想成为一个艺术家。从五岁拿起画笔的那一刻起，她就再也没有将笔放下。三年前，她来到纽约学习设计。今天，她在纽约的一家精品住宅建筑事务所做与室内整修相关的工作。她终于实现梦想，并且成为了一位展览和室内设计师。作为火花电台“艺术家系列”的第一位嘉宾，在访谈和交流中我们深入探索了在他想寻找灵感，追随创作热情的过程。对于Ariel而言，在不同文化间穿梭的生活方式让她终于可以睁开双眼，敞开心扉地生活。 Born and raised in Beijing, Ariel Ziyi Cui always knew she wanted to be an artist. She began painting at five years old an…
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Born and raised in Beijing, Ariel Ziyi Cui always knew she wanted to be an artist. She began painting at five years old and never stopped. Three years ago, she came to New York to study design. Today, she’s an exhibition and interior designer, and working for a boutique residential architecture firm specializing in gut renovations. The first in our…
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The second guest on The Spark podcast is someone who Amy’s heard about most of her life, but Meg met him first. The Spark literally wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for this guest. Because of him, Amy and Meg met in the first place. Haocheng Wang is a prosecutor for the State of Montana and Meg’s husband. 13 years ago he came to the United States as an…
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Following part one comes part two of The Spark’s interview with former fashion industry journalist and current editor at VICE Asia Pacific, Rachel Ruonan Zheng. In the second half of the interview Meg and Amy dive in deeper with Rachel as she shares the benefits and challenges of working and living in a bilingual environment. Together, Meg, Amy, an…
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Amy Tianyi and Meg are back with the second season of The Spark, where they open up the conversation by introducing their first guest, Rachel Ruonan Zheng. Rachel is a former fashion industry journalist and, currently, an editor at VICE Asia Pacific. Amy first met Rachel in New York City by happenstance when Rachel was one of the speakers at an eve…
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Meg and Amy are back with a brand new episode. The topic? Where each of their places are when it comes to speaking out on issues like racism in the U.S. - a conversation sparked by a video called #CallItCOVID19. The question of whether or not to speak out for each of them lies in their identities, inherent and espoused. This is a public episode. If…
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This is the fourth and final installment of The Spark’s “Wo-men” series, celebrating Women’s History Month. In this episode, Meg and Amy walk you through their own personal journeys in finding their relationships with their bodies as women. Amy shares her confusion with her body due to the lack of sex education, and Meg shares how her relationship …
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在上一期的节目中，Zoe分享了自己如何让创业沙拉从深圳成长为一个覆盖全球60多个国家和地区的创业者社区。本期节目中，我们会听到Zoe给想创业的朋友提供的一些忠告，以及她为什么决定在创业沙拉走上正轨后选择离开创业沙拉。我们还聊到了过去几年经历过行业洗牌的联合办公空间，硅谷的创业文化，以及Zoe对中国出海企业的一些观察。 时间线 03:54 先创业还是先工作？ 07:29 创业七年后，我决定离开 11:06「联合办公空间在中国的发展是有些病态的」 15:49 硅谷创业文化 18:47 中国企业出海方式，是急功近利还是目标清晰？ 相关资料 OnePiece Work (2020), How Diversity, Collaboration and Networking in Shared Offi…
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When Amy was young she found herself questioning a woman’s role in the family and her mother told her she must be smart, that if she were to take a step back she could see “both the sea and the sky.” But are women who can see “both the sea and the sky” truly happy? Meg shares what happened when she took a step back, which led Amy and Meg to explore…
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本期节目嘉宾是来自创业沙拉的联合创始人Zoe，她也是连续创业者和社区建设者。从最初以公益为导向的非盈利性创业，再到与50多家大型企业合作转型攻占ToB市场，Zoe将与我们分享她与创业沙拉这一路走来的探索与转型。 时间线 04:07 创业沙拉的开端 09:37 什么是运营？ 16:16 「社区不是社群」 18:48 作为女性创业者的优势 20:20 盈利模式的探索与转型 音乐 Alan Goggoll (2016), Kindling 插画 Erica Long --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zhixingzhe/support…
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This is an episode that Meg and Amy have been contemplating on whether to record or not since January. Now that things have escalated and the whole world is connected and affected by COVID-19, they decided it was time. They paused the “Wo-men” Series to share their own stories and experiences watching this pandemic unfold. Amy also shares what it w…
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In this episode, Meg and Amy disclose alternative opinions around what it means to be a woman in the workplace. Warning: Potentially unpopular opinions. Listen for yourself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thesparkpodcast.substack.com…
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第十六期姐妹篇 ·本期嘉宾是来自阿里巴巴人工智能实验室的体验设计专家Nathan。工作之余，Nathan和他的设计师朋友们一起创办了一个名叫「UX四神汤」的设计专栏，该专栏以其高质量的内容为全球华人设计师所熟知。 在上一期的节目中，我们围绕Nathan参与设计的天猫精灵来探究语音交互及人工智能领域的现状。本期节目中，我们将更深入地走进Nathan职业成长的世界，以及「UX四神汤」创立背后的故事。Nathan也将坦诚地分享他自己作为一名在杭州工作的台湾人，对海峡两岸的设计产业有哪些有趣的观察。 时间线 04:17 UX设计在巨型互联公司的地位 06:10 很多设计师都患有「冒牌者症候群」 08:50 工作外的自我提升 13:00 海峡两岸互联网设计产业的比较 资料 洁萨米．希伯德（2019），…
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With the launch of The Spark’s first ever series "Wo-Men", Amy and Meg will dive into deeper conversations on various topics related to being a woman in today's day and age. In this episode, Amy and Meg kick-off the conversation with their experience growing up as young girls in different cultures. They then move on to discuss the confusing yet exc…
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本期嘉宾是来自阿里巴巴人工智能实验室的体验设计专家Nathan，他所负责设计的天猫精灵是全球排名第二的智能音箱（第一是来自亚马逊的Alexa）。Nathan也是用户体验设计（UX）专栏「UX四神汤」的发起人之一，该专栏为全球华人设计师所熟知。我们这次讨论的话题非常广泛，除了Nathan日常工作的产品天猫精灵、以及他所在的人工智能领域，我们还聊到互联网设计在两岸的产业模式，以及一种叫「冒牌者症候群」的心理症状。 时间线 03:25 从台湾初创公司到杭州阿里巴巴 05:44 天猫精灵是什么？用户群是谁？你如何为这些人设计？ 15:45 人工智能vs.工人智能 18:38 「噱头过后，才是AI领域的下沉期和应用期」 24:09 从设计层面来说AI所面临的挑战 资料 Canalys发布的2019 Q…
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Meg and Amy sit down to discuss a topic that comes up in their everyday lives - the question, “Where do you want to live?” For two women who are constantly traveling, who both have significant others from the opposite countries (China and America), and who both have lives and obligations in both countries, it’s a question that doesn’t have an easy …
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Meg and Amy welcome the New Year in more than one way as they prepare for Chinese New Year and share their experiences in committing to a “Tension Challenge” for the first two weeks of 2020, along with their New Year’s traditions for both New Year’s and Chinese New Year, and their highlights of 2019 and their hopes for 2020. This is a public episod…
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