423: What We Learned in 2021

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This week, we recap how we grew, and the things we learned, in 2021. In The Sidebar, we look forward to 2022 and talk about some of our personal and professional goals for the new year.

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• Complainisode follow up:
  • Graham Connell tweeted: To pile on to the complainisode, animations that take way too long drives me nuts! Like a hover animation that takes a full second to complete. AHHHH
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  • Brian wrote about iMessage spam workflows.

Main Topic:

This week, we recap where we grew, and the things we learned, in 2021.

• What I’ve learned so far about design advising and angel investing

Cool Things:

• Brian shared Primavera tortilla chips — if you know, you know.
• Marshall shared the Gerber Truss multi-tool — always a good idea to have one of these around the house.

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