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Bear Academy is a series of candid conversations with founders, designers, and builders about the decisions behind what actually ships. Product bets, design craft, AI workflows, and the messy middle of turning an idea into something people use. Hosted by Bear Liu.
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#55 The Golden Cage: Former Xero Design Director Lee Young on Leaving Tech for Art Therapy
Bear Academy Season 4. Lee Young spent nearly 20 years as a designer, most recently as Product Design Director at Xero in Auckland, where he and Bear were colleagues. Then he left, retrained, and…
#56 He Handed In His Notice at 9:50pm: Xinran Ma on Side Hustles, Privilege, and the Safety Net You Build Before You Leave
Most designers spend their careers shipping other people's products. Xinran Ma decided to build one of his own. He trained as an architect at Columbia, moved into product design, and spent four years…
#54 Felix Lee(ADPList): Free Is Expensive
Felix Lee from ADPList on vibe coding, why 30% of Figma might disappear, and how founders become translators between design and business.
#53 Luca Richards(Scarlo): Why Selling Design Keeps Designers Stuck
Luca runs Skarlo, a London-based product studio now taking equity in YC and Antler companies. We unpack how he went from selling $1,000 websites to sharing cap tables with venture-backed startups,…
S2E52 #52 Artificial Intelligence Glossary
This episode unpacks essential AI terms using insights from the AI-powered NotebookLM, designed to make understanding artificial intelligence accessible for everyone. With trusted insights from the…
S2E51 #51 Product Design Glossary Podcast
In this episode, Bear breaks down essential UX and product design terms, providing a roadmap for anyone starting their journey in the field. From “Agile” to “Kanban,” “UX” to “UI,” we dive into…
S2E50 #50 From Pixels to Insights: Ray Tiong's UX Research Journey
In today’s episode, we dive into the insightful journey of Ray Tiong, Senior Design Researcher at Xero. We'll explore his career transition from graphic design to UX research, and share his valuable…
S2E49 #49 Adobe acquires Figma, Tips for getting a Design job, Digital hygiene
A full episode of 3 topics: Adobe acquires Figma, Tips for getting a Design job, Digital hygiene.1. A few thoughts on Adobe acquiring Figma - some of them might be unpopular from other designers’…
S2E48 #48 Armando Torrealba: design is intention
Armando Torrealba is an Experience Design Manager at Atlassian, and I worked with him while he worked at Xero as a Product Design Director. He came from Chile (as a non-native speaker) and thrives as…
S2E47 #47 Ciao Chen: A Life Coach’s unexpected digital nomad life
Life Coach Ciao Chen shared her ways of working as a digital nomad travelling in China(currently) and running an international coaching business. It all started because of COVID :)Highlights💡 Being a…
S2E46 #46 Brendan Jarvis: What I learned from podcasting
Brendan Jarvis shared what he learned from 2 years of podcasting experience on finding and interviewing top UX influencers.Highlights💡 A better experience for guests and audience: look at the camera…
S2E45 #45 Bilingual content creator journey with Camellia Yang
A couple of weeks ago, I joined a podcast (Chiwi Journal) interview and shared my journey of being a bilingual content creator. With the host's permission, I shared this interview on my podcast as…
S2E44 #44 How to take notes from an audiobook?
Listening to an audiobook is a great way to learn new things, but you are more likely to forget most of the learnings as taking notes from an audiobook is tricky. I’ll show you a tip to help you…
S2E43 #43 Do 10 hours for this before adapting 10000 hours rule!
You might heard of 10000 hours rule by Malcolm Gladwell, which is to invest 10000 hours to master something. But how do you know which domain you would like to spend 10000 hours in the beginning?…
S2E42 #42 The Making of a Manager: Best tips from Facebook Design VP!
The making of a manager by Julie Zhuo is an awesome book for designers and design managers. It sounds like it's written for a new manager but I found it insightful and helpful for all the…
S2E41 #41 Tips for presenting your design work
7 #tips for presenting your design work like a pro! Presentation is an essential skill for designers, and sometimes it might be overwhelming. Last week, I did a presentation with a wider audience to…
S2E40 #40 How to make confident career decisions?
Confident career decisions? It's always hard to make career decisions, no need to say to decide confidently. How do I know if it's the right choice,? As a design mentor, I've been asked this question…
S2E39 #39 10 Things You Can Do For Your Design Career In 2022
We all know that uncertainties are something for certain in these years, and 2022 will not different at all. Any career tips 2022 for designer? I wrote a tips list for myself as a reminder for my…
S2E38 #38 Top Secret in Comics! Book Review on Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Why comics are so popular? What's the secret in comics? How to read comics and most importantly for designers: what's the top tip/secret we can borrow from comics to our work? In this video, I want…
S2E37 #37 Just Enough Research - A Must-Read Book For All Designers!
Finally read Just Enough Research by Erika Hall,, which has been on my reading list for a while. Wow! I feel bad after reading this book: why didn’t I read it when I started my UX design career!? I…
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