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Charlie Deets

What Charlie Deets thinks about agency

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Designer at The Browser Company working on Dia, previously on the Human Interface Design team at Apple and the fourth designer at WhatsApp.

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  1. Our readingIt is really important that people have a framework of thinking of their own for what they want to do with design, because tools are changing rapidly and it is easy to be pulled into a tool that then guides your path.

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    Their wordsit's really important that people have like a framework of thinking for themselves defining what they want to be doing with design because like as you know tools are changing rapidly around us and it's very easy to get pulled into the tool and the tool guides your path of like what you're doing more

    ↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 3rd of 18 in this recording

  3. Our readingHolding a framework of your own becomes thematic across your work, so people know what you want to do and you get the kind of work you want.

    Their wordsI do really think over the course of a lot of different work that you make if you really have something like that, it starts to be thematic through your work and then like people know what you want to do and you'll get the type of work that you want to be doing.

    ↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 4th of 18 in this recording

  5. Our readingImpulsiveness in decisions can be problematic, but impulsiveness in design should be facilitated all the time: try the random thought and go down that path.

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    Their wordsthis is the counterpoint to my impulsive conversation earlier, which is like impulsiveness in decisions can be problematic in the way that you can make bad decisions. But impulsiveness in your design is actually something I think you should facilitate all the time because trying out like one random thought pops into your head, go down that path.

    ↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 13th of 18 in this recording

  7. Our readingPresenting well means aggressively guiding the conversation to a point where everyone is on the same page, giving context as fast and as clearly as possible.

    Their wordsI have a pretty particular strategy for presenting information, which is I really aggressively guide the conversation to a certain point. Like I want people to be on the same page when they're having the conversation. And that often requires me giving context as fast as possible, but as clear as possible to get people up to speed with where I'm at.

    ↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 15th of 18 in this recording