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Nov 2021
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121: What Do You Want to Be When You Gro...

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About this episode

Special guest and long-time friend Ryan Carver joins the program. He’s the former CTO of Typekit and creator of the photo layout app Series. We talk about the line between designer and developer, when it’s important, and when it’s definitely not.

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Ryan Carver

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Series – Fast and flexible photo layout
Series – Photo Layout (@seriesphotosapp) on Twitter
‎Series: Photo Layout on the App Store
The Developing Series Newsletter
Ryan Carver Photography
Ryan Carver (@ryancarverphotography) on Instagram
Ryan Carver (@rcarver) on Twitter
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