{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Not-Boring Tech Writer","title":"A peek behind the curtain: 2025 clips episode","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2104,"description":"In this episode, I share clips from my conversations with Liz Argall, Dennis Dawson, Sarah Walker, Ryan Macklin, Nick Graziade, Janine Chan, and Kate Pond. The clips include outtakes, sound check moments, and segments we cut for time from our 2025 interviews.—This episode is different from our usual format. Instead of a single guest interview, I'm sharing clips that we cut from this year's episodes or captured during our pre-recording sound checks. Most of these clips didn't make it into the final episodes due to time constraints, but they contain insights and moments I didn't want to lose entirely. The clips range from lighthearted sound check banter to substantive discussions that didn't fit the final edit.Sarah Walker and I dig deeper into the concept of \"beginner's mind\" and how returning to documentation you haven't touched in a while can be both humbling and instructive. Ryan Macklin extends empathy advocacy to include ourselves and reminds us that understanding where frustrated customers are coming from doesn't mean we have to accept abusive behavior. Nick Graziade and I explore the limitations of hierarchy as the sole approach to information architecture and why metadata-driven organization can sometimes serve users better than deep folder structures. And Kate Pond and I briefly discuss weekly check-ins and the idea of gamifying daily reflection. There are also some fun moments from sound checks with Liz Argall and Dennis Dawson, plus a clip from Janine Chan's episode that I couldn't resist revisiting.Consider this a peek behind the curtain at how the podcast comes together as well as a thank you to all of our 2025 guests for being so generous with their time and insights!Join the discussion by replying In this episode:[00:00:04]: Kate Mueller’s intro[00:05:04]: Liz Argall[00:07:05]: Dennis Dawson[00:09:46]: Sarah Walker[00:18:11]: Ryan Macklin[00:21:17]: Nick Graziade[00:30:24]: Janine Chan[00:31:44]: Kate Pond[00:33:50]: Kate Mueller’s outroOriginal...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JlP4_zZATprOmI0COWYcSJZswo0AzjaOmxyE_M5gX6M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNTdh/ZjBlMjA5ZmEwZDhh/NTNjZWFiOWM2NWY1/ZDAzNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}