{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First of Kind","title":"Introducing First of Kind","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":780,"description":"Explore our Conversational Show Notes, brought to you by Granola.ai — https://notes.granola.ai/f/ee3b12a6-82bb-4662-940a-d4270871994a Thank you to our partners!Cursor — https://cursor.comFramer — https://framer.comGranola — https://granola.aiLinear — https://linear.appPerplexity — https://perplexity.com\"Last winter in the dappled light of a redwood grove, I met @bryce for the first time in front of a camera...\" reads the tweet from @soleio.At the conclusion of our conversation last winter in that dappled forest, I was struck by this new profile of founder he was describing. There were new tools opening new avenues for a creative to build and explore opportunities in entirely new ways. As someone who has an insatiable appetite for the new, this felt like a founder profile worth exploring.So when our three hour chat (edited down to about an hour) in the woods was winding down, we made a proposition — \"Do you want to develop a show with us?\"We left the question of format open, but the general idea of exploring the edges of designers as founders and builders was something we all got excited about digging into deeper. As we dug in, the ideas and format became clearer. And if you were to stop Soleio on the street, here’s the pitch for this series —This project came together around a simple question: Who are the designers in tech that are the first to pioneer a new way of doing things? What does that archetype look like in practice?In music, we have genre-defining artists. In software, we have first-of-kind designers.This is a show where we talk to the people pushing the frontiers of design into new directions and capabilities—whether at the helms of new businesses or as practitioners of a new craft.The series is called First of Kind, capturing the emergent and evolving nature these first of kind founders and creatives across a wide range of mediums. We let Soleio take the lead on guests, and nearly all six were his immediate ideas for dream conversations. We’re...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qzMMtBiRETu2_VT3R5_vcTJyUibYFxp4cmEur9DAsdc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYWZj/MDVjNzk3NjAxMmFl/ZDE4YzE5MjhjMThh/NDZlNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}