Ridd

Ridd is a product designer, educator, podcaster, and founder, best known for his podcast Dive Club. Previously, he built products and startups for over a decade, and created Figma Academy, helping thousands of designers level up their craft.

From the conversation:

Books

• Alternative Layout Systems by Giliane Cachin

• Geometry of Design by Kimberly Elam

• Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Talks and interviews

• “Musical Thinking for Design Engineers” by M.A. Baytaş

• “The Winding Journey of Designing an AI Product” with Sam Stephenson on Dive Club

Tools and platforms

• Claude

• Conductor

• Granola

• Paper

• Superwhisper

• Wispr Flow

Education

• Alpha School

• Synthesis

Related episodes

• Dan Hollick

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