web02.fireside.fm Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:57:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Happy Paths - Episodes Tagged with “Emoji” https://happy-paths.fireside.fm/tags/emoji Wed, 05 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400 Happy Paths, a series from CommandBar, explores the human process behind some of the most well-known software of the internet era. In each episode, host James Evans dives deep on one iconic product or feature — like Gmail, the hashtag, or Twitter Spaces — with the people who built them. We will pull back the curtain on the little details of how they were made, giving context for our audience on who uses these products, as well as providing practical learnings for other product practitioners. en-us episodic Happy Paths, a series from CommandBar, explores the human process behind some of the most well-known software of the internet era. CommandBar Happy Paths, a series from CommandBar, explores the human process behind some of the most well-known software of the internet era. In each episode, host James Evans dives deep on one iconic product or feature — like Gmail, the hashtag, or Twitter Spaces — with the people who built them. We will pull back the curtain on the little details of how they were made, giving context for our audience on who uses these products, as well as providing practical learnings for other product practitioners. no Happy Paths, UX, user experience, product manager, growth product manager, UX designer, UX engineer CommandBar paul@commandbar.com Skin Tones in Product Imagery with Diógenes Brito https://happy-paths.fireside.fm/skin-tones-and-product-imagery-diogenes-brito 0b693741-f757-4ca9-a826-c21d1529edcf Wed, 05 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400 CommandBar full 1 CommandBar Every software company needs to announce new features…and some of us pay more attention to these announcements than others. Sometimes, a feature announcement catches our attention, and it's often because of a well-designed graphic. Diógenes Brito has first-hand knowledge about this as the Head of Product and Design at Air. He's well-known for his work as a product designer at Slack, where he added a brown skin tone to one of the company's biggest product feature rollouts at the time. In this episode, James interviews Dió about how these rollouts can have subtle, sometimes unintended implications beyond just the specific feature and product they showcase and unpacks how it's influenced product marketing since. 23:33 no Every software company needs to announce new features…and some of us pay more attention to these announcements than others. Sometimes, a feature announcement catches our attention, and it's often because of a well-designed graphic. Diógenes Brito has first-hand knowledge about this as the Head of Product and Design at Air. He's well-known for his work as a product designer at Slack, where he added a brown skin tone to one of the company's biggest product feature rollouts at the time. In this episode, James interviews Dió about how these rollouts can have subtle, sometimes unintended implications beyond just the specific feature and product they showcase and unpacks how it's influenced product marketing since. Bio Diógenes Brito is a self and Stanford-taught designer and engineer with a focus on digital interaction design and user-centered experience design. He has over 9 years of experience designing and developing websites, as well as a wealth of experience in IT and physical product design (modeling, manufacturing, etc.). His main strength is multi-disciplinary and collaborative design thinking, adding strength to a team to make it greater than the sum of its parts. Links Diógenes Brito "Just A Brown Hand" (http://uxdiogenes.com/writing/just-a-brown-hand) "Not Just A Brown Hand, Apparently" (http://uxdiogenes.com/writing/not-just-a-brown-hand-apparently) Website (http://uxdiogenes.com/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/uxdiogenes) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenesbrito/) Dribbble (https://dribbble.com/uxdiogenes) James Evans - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-evans-7086b3126/) CommandBar - Follow CommandBar (https://www.commandbar.com/) on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/commandbar/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/CommandBar). Slack, skin tones, emoji, product marketing, product images, Diógenes Brito Every software company needs to announce new features…and some of us pay more attention to these announcements than others. Sometimes, a feature announcement catches our attention, and it's often because of a well-designed graphic.

Diógenes Brito has first-hand knowledge about this as the Head of Product and Design at Air. He's well-known for his work as a product designer at Slack, where he added a brown skin tone to one of the company's biggest product feature rollouts at the time.

In this episode, James interviews Dió about how these rollouts can have subtle, sometimes unintended implications beyond just the specific feature and product they showcase and unpacks how it's influenced product marketing since.

Bio

Diógenes Brito is a self and Stanford-taught designer and engineer with a focus on digital interaction design and user-centered experience design. He has over 9 years of experience designing and developing websites, as well as a wealth of experience in IT and physical product design (modeling, manufacturing, etc.). His main strength is multi-disciplinary and collaborative design thinking, adding strength to a team to make it greater than the sum of its parts.

Links

Diógenes Brito

James Evans

CommandBar

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Diógenes Brito has first-hand knowledge about this as the Head of Product and Design at Air. He's well-known for his work as a product designer at Slack, where he added a brown skin tone to one of the company's biggest product feature rollouts at the time.

In this episode, James interviews Dió about how these rollouts can have subtle, sometimes unintended implications beyond just the specific feature and product they showcase and unpacks how it's influenced product marketing since.

Bio

Diógenes Brito is a self and Stanford-taught designer and engineer with a focus on digital interaction design and user-centered experience design. He has over 9 years of experience designing and developing websites, as well as a wealth of experience in IT and physical product design (modeling, manufacturing, etc.). His main strength is multi-disciplinary and collaborative design thinking, adding strength to a team to make it greater than the sum of its parts.

Links

Diógenes Brito

James Evans

CommandBar

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