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Mark McGranaghan joins us to talk about how the Muse app uses Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) for local-first data synchronization. More details on Local-first: https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ Referenced article about hybrid logical clocks: https://archive.jlongster.com/using-crdts-in-the-wild Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

<p>Mark McGranaghan joins us to talk about how the <a href="https://museapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muse app</a> uses Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) for local-first data synchronization.</p> <p>More details on Local-first: <a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/</a></p> <p>Referenced article about hybrid logical clocks: <a href="https://archive.jlongster.com/using-crdts-in-the-wild" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.jlongster.com/using-crdts-in-the-wild</a></p> <p>Discuss this episode: <a href="https://discord.gg/nPa76qF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/nPa76qF</a></p>

#62 Musing About Local-First Sync & CRDTs with Mark McGranaghan

Adam Wiggins

This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more.Golden Ratio Supporters:Zeplin lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — get started for free to see why.The Sidebar:The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons:Meredith GrubbsBrandon SchmittlingPablo González DayZach SheaPedroAlex KayaianJustin FarrugiaAustin SeeleyShrinkrayJeffrey DaneseMain Topic:This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more.Mark McGranaghan on Twitter (website)Adam Wiggins on Twitter (website)MuseMetamuse PodcastInk &amp; SwitchThe Twelve-Factor AppGo by ExampleThe future of iPadObsidianRoam ResearchAndy MatuschakCraftCool Things:Brian shared Vampire Survivors, a fun little indie roguelike that is easily worth the price for many hours of chilled-out vampire evasion.Hollow KnightDead CellsWarm SnowMarshall shared Agent to the Stars, a fun and different approach to the alien visitor genre.Design Details on the Web:📻 We are @designdetailsfm🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock 🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :)⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes.Byeee!

<p>This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more.</p><h3><strong>Golden Ratio Supporters:</strong></h3><p><a href="https://designdetails.fm/zeplin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Zeplin</strong></a> lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — <a href="https://designdetails.fm/zeplin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">get started for free</a> to see why.</p><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><ul><li>Meredith Grubbs</li><li>Brandon Schmittling</li><li>Pablo González Day</li><li>Zach Shea</li><li>Pedro</li><li>Alex Kayaian</li><li>Justin Farrugia</li><li>Austin Seeley</li><li>Shrinkray</li><li>Jeffrey Danese</li></ul><h3><strong>Main Topic:</strong></h3><p>This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more.</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mmcgrana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark McGranaghan</a> on Twitter (<a href="https://markmcgranaghan.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/_adamwiggins_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Wiggins on Twitter</a> (<a href="https://adamwiggins.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>)</li><li><a href="https://museapp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muse</a></li><li><a href="https://museapp.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metamuse Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ink &amp; Switch</a></li><li><a href="https://12factor.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twelve-Factor App</a></li><li><a href="https://gobyexample.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Go by Example</a></li><li><a href="https://museapp.com/podcast/35-the-future-of-ipad/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The future of iPad</a></li><li><a href="https://obsidian.md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obsidian</a></li><li><a href="https://roamresearch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roam Research</a></li><li><a href="https://andymatuschak.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Matuschak</a></li><li><a href="https://www.craft.do" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craft</a></li></ul><h3><strong>Cool Things:</strong></h3><ul><li>Brian shared <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vampire Survivors</a>, a fun little indie roguelike that is easily worth the price for many hours of chilled-out vampire evasion.<ul><li><a href="https://www.hollowknight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hollow Knight</a></li><li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dead Cells</a></li><li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296830/_Warm_Snow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warm Snow</a></li></ul></li><li>Marshall shared <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Stars-John-Scalzi/dp/1250176514" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agent to the Stars</a>, a fun and different approach to the alien visitor genre.</li></ul><h3><strong>Design Details on the Web:</strong></h3><ul><li>📻 We are <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@designdetailsfm</a><ul><li>🎙 Brian is <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_lovin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brian_lovin</a></li><li>🎙 Marshall is <a href="https://twitter.com/marshallbock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@marshallbock</a></li></ul></li><li> <ul><li>🙌 Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️</li></ul></li><li>❓ Got a question? Ask it on our <a href="https://github.com/specfm/design-details" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listener Questions Hub</a>, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :)</li><li>⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-details/id947191070" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review on iTunes</a>.</li></ul><p>Byeee!</p>

427: Tools for Thought ft. Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins

How different are tablet interfaces to those of phones and desktops? And what makes a tablet-based app fully functional and worth building? Our guest today is Mark McGranaghan, founding partner at Muse Software and principal investigator at Ink &amp; Switch. You’ll hear Mark’s angle on tablet interface design, industrial research, user onboarding, as well as his advice on building tools for thought.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music.Show NotesMuse — Mark’s productInk &amp; Switch — Mark’s industrial research lab focusing on creativity &amp; productivityProductivity articles by Shawn BlancOnboarding with Jane Portman — a Metamuse podcast episodeMilanote — tool for organizing creative projectsNotion, Roam — modern tools for thoughtProcreate — a digital illustration app for the iPadMicrosoft Research — a great entryway to academic research on tabletsmarkmcgranaghan.com — Mark’s websiteFind Mark on LinkedIn and TwitterToday’s SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Hover — the domain name registrar that helps you brand your next big creative idea. With Hover, you can register a domain name for your design portfolio or creative business, choosing from over 300 domain name extensions. Find your next catchy domain name at hover.com/uibreakfast.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.

<p>How different are tablet interfaces to those of phones and desktops? And what makes a tablet-based app fully functional and worth building? Our guest today is Mark McGranaghan, founding partner at Muse Software and principal investigator at Ink &amp; Switch. You’ll hear Mark’s angle on tablet interface design, industrial research, user onboarding, as well as his advice on building tools for thought.</p><p>Podcast feed: subscribe to <a href="https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R</a> in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ui-breakfast-podcast/id939175693?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=97279&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ig42wpgwtqn4hzewnjmmes6eizq?t%3DUI_Breakfast:_UI/UX_Design_and_Product_Strategy%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play Music</a>.</p><h2>Show Notes</h2><ul><li><a href="https://museapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muse</a> — Mark’s product</li><li><a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ink &amp; Switch</a> — Mark’s industrial research lab focusing on creativity &amp; productivity</li><li><a href="https://shawnblanc.net/category/articles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Productivity articles</a> by Shawn Blanc</li><li><a href="https://overcast.fm/+Y-HXuFYck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Onboarding with Jane Portman</a> — a Metamuse podcast episode</li><li><a href="https://milanote.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Milanote</a> — tool for organizing creative projects</li><li><a href="https://www.notion.so/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Notion</a>, <a href="https://roamresearch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roam</a> — modern tools for thought</li><li><a href="https://procreate.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Procreate</a> — a digital illustration app for the iPad</li><li><a href="http://microsoft.academia.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Research</a> — a great entryway to academic research on tablets</li><li><a href="https://markmcgranaghan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">markmcgranaghan.com</a> — Mark’s website</li><li>Find Mark on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmcgrana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mmcgrana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li></ul><h2>Today’s Sponsor</h2><p>This episode is brought to you by Hover — the domain name registrar that helps you brand your next big creative idea. With Hover, you can register a domain name for your design portfolio or creative business, choosing from over 300 domain name extensions. Find your next catchy domain name at <a href="http://go.thoughtleaders.io/1951220201001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hover.com/uibreakfast</a>.</p><p>Interested in sponsoring an episode? <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></p><h2>Leave a Review</h2><p>Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/podcast-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s how.</a></p>

Episode 193: Designing for Tablets with Mark McGranaghan