51 // Personal brand with Brian Lovin

Meeting potential collaborators online is easier when you represent yourself through a personal brand. Brian Lovin is a designer at GitHub, a podcaster at Design Details, and a prolific online maker. He joins Mark and Adam to talk about personal websites; the pros and cons of cold contact over the internet; whether follower counts matter; and how the Twitter algorithm can push back against your personal growth. Plus: the tension between thoughtfulness and daring.

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Show notes

• Brian Lovin @brian_lovin
• Design Details
• /r/battlestations
• GitHub mobile apps
• Mark and Adam on Design Details
• Spectrum
• Buffer
• Security checklist
• more readable Hacker News
• How my website works
• On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
• Metamuse episode on brand
• Prof. Dr. Style
• “I respond to every thoughtful note”
• how to email busy people
• fortune cookie tweets
• Staff Design
• alt accounts
• Facebook’s policy on real names
• dark matter
• Staff Engineer
• Brian’s design critiques
• App Dissection