“At the end of the day, games can facilitate learning and learning is one of the most satisfying experiences we can have.” This week I sat down with Rafael Morado to talk about Blockchain and Game Design. I love this episode for two reasons. First, because it made me smarter, dispelling a lot of my naiveté about building games on the blockchain and…

I sat down with Jessica Schilling and Jim “Cake” Lee, designers and technologists working with Protocol Labs on their IPFS and FileCoin Slate projects. It was a banger. When designers “talk about design” a lot of times, it’s the shop top. The tools, the instruments. The systems. There’s a lot of content like that out there. In this episode we dug a…

For the first official episode of Proof-of-Usability, I’m re-releasing my chat with Blocknative's Co-Founder and CEO Matt Cutler ( @mcutler) from back in March. Why should you listen to Matt about building products people want? Uh, because he’s a boss. Literally. Founder & CEO of Block Native. Multiple founder, 7 times over. He’s taken companies pu…

We kick things off with Proof-of-Usability, a limited series exploring Design in the Blockchain space. A special shout-out to MetaMedia who’s currently publishing and cross-sharing this show under their media-umbrella. Be sure to check out their weekly live-stream, The Spicey Take, find them on Twitch at Meta_Media and Twitter @Meta_Media. I’m Zach…