State of Play
State of Play
Podcast Description
Host Tommy Geoco learns and discovers what fuels the internet's most interesting designers and builders.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of creative independence, innovation, and overcoming adversity in the tech industry, with episodes discussing personal stories like Ben Huffman's journey from college dropout to a million-user platform and the challenges faced when building something unique against skepticism.
Host Tommy Geoco discovers what fuels the internet’s most interesting designers and builders.
I’m running low on money and just scrapped an entire episode.
This week I made an executive decision: postpone the Figma episode. We’re getting worse, not better. I launched a UX tools bundle at 5am, kept D&D night sacred, and realized I might just be a Dungeon Master LARPing as a founder (still not ready to accept how accurate that is).
This is what it looks like trying to balance play with reality.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Executive decision: We’re postponing Figma
00:53 – The morning chaos with four teenagers
01:44 – Why we’re getting worse, not better
02:42 – “Optimize for chaos, not process”
03:29 – The real cost of on-location shoots
04:56 – Skeleton crew breakdown
05:38 – Overwhelm sets in
06:32 – UX Tools Bundle: Down to the wire
07:03 – 11:30pm and still debugging
07:23 – 5am: Time to hit publish
07:53 – Why D&D night stays sacred
08:13 – “Maybe I’m just a Dungeon Master LARPing as a founder”
09:18 – The Figma multiplayer controversy parallel
10:04 – “If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone”
ABOUT TOMMY GEOCO
I spent 15+ years in tech and design. Former military. Father of five. Now building Internet Enjoyers, a weird little media + product studio rediscovering soul in creative tech.
ABOUT STATE OF PLAY
Host Tommy Geoco discovers what fuels the internet’s most interesting designers and builders, and shares the messy reality of building in public.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Agustin Eguia: https://agustineguia.com
Adam Stewart: https://www.instagram.com/adnastu/
Tom Fox: https://catalog.tomfox.site/
LINKS:
UX Tools Newsletter: https://uxtools.co
UX Tools Bundle: https://uxtools.co/bundle
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LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco
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