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Michael Riddering (aka Ridd) is the founding designer at Maven where he spends his days thinking about the future of online learning. He's also the creator of Figma Academy—an advanced design course taught directly inside of Figma. On the side, he tinkers with all kinds of fun internet things including a new Talent Network for designers.For the most part, he struggles to write in the third person and would love to be friends on the Twitter bird.
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What hardware makes up your workspace?
What’s in your tech stack?
Arrow Universal Audio interface
What is your favorite item in your workspace?
AirPod pros + max + M1 Macbook Air
How do you spark creativity?
What’s in your tech stack?
Notion (note-taking, personal task management) Loom (asynchronous collaboration and presenting of ideas) Slack (synchronous collaboration) Linear (task management for Maven) Figma (my one true love) Reflect (notes for days)Lemon Squeezy (powers Figma Academy)
How do you spark creativity?
I dance. It's not pretty, but it's spirited for sure. Whenever I'm gearing up for a focused sprint I throw my headphones on and start moving my body. You'll most likely find me jamming to artists like Pretty Lights, Emancipator, and if I'm really going for it... Opiuo.
How do you keep the work-life balance?
Honestly... I don't. But I think that's ok :) There's so much overlap between my day job (Maven) and my business as a creator and right now it all kind of feels like playtime. I consider myself immensely blessed to be able to make a living doing what I love.
