Draft Episode 17: Windows 8/Metro Interface Gripe

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We may just have gone off the deep end over the Windows 8 swipe to login screen and other gripes about the OS. It was a fun discussion thought. Maybe you’ll get something out of it.

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This is Draft, a show about the craft of designing for the web. Your hosts are Giovanni DiFeterici (@giodif) and Gene Crawford (@genecrawford) both from this little old website right here: UnmatchedStyle. Also, in this episode we are joined by another UMS editor Jay Barry (@petridisc).

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