47: Symmetrical Sandwich (feat. Mark Otto)

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Today we caught up with Mark Otto, the creator of Bootstrap and designer at GitHub. We go deep into the CSS/front-end world on this one, we hope you enjoy listening!

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A weekly conversation about design process and culture. Hosted by Marshall Bock and Brian Lovin.

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