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Welcome to Friends Talk Frontend! It’s where we talk to amazing people about their habits, how they got to where they are now, and what their day-to-day life is like.

Jag Talon & Katherine Shaw Gyssler


    • Nov 30, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    #29: Vaidehi Joshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 51:48


    Today we're talking to Vaidehi Joshi about basecs where she explored the basics of computer science, every Monday, for a year. Basecs also has a new season of the podcast coming out and the basecs video series will be coming out early 2019! Vaidehi's Twitter basecs Blog basecs Podcast basecs Video Series

    #28: Helen Durrant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 58:41


    Today we're talking to Helen Durrant about self-care, mental health, music, impostor syndrome, and traveling! We loved interviewing Helen—you can clearly see (err, hear) her energy and enthusiasm as she talks about her work and life. We hope you enjoy this one! Helen's Website Helen's Twitter Helen singing Oma Rapeti Jess Lee and Helen hanging out in Amsterdam Helen's Soundcloud Mental Health in Tech

    #27: Jeremy Keith (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 43:07


    This is Part 2 of our recording with Jeremy Keith! We talk about the untold stories of people (especially women) who built the Internet, progressive enhancements, and people's struggles with JavaScript. Line mode browser Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet CSS Grid Flexbox Clearbit Turbolinks Brad Frost: My Struggle To Learn React Paul Robert Lloyd: Getting to Grips with JavaScript Dave Rupert: My Struggle With Testing Code

    #26: Jeremy Keith (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 40:26


    Jeremy Keith is a web developer, author, and musician. We talk about the history of computing and his new book Going Offline. Jeremy's Website @adactio Codebar Brighton Going Offline Resilient Web Design ZX81 Clearleft Jeffrey Zeldman's Ask Dr. Web HotWired Eric Meyer Apple: Thoughts on Flash Line Mode Browser 2013

    Minisode: Welcome, Katherine!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 44:23


    I have a co-host now! In this episode Katherine and I talk about our plans, hopes, and dreams for this podcast. Follow Katherine on all the social meads: @Katherraptor Website Instagram

    #25: Rachel Nabors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 67:34


    Use FRIENDSTALKFRONTEND to get 10% off books on A Book Apart! Hey, everyone! I'm Jag Talon, and you're listening to Friends Talk Frontend—a podcast where we talk to amazing people about their habits, how they got to where they are now, and what their day-to-day life is like. Today I interview Rachel Nabors who, as you might know, is really big in the web animation world. She's written a book called Animation at Work, and she's also published two online courses on her website: One is Web Animation Essentials and the other is Practical Cartooning for Technical Folk. There is a bunch of echo in this recording, and I apologize for that. But if you're into web animations, comic books, and J-Pop, you won't regret sticking around. Rachel's Website Rachel's Twitter Animation at Work Web Animations API WTFUK Designing For Emotion Responsive Web Design Lara Hogan Drow Tales Elf Quest Saga Lin Clark Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Dev Tools Challenger P5.js Animation At Work I really enjoyed having Rachel as a guest in this show, and was super grateful for me to be a guest in her home as well. Aside from getting a sneak peek into her life in Seattle, I enjoyed listening to her because the breadth of knowledge that she has in tech is incredible. I also admire that she's someone who's successfully jumped from one career to another which really shows how much work she puts in in everything that she does.

    #24: Claudina Sarahe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2018 69:36


    Hey everyone! I’m Jag Talon, and you’re listening to Friends Talk Frontend—it’s a show where we talk to amazing people about their habits, how they got to where they are now, and what their day-to-day life is like. Our guest today is Claudina Sarahe or CS for short, and she is a creative consultant, speaker, organizer, and teacher. She is currently running Composites Colective as a Chief Experimentation Officer along with Darshana Narayanan. In the past she has co-founded SassConf, worked to scale the front-end engineering of Casper, and was a founding member of the UNICEF Innovation Team. Show Notes: Composites Collective Claudina Sarahe Twitter Darshana Narayanan Mitra Pibil Sunflower Student Movement In Search of 21st Century Democracy: Two Weeks in Taipei

    #23: Antoinette Janus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2017 57:07


    Today we'll be talking to Antoinette Janus who is a web developer and designer at PBS Kids and who's also a co-organizer of CodePen DC. Make sure to listen to this episode because Antoinette has a lot to say about art and how it all mixes in with her work on the web. She also talks about what it's like to work at a non-commercial organization and also her humble beginnings making occasional boyband sites on Angelfire. Twitter Website CodePen DC Youtube Playlist Audio Visualization Khaledfy Galaxy Randomizer Login / Logout in PBS Kids Ruff CraftCMS Pug Handlebars Posemaniacs Chris Coyier Una Kravets Sean Larkin

    #22: Amber Stickel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 67:25


    Check out our new episode with Amber Stickel! We have a brand-new format as well so tell me what you think! Amber is a designer and developer who was actually working for IBM at the time of this recording. Now, she is a design technologist at Indeed; the job search company. I wanted to talk to her because I was curious how a large company like IBM deals with the web today. What I love most about this interview is listening to her gush over creating designs and bringing them to life. She has a gift for making web development fun so don't miss out on this episode. Amber's Twitter Amber's website Criminally Listed My Favorite Murder Portlandia: Battlestar Galactica Overwatch Hannah Shaw (Kitten Lady) IBM Hybrid Cloud Vue.js VueX Gulp.js Webpack Smacss D3.js Codecademy Eloquent Javascript Javascript the good parts Wes Bos Courses

    #21: Lara Callender Hogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 38:56


    Hey, everyone! This is Jag Talon and you’re listening to Friends Talk Frontend. Today we interview Lara Hogan who is the VP of engineering at Kickstarter and the author of three books: Designing for Performance, Building a device lab, and Demystifying Public Speaking. The importance of donuts Peter Pan Donuts Federal Donuts Val Head (I also have an episode with her!) Designing for Performance Designing for Performance presentation + necklace Codenewbies podcast: Why is my website slow Building a device lab Demystifying public speaking Tufted coquette Tracking compensation and promotion inequity Measuring progress Open Source Survey

    #20: Dave DeSandro

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 78:31


    Today, I’m talking to Dave DeSandro who is a designer and developer running Metafizzy. His code is used everywhere, and if you’re a developer you’ve probably run into it already. His code is used by Tumblr, Nasa, Whole Foods, and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Stick around to learn more about his business and his adventures on the web. Dave DeSandro Twitter Metafizzy Bower Isotope Flickity Infinite Scroll Packery Huebee Deviant Art

    #19: Sarah Bray

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 65:04


    Our guest today is Sarah Bray. She is on the cover of Offscreen magazine, and spends a lot of time thinking about how our design and marketing choices affect people, including ourselves. So listen up, and stick around! Twitter Gather The People Offscreen Mag &yet Community Intentionally Tiny Leaders 21 Jump Street Badass: Making users awesome Death and Life of Great American Cities AffectConf Hot dates with your website Courage to create Deep Play On Confidence

    #18: Saron Yitbarek

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 32:34


    Today we’re talking to Saron Yitbarek of Codenewbies. She’s here to talk about how she started the Codenewbies community and Codeland. We also talk about weightlifting, bootcamps, and her podcast setup on this show. So, stick around! CodeNewbie Saron I don't belong in tech Shure Microphone Codeland Conf Mattie Rogers

    #17: Monica Dinculescu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2017 56:32


    Our guest today is Monica Dinculescu and she is an emojineer at the Polymer project at Google and before that she used to work on Google Chrome. She writes and talks a lot about emojis, cats, and web components. So, stick around! Monica's Website Web components with otters Emoji: how do you get from U+1F355 to :pizza: Neelix Cat wine Polymer Project Chromium Contributing to Chromium Yarn Green Keeper Bower Atom Meerkat Manor Support my caffeine habits through https://www.patreon.com/ftf

    #16: Kim Goulbourne

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 53:59


    Our guest today is Kim Goulbourne. She is a very productive human being. She has so many cool projects—she is doing all the projects! She is currently working at Thoughtbot doing strategy, design, and development. Listen to her talk about her amazing projects and about her journey towards being a designer and developer. So, stick around! Made By Bourne No Questions Asked Picture of the party Thoughtbot React Native Wes Bos' React for Beginners 4 Hour Chef Bitter Renter Ruby on Rails Election Rewind Help me buy more cookies and coffee through: https://www.patreon.com/ftf

    #15: Jess Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 78:01


    Our guest today is Jess Lee, and she talks about her work at Dev.to—it’s a place where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. She is the J in dev.to’s PB&J. Listen, as she talks about building a community for developers, and running a website. Stick around! AMA Elaconf Dev.to Jess's Twitter Dev.to Twitter Dev.to Stickers Ben Halpern Peter Frank Saron The Practical Dev's Instagram Remote Book Psychological Issues Untouched Issue 2 Greg Baugues Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ftf

    Better Late Than Never, Friends Talk Frontend Trailer!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 2:39


    Better late than never, right? I needed a way to easily share the gist of this show to people, so I made a trailer from all the past episodes. Enjoy!

    #14: Dan Mall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 50:24


    Our guest today is Dan Mall and he is a creative director and founder of SuperFriendly, and also the co-founder of a new service called SuperBooked. Listen to him as he talks about his origin story, how he started his companies, and maybe talk a little bit about super heroes and cooking. So, stick around! Twitter Website SuperFriendly SuperBooked Big Spaceship Dan’s Calendar Unsubscribe book Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ftf

    #13: Mat Marquis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 64:30


    Our guest today is Mat Marquis and he’s also an author, a boxer, and a pretty good baker. Listen to him as he talks about how he got into tech, how he started boxing, and maybe a little bit about his brief stint on TV. Twitter Blog JavaScript for Web Designers Mat punching his book Bocoup Chrono Trigger The Future is Next IMDB MBMBAM Burlesque MBMBAM

    #12: Nicole Dominguez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 73:42


    Nicole Dominguez is a freelance developer, mentor, and digital nomad. In this podcast we talk about her travels, the conferences that she’s been to, and all her future ambitions. It’s a pretty cool episode so sit back and listen! Nicole Dominguez Nicole's Twitter Venezuelan Arepa Neopets Tulum Startup Bus Django Con CSS Conf Elaconf Startup Island Marie Kondo Support my terrible eating habits at Patreon!

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    #11: Tim Holman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 64:19


    This episode was super fun to record. I got to talk to Tim Holman who’s a tinkerer, prankster, and, of course, a developer. He’s currently working at Codepen and if you like weird and zany things, I think you’ll have a lot of fun listening to this episode. So, stick around! Codepen Tim Holman Tim Holman’s Twitter Qwiki Tumblr Brisbane Jessica Lord fun.css Blue Screen of Death JavaScript Sunshine Coast Hakim El Hattab jsdo.it Human Music Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Game Rat King Obnoxious.css Office Slack Simulator Jessica Lord + Tim Holman Help me buy more cake through Patreon!

    #10: Val Head

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2017 44:20


    Val Head is pretty much all about animations. She’s written a book about animations, she talks about animations in workshops and conferences, she makes videos about animations, she has a newsletter about animations, and yes, she’s on podcasts talking about animations. You will learn a shit ton from this show. So listen carefully, and make sure you check out the show notes in the description! If you're into this, please support us at https://www.patreon.com/ftf! What we talk about: Living in Philly and Pittsburgh Why she’s usually leaving her house Why her car smelled so good when she drove back from Philly What she teaches teams about animation How she learns all things web What her routine is like What she did before she did animations Moving from Flash to Web Animations Thinking about context and your audience Why it’s the designer’s job to play with animations Canvas is fun and powerful Links: Stripe Greensock mo.js Anime.js http://dowefeelthebern.com/ p5.js Daniel Shiffman

    #9: Stephanie Liu

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2017 72:46


    I have Stephanie Liu here today, and we talk about bubble tea, JavaScript, CSS. She has a lot to say about teaching, finishing projects, and motorcycles as well so stick around and enjoy the show! http://ramenhog.com/ https://twitter.com/ramenhog We geek about bubble tea Teaching 2048 Difference between making something and teaching something Making draggable elements in JS Using frustration to finish a project MySpace Tom Her progress in JavaScript30 Why CSS variables are cool Moving from biology to webdev Why Angular naming is weird What the difference is between a Moped and a Vespa

    #8: Shanise Barona

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2017 59:37


    I have Shanise Barona with me today and she’s a web developer right here in Philly! She talks about her adventures and struggles on learning backend and frontend technologies, and what it’s like being the newest Elaconf Organizer. We talk about Kendrick's new album How confusing it is to drive around here in Philly Her experience with Flatiron Bootcamp What the online bootcamp lessons are like Some bootcamps give false promises It's not good to compare yourself to others sometimes Learning all the things can be detrimental How to not keep up with your blog Neopets—where was I?! How teachers can affect your career My experience learning computer science Oh, she talks about Elaconf! Elaconf is the best!

    #7: Gabrielle Wee

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2017 56:57


    Today we’re talking to Gabrielle Wee on her adventures on web development and web design! I hope you enjoy this show! What we talk about: The joys of Twitter! (And the weirdness of Google+) How she learned to do web stuff on Xanga We talk about interfaces in games What her daily routine is like How hard it is to SLEEP People that she looks up to! Tumblr theme making Dealing with h8ters Her experiences with freelancing Her website: http://gabriellew.ee/ How to Create Direction-Aware CSS-Only Hover Effects by Gabrielle Wee on CodePen: http://codepen.io/gabriellewee/post/how-to-create-direction-aware-css-only-hover-effects Pokémon Sun: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-sun-and-pokemon-moon/ “It’s not a complete BART ride until some crazy dude screaming obscenities falls on top of you”: https://twitter.com/elletricity/status/837781926983282688 Game Developers Conference: http://www.gdconf.com/ Quadrilateral Cowboy: http://blendogames.com/qc/ #dailyui: https://dribbble.com/tags/dailyui --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Gabrielle Wee and Jag Talon

    #6: Una Kravets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017 50:52


    Today's guest is Una Kravets! She's an amazing front-end developer, designer, and all around awesome person. We're here to talk to her about her day-to-day life, her habits, and other musings. Hope you enjoy this show! What we talk about: All about Toolsday! Meeting her co-host Chris On starting Toolsday Audition for recording / libsyn / Skype / Google Hangouts Basically everyone's been winging it Writing things down and taking notes. Physical stimuli! Creatives and devs should collaborate more! Webpack 2 Speed test all the Airbnbs! Standup at Digital Ocean How Una got into tech (The Palace Chat, Neopets, Sims, MySpace) Illegally downloading Photoshop Actionscript and its deadness How awesome Wes Bos is Vue.js How Una learns stuff Relax! Find some chill time. Your side projects should make you happy! Una's Blog: https://una.im/ Una's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Una Gulp Boilerplate: https://github.com/una/gulp-starter-env SVG Boilerplate: https://github.com/una/svg-icon-system-boilerplate Una's Personal Goals: https://github.com/una/personal-goals Toolsday: http://www.toolsday.io/ Una Does Type: https://www.instagram.com/unadoestype/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unakravets/ Sean Larkin annotating Webpack: https://twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/826204770016714752 --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Una Kravets and Jag Talon

    #5: Pam Selle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 66:20


    Hey, everyone! This is FTF, and our guest today is Pam Selle. She's very talented and she has worked on a ton of different projects both on frontend and backend. I hope you'll learn something from her today! What we talk about: Missing an aerial yoga class User groups Comparing JS frameworks book Beyond the resume book React Polymer AWS Lambda for your sideprojects! Recurse Center / Hacker School American Museum of Natural History Accessibility C programming http://thewebivore.com/book/ http://thewebivore.com/ https://twitter.com/pamasaur http://thewebivore.com/number-1-advice-for-getting-into-web-development/ http://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/067-with-pam-selle/ https://iopipe.com http://thewebivore.com/recurse-center-return-statement/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBoS-svKdgs --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Pam Selle and Jag Talon

    #4: Rachel Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 56:05


    Hey, everyone! Today we'll be talking to Rachel Smith! She's a JavaScript and Ruby developer at Codepen, and she has a lot to share in this show! I hope you'll learn something from her today, and I hope you enjoy this episode! What we talk about Day to day life with Rachel Experiences with working in an agency Working in the morning Young Pope + Twin Peaks reviews Rachel's experiences in college Getting a business degree and web design degree Working on advertisements Just in time learning Creepy dudes go away! Sucking at hardware Calligraphy Being unemployable On the job learning! Andre the Giant Why I started this podcast Sleeping and waking up habits Yoga routine https://rachsmith.com/ https://www.codyapp.com/ https://twitter.com/rachsmithtweets https://blog.codepen.io/2016/02/02/075-rachel/ http://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/142-rachel-smith/ --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Rachel Smith and Jag Talon

    #3: Alex Lash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 42:36


    Today we're talking to my buddy Alex Lash! She's a designer, front-end developer, and a teacher. She's very inspiring, and I hope you'll learn something from her today! What we talk about: Karaoke Adobe XD Cats Teaching at GDI Atomic Design Pattern libraries Prototyping Sketchnotes at Elaconf Switching from designing to front-end dev and vice-versa Communicating with designers and developers Difference between graphic design and interactive design https://technical.ly/delaware/2016/01/07/coding-knowledge-workplace-rocks-sez-gdi-bootcamp-instructor/ http://lash.design/ https://twitter.com/AlexandraLash http://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/ https://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Wilmington/events/227171800/ https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23elaconf%20%23sketchnotes&src=typd --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Alex Lash and Jag Talon

    #2: Joni Trythall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 72:46


    Joni Trythall (or Joni Bologna) is a really cool human being who takes ideas from napkin doodles allll the way to implementation. She’s also a kickass teacher. We talk about: Getting into tech Learning by tinkering Messing around with technology Figuring things out more organically Rage is a great motivator Learning & teaching at the same time Don’t apologize for your accomplishments! Anxiety and talking in front of people. How to be comfortable in front of people. It's hard to start a conference. Things are attainable! Links! Joni's Blog: http://jonibologna.com/ Joni's Work: http://jonibologna.work/ Elaconf: http://elaconf.com/ Joni on Codepen: http://codepen.io/jonitrythall/ Bologna and Ben: http://www.bolognaandben.com/ A Picky Pig: http://apickypig.com/ Flexbox Fridays: https://lincolnloop.com/blog/introducing-flexbox-fridays/ Flexbox Cheatsheet: http://jonibologna.com/flexbox-cheatsheet/ --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Joni Trythall and Jag Talon

    #1: Helen V. Holmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2016 61:51


    Helen is an awesome awesome designer and developer. And guess what? She also does hardware shit! She’s a badass. She currently works at Mozilla on the Firefox browser as a designer on the DevTools. You might have even used it yourself. Links! Helen's Website: http://helenvholmes.com/ Fred the Dragon: https://twitter.com/helenvholmes/status/801077140045316097 Simone Giertz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOIJnQGspWc Adobe Felix: https://www.adobe.com/products/project-felix.html Performance and Web Typography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLfXChvVPQ CSS Grid and Grid Highlighter Now in Firefox Developer Edition: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/12/css-grid-and-grid-highlighter-now-in-firefox-developer-edition/ New Responsive Design Mode: RDM Lands in Firefox Dev Tools: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/11/new-responsive-design-mode-rdm-lands-in-firefox-dev-tools/ This Week in Hardware: https://github.com/helenvholmes/this-week-in-hardware/blob/master/issues/issue-1.md * Johnny-Five: http://johnny-five.io/ Netflix Hardware Projects: http://makeit.netflix.com/ --- Music from https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/29866/ambient-m-2003 © Helen Holmes and Jag Talon

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