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#11: Tim Holman Jun 01, 2017

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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!

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#10: Val Head Apr 28, 2017

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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

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#9: Stephanie Liu Apr 22, 2017

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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 Apr 17, 2017

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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 Mar 22, 2017

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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

#6: Una Kravets Feb 14, 2017

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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

#5: Pam Selle Feb 03, 2017

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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

#4: Rachel Smith Jan 24, 2017

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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

#3: Alex Lash Jan 22, 2017

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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

#2: Joni Trythall Jan 08, 2017

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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

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