Front End Nerdery Podcast

A brief word from Todd about the podcast and the future.

In this, the final interview episode of 2023, Todd gets together with recruiter extraordinaire, Talent Advocate at Gun.io, speaker, podcaster, and all-around swell fella, Taylor Desseyn! Todd and Taylor get down to brass tacks chatting about the job market, hiring and how broken it is, how to leverage your network and use it to your advantage, what should juniors and seniors in the market do, and...

In this episode of the podcast Todd talks with Mike Hartington, Director of Developer Relations at Ionic, guitar builder, speaker and coffee milk connoisseur. Mike and Todd discuss Ionic, what it is, what it does, and all the benefits of Ionic framework. Of course accessibility is thrown into the discussion as well as native, web, and hybrid apps, Developer Relations, Shoresy, and much, much more!...

In this episode, I talk to Alvin Bryan from Contentful. Alvin is a Developer Advocate and Front-End Engineer who is into privacy and owning your own data, as well as the television show "Billions". We discuss a number of topics in this episode like Developer relations, privacy and data, and some of the cool web technologies out there like Astro and Svelte, and much more! Transcripts can...

In this episode of the podcast I speak with teacher, builder, community juggernaut, content creator, and foodie/smashburger extraordinaire, Jason Lengstorf. We discuss community, content creation, food and cooking, tech, dev, and much, much more. Transcripts can be found at https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/lengstorf Show Notes: https://learnwithjason.dev - Jason's Learning/Content Creatio...

In this episode, a long awaited episode, We spoke with Amy Dutton and James Q. Quick from the Compressed FM podcast! We chatted about Learn, Build, Teach, the community run by James and Amy and how community shapes what we do, how we teach, and how we learn. It is a little dated, but the conversation is always top notch with James and Amy. Transcripts are at https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/c...

In this episode, Homer and I discuss a lot of different topics in this one-on-one talk about Deceptive Patterns. Transcripts can be found at: https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/deceptivepatterns Show Notes: https://www.clarityconf.com/ - ClarityConf

In this episode of the podcast, Homer and I talk to Carie Fisher, Director of Digital Accessibility, accessibility professional, author, and one of the content creators of the Accessibility course at web.dev. We talked with Carie about all things accessibility and what is going on in the world of accessibility today. Show Notes: https://cariefisher.com - Carie's Personal Site https://twitter.c...

In this episode of the podcast, Homer and I talk to Josh Goldberg,  author of the O'Reilly book, "Learning TypeScript", speaker, and open source maintainer about TypeScript, Josh's book, some of Josh's projects, and much more!  Show Notes:  https://www.joshuakgoldberg.com - Josh's Site https://twitter.com/joshuakgoldberg - Josh on Twitter https://fosstodon.org/@JoshuaKGol...

In this end-of-year wrap-up, I briefly discuss the year 2022, what's  (and who) is coming up in 2023, and want to thank all my guests and the people who watch and listen to the podcast. I appreciate you all.  I introduce Homer Gaines as my co-host going into 2023 and we're planning a CompressedFM episode next year as well! Amy and James will join us and we will talk all things web. ...

In this episode, I speak to one of the best in Accessibility, Crystal Preston-Watson! Crystal is a Senior Accessibility Analyst, improv and sketch comic, digital agitator in the streets, and lover of tacos. We talk about accessibility, hiring, and employment in tech for people with disabilities, and much, much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by...

In this episode, I speak to one of my favorite Artificial Intelligence (AI) people, Gant Laborde! Gant is an owner of Infinite Red, mentor,  adjunct professor, published author, award-winning speaker, and random coin collector. We talk about AI, how accessible AI can be, his book on  TensorFlow JS, and much, much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk to Bekah Hawrot Weigel. Bekah is the creator and maintainer of Virtual Coffee.io, a technical community builder, and a former English teacher. In this episode we talk about community, community building, the Virtual Coffee.io community and podcast which Bekah and co-host Dan Ott run, a little about Developer Relations, and much more! Intro/Outro music graciou...

In this episode of the podcast I got the chance to sit down and talk to author, speaker, Creative Director and CEO of SuperFriendly, Dan Mall. We talk about design systems, making them accessible, SuperFriendly and building a company, achieving goals, and much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by Homer Gaines. Sound editing by Chris Enns of Lemon...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with User Experience Consultant and Coach, former co-host of the Boagworld podcast, and author, Paul Boag. Paul and I talk about user experience, accessibility, and how the two intertwine together. Paul and I also talk a little about the glory days of the Web, blogging, and much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" &n...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with Kayla Sween. Kayla is a Senior Javascript Engineer, conference organizer for MagnoliaJS, powerlifter, and dog mom! We talk about the upcoming MagnoliaJS conference, September 13-14 in Jackson, Mississippi, as well as some accessibility,  tools we use, conferences, and much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with Software Engineer teacher, and Twitch streamer, Ben Myers. We talk about accessibility and different aspects of accessibility when it comes to the Web, and semantic HTML. We even dive into streaming, learning, and the education experience regarding the Web. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by Homer Gaines. So...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with Accessibility Engineer (IAAP certified CPACC and WAS) and Front-End Developer, Rachele DiTullio. We talk about accessibility and different aspects of accessibility when it comes to the Web and UX and much more. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Sound editing by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions....

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with teacher and developer Chris Ferdinandi and we talk about the state of the Web as it is today, what's wrong with the Web, how are we breaking it. The accessibility side of things, Vanilla JS, libraries, compilers, challenges building for the modern web, and much more. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by H...

In this episode, I speak with Molly Holzschlag. We talked about all sorts of web things and accessibility. Just a good, old-fashioned chat about the way things were, the way things are, and the future of things that have to do with the web. It was a talk years in the making and one that I will cherish forever. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by Homer...

In this episode, I talk to Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert from the Shop Talk Show! We talk about all sorts of topics having to do with front end  development, design, and accessibility. Specifically, web components, CodePen, Eleventy, Astro, and much, much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In"  by Homer Gaines. Sound editing by Chris Enns of Lemon P...

In this episode, I got to sit down with Speaker and Senior Accessibility Designer, Anna Cook. Anna and I talked about design and accessibility.  What she sees today for accessibility that we're doing wrong, what we need to do to make accessibility a priority, and why accessibility isn't taught in higher education or boot camps. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Set...

In the first episode of Season Two, I got to sit down with my good friend, Jason Pamental, and talk about variable fonts. Lots of great discussion about what variable fonts are, favorite fonts, usage, and we talked about Jason's projects and his new role at Chewy as Principal Designer of the Design Systems team! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gain...

End of season wrap-up for season one. I thank my guests and all of you that made this first season of the podcast a success! A little bit of what is to come and some final thoughts for the year. Thanks to Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Transcripts can be found at: https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/season1finale Show Notes https://...

In the final episode of season one, I spoke with speaker, author,  co-founder of An Event Apart, and developer advocate, Eric Meyer. We talked about the web as we remember, how it is now. We talk about An Event Apart in 2022, his new role at Igalia as Developer Advocate, and much more. I even ask him about those emails that still come in sometimes from people that think he wrote the WordPress...