Podcast Awesome

🧩 Shoelace & Web Components: Building Better UI with Cory LaViska In this Nerd Show and Tell episode, we lace things up with Cory LaViska, creator of Shoelace — a modern component library that makes it stupid-easy to build snappy, accessible, mobile-first websites using CSS grids and Web Components. Matt joins Travis Chase and Cory for a jam-packed convo on: How Shoelace + Font Awesome work t...

🛸 Dungeons, Dragons, and the Oregon Trail… in Space?! On this episode of Nerd Show and Tell , we beam up with Ed Emanuel, Senior Developer at Font Awesome, to chat about his lifelong nerdery, dev adventures, and a galactically nostalgic side project called Space Awesome — a text-based, icon-powered space game inspired by the Oregon Trail. Ed shares how creating Space Awesome helped him learn Vue....

💥 How Font Awesome’s Kickstarter Became a Record-Breaking Success What happens when a tiny team with an awesome idea turns to crowdfunding? You get the most-backed tech Kickstarter of all time. In this episode of Podcast Awesome , Matt and the Font Awesome team take you behind the scenes of their  2017 Kickstarter campaign for Font Awesome 5. Hear how a failed campaign turned into a historic win,...

🛡️ Sword Fights, Security & Memes: Meet Alex “Yellow Dart” Poiry In this wonderfully offbeat episode of Nerd Show and Tell ,  Matt chats with Alex Poiry, Head of Security at Font Awesome. But don't let the job title fool you — this isn’t just firewalls and protocols. Alex dives into how a background in history and German led him to a career in tech, how a classic Homestar Runner video gav...

☕ Poo Storms, Pixels & Perfect Curves: Designing Font Awesome 6 with Jory Raphael In this iconic episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt is joined by Font Awesome’s Senior Icon Designer Jory Raphael and Co-founder Travis Chase to explore what made Font Awesome 6 not just a major update — but a major upgrade . From adopting Figma as a design tool to refining styles across the entire icon set, Jory sh...

The first episode of Podcast Awesome features host Matt Johnson talking with Jory Raphael about what's coming up in 2023, and gives listeners a taste of what they can expect in the first season. Podcast Awesome will feature "Nerd Shows and Tells," in which members of Font Awesome's team discuss the work they've done in recent sprints (referred to as "splits" in F...

🎧 Exploring Sharp Icons, Retro Gaming & Design Rhythms with Noah Jacobus In the inaugural episode of Nerd Show and Tell, Matt Johnson chats with Font Awesome icon designer Noah Jacobus about the creative crossover between music, icon design, and visual rhythm. Noah shares how his background in music education unexpectedly shaped his approach to visual design, leading to his work designing the...

🧑‍💻 Reuniting Remote Teams with Heart, Humor, and Cookies: Inside Font Awesome’s Biannual Snuggle In this wholesome (and slightly nerdy) episode of Podcast Awesome , host Matt Johnson is joined by Font Awesome co-founders and longtime team members — Dave Gandy, Travis Chase, Rob Madole, and Mike Wilkerson — to share the origin story and magic behind The Snuggle, Font Awesome’s biannual in-person...

In early 2023, the makers of Font Awesome are launching a brand new podcast unsurprisingly called — wait for it — Podcast Awesome!  In this podcast, we’ll be talking about icons, naturally. We’ll talk about how we think building healthy and sustainable workplaces is possible. We’ll also dive deep into the tech of how we build things. And, of course, we’ll nerd out along the way.  I’m your host, Ma...