🔴 “Excuse me … I believe you have my stapler?”

One line. Infinite memes. A red-hot icon.

In this episode of The Story Behind the Icon, we dive deep into the surprisingly rich lore behind the humble office stapler — and how a cult classic film, a soft-spoken cubicle dweller, and a spray-painted prop turned it into a cultural artifact.

🎧 Whether you’ve got 37 pieces of flair or just enough sarcasm to survive corporate life, this one’s for the design nerds, Office Space devotees, and UI jokesters looking for the perfect button metaphor.

🔍 What We Cover in This Episode

🔴 The origin story of Milton’s beloved red stapler
 🎞️ Mike Judge’s animated roots and early Office Space shorts
 💻 Remote work, legacy office gear, and the evolution of workplace design
 🧑‍💼 Font Awesome’s very own “Milton” and the logic behind the madness
 🎨 How to recreate Milton’s soul in HTML with our duotone icon
 🎬 The real reason Swingline started making red staplers

⏰ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to Podcast Awesome
 01:25 – A new take on the old office
 02:40 – Meet Milton: The patron saint of passive resistance
 04:20 – Mike Judge: From Beavis and Butthead to box office satire
 05:55 – The stapler becomes an icon
 06:35 – Meet FA’s own Milton (Hi, Steve 👋)
 07:20 – Grumpiness as UI insight
 08:05 – Milton’s stapler wasn’t red... until it was
 09:00 – Design challenge: Where will you use the stapler icon?
09:50 – Commission your own icon or vote one into existence
10:30 – Credits and a final plea: Return. The. Stapler.

🔗 Links & Resources

🖇️ Stapler Icon on Font Awesome
📽️ Office Space (1999)
🎨 Vote for an icon on the leaderboard
📝 FA Blog: The Story Behind the Icon Series

🎥 Podcast Awesome on YouTube – Full uncut convo with extra music nerdiness
🎶 The Font Awesome Theme Song – Composed by Ronnie Martin
🎸 Music Interstitials by Zach Malm
🎬 Produced and edited by Matt Johnson

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Designing Joy: Don Clark of Invisible Creature on Creativity, Collectibles & Culture

In this episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt hangs out with legendary designer Don Clark of Invisible Creature to dive into the analog soul of digital design. From their punk rock roots and Grammy-nominated album covers to art directing for Seattle’s swankiest restaurant, Don and his brother Ryan have created work you’ve seen —whether you know it or not.

They discuss growing up with a NASA illustrator grandpa, how nostalgia fuels creativity, the value of physical objects in a swipe-and-scroll world, and how a sibling-run design studio rides the waves of industry change. It’s a masterclass in storytelling, aesthetics, and sneaky inspiration.

Plus, Don once designed a 7-story mural for Newark Airport that one construction worker told him no one would ever notice. Art, meet irony.

✨ What We Cover in This Episode

• 🚀 Grandpa drew spaceships for NASA — no big deal
• 🎸 From hardcore zines to Grammy-nominated album art
• 🧸 Why physical objects still matter (even in a scroll-y, swipey world)
• 😊 Nostalgia, and the purposeful creation of joy 
• 🏠 Turning a love of toys and typography into brand work for Target, Canlis, and more
• 🏄🏻‍♂️ Creating a career by riding the wave (not controlling it)
• 👾 How Invisible Creature got its name — and why most people don’t realize they’ve seen their work
• 🍽️ Art direction in fine dining, and designing for iconic spaces

⏱️ Timestamps

[00:01:00] – Don’s creative upbringing & grandpa's NASA work
 [00:04:00] – From punk flyers to full-time design
 [00:08:00] – Physical design in a digital world
 [00:12:00] – Object design, collectibles, and vintage influence
 [00:16:00] – Tapping nostalgia the right way
[00:20:00] – Album covers, influence, and desktop publishing
[00:24:00] – The decline of CDs & the rise of gig posters
[00:28:00] – The challenges (and joys) of working with family
[00:32:00] – Canlis restaurant and entering the fine dining space
[00:36:00] – Creating inspiring physical spaces
[00:38:00] – Why “Invisible Creature” is the perfect name
[00:42:00] – Good design as invisible, objective experience
[00:44:00] – Designing stamps, murals, and children’s Bibles
[00:46:00] – Streamlining creativity after 25 years in the biz
[00:48:00] – Wrapping up and why riding the wave matters

🔗 Links & Resources

• Invisible Creature
• Mind Reader Music – Album packaging by Ryan Clark & Kevin Moore
• Canlis – Seattle fine dining where Don is art director
• Art of the Incredibles Book – Don’s favorite Pixar art book
• Podcast Awesome on YouTube – Full uncut convo with extra music nerdiness
• The Font Awesome Theme Song – Composed by Ronnie Martin
• Music Interstitials by Zach Malm
• Audio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions
• Produced and edited by Matt Johnson

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💥 A Podcast Awesome Deep Cut

Episode Description:

🛎️ Guess what? We got a fever … and the only prescription is … well, you know. In this very special episode of Podcast Awesome, we hit pause on our usual tech-and-icon-nerdery to unleash a full-throttle ode to one of the wackiest icons in our set: Cowbell Circle Plus.

What starts as a nod to the legendary SNL sketch featuring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken (The Bruce Dickinson, thank you very much), quickly turns into a globetrotting, time-hopping, cultural deep dive through the unexpected history of the humble cowbell. From medieval Irish cow raids 🐄⚔️ to German cowbell zoning laws 📏🔔 to the altars of rock and roll 🥁🎸, we unpack how this sonic sidekick moo-ved (hehe) from pasture to punchline.

Plus: Icon Designer extraordinaire Jory Rafael stops by to share how we brought the Cowbell icon to life (spoiler: it did not involve raiding any farms).

🧀 What We Cover in This Episode:

🐄 Cowbell as medieval emergency alert system

🏴‍☠️ Cattle raids and why your cow needed anti-theft bells in 12th century Ireland

🛠️ The surprising craftsmanship behind cowbells (hello, zoning laws!)

🌍 How cowbells show up in global rituals

🎶 The greatest cowbell moments in music — from Foghat to KISS to the Beastie Boys

😂 The SNL sketch that made “More Cowbell” the rallying cry for comedy nerds everywhere

🔤 Behind-the-scenes with the FA team: how we turned “More Cowbell” into an icon

🤘 A lightning round of underappreciated cowbell bangers

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome to the Weird World of Cowbell
 01:15 – SNL Meets SVG: The Inspiration Behind the Icon
 02:30 – History Lesson: Cowbells as Analog GPS
 04:20 – Cattle Raids, Irish Wars, and Why Your Cow Needed Protection
 06:10 – Cowbell Zoning Laws? Yep, That Was a Thing
 07:00 – Superstition, Spirit-Banishing & Ceremonial Bells
 08:15 – Enter: The Iconic More Cowbell Sketch (2000, SNL)
 09:00 – Icon Deep Dive with Jory Rafael
 10:20 – Musical Cowbell Moments You Didn’t Know You Needed
 11:30 – Wrap-up & Credits Roll Like a Cow in a Parade

🔗 Links & Resources:

• Cowbell Circle Plus Icon on Font Awesome
• More Cowbell SNL Sketch (NBC)
• Cattle Raid of Cooley (Wikipedia)
• Alex Poiry makes an appearance as the medieval town council. 
• Music shoutouts: Foghat, Beastie Boys, KISS, Judas Priest, Queen, Thin Lizzy, and more
• Credits: Matt Johnson (host + producer), Ronnie Martin (theme song), Zach Malm (music interstitials), Chris Enns @ Lemon Productions (mastering), Isaac Chase (video edit magic)

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Pork chop sandwiches!! 🫡 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

Gather round the interwebs young Gen Xers and Elder Millennials ... 

In this oddball solo episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt rewinds to the early 2000s and dives deep into the glitchy, glorious chaos of Fensler Film’s GI Joe PSA remixes — a series of bootleg web videos that helped shape meme culture as we know it.

These gloriously low-res VHS-rip remixes mashed up 1980s GI Joe cartoon PSAs with absurdist humor, surreal voice dubbing, and non sequiturs that burned themselves into our collective consciousness.

Before TikTok. Before YouTube. Before broadband was normal … we had burned DVDs, word-of-mouth weirdness, and lines like:

• “Pork chop sandwiches!”
• “Hey kid, I’m a computer!”
• “Stop all the downloading!”
• "It's the body message machine-GO!" 

In this episode, we explore:

• 🧠 The origin story of the GI Joe PSAs
• 📼 Why they were viral gold in a pre-social internet
• 💥 The art of deliberate absurdity and proto-memes
• 📺 Their influence on shows like Robot Chicken and Tim & Eric
• 🌀 Why chaotic creative energy still beats algorithmic content

So gather 'round, old-school internet nerds. This one’s for you. And knowing? Well… you know the rest.

🔗 Links & Credits

🎵 Theme by Ronnie Martin
🎛️ Audio mastering by Chris Enns (Lemon Productions)
🎹 Interstitial music by Zach Malm
🎥 Video support by Isaac Chase

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Where did the “All Your Base Are Belong to Us” meme come from — and why did it break the early internet?

In this nostalgic deep dive, Matt explores the wackadoodle origin of one of the internet’s most gloriously awkward memes. Before “going viral” was even a phrase, this phrase from the 1992 Sega Genesis game Zero Wing somehow made its way from mistranslation to mass internet hysteria — with techno remixes, Flash videos, Photoshopped street signs, and even a nod from AOC herself.

Yes, this was real. And it was spectacular.

Whether you're an old-school web nerd or just want to understand why your coworker keeps saying “Set up us the bomb,” this one's for you.

🔹 What We Cover in This Episode:
🕹️ A breakdown of Zero Wing’s hilariously mistranslated intro
🎶 The techno remix and Flash video that made the meme explode
🧠 Why “All Your Base” became the blueprint for internet weird
📡 How meme culture has evolved from delightful chaos to... whatever’s happening now
🧑‍🚀 AOC’s legendary tweet that brought it all full circle

⏱️ Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro + Barry White podcast voice
 1:31 – What is the Ballmer Peak of memes?
 3:00 – The original Zero Wing translation trainwreck
4:32 – “Set up us the bomb”: the remix and Flash frenzy
6:15 – AOC, memes in politics, and nostalgia rebooted
8:00 – Final thoughts on the beauty of shared digital nonsense

🔗 Links & Resources:
🕹️ Original Zero Wing meme history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us#:~:text=%22All%20your%20base%20are%20belong,the%201989%20Japanese%20arcade%20game.

👾 The remix that started it all: Invasion of the GABA Robots: https://archive.org/details/invasion_of_the_gabber_rob

🧠 AOC’s legendary tweet: https://x.com/aoc/status/1086483485668319233

🛠️ Credits:
🎙️ Hosted, produced, and edited by Matt Johnson
🎵 Theme music by Ronnie Martin
🎧 Music interstitials by Zach Malm
🎛️ Audio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions

📣 Like the show?

• Subscribe so you never miss an episode!
• Rate + review to help more nerds discover us.
• Or just shout “ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US” in public. (We’ll know what it means.)

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“Layouts are sexy but, you know, words still matter.”
 

In this solo rant-style episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt takes a silly, unhinged dive into the world of Lorem Ipsum — the gibberish placeholder text that’s haunted designers and writers alike since the 1500s. From Cicero’s scrambled Latin to zombie-themed mockups, we trace the wild history and the weird world of filler text.

So ... why do we still treat real content as an afterthought? And what happens when a layout only works with nonsense words?

You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll maybe rethink that next wireframe.

🧠 What We Cover in This Episode:

• 🤬 The grammar quirks that make writers lose their minds (yes, we see you, Oxford comma debate)
• 🏛️ The bizarre origin of Lorem Ipsum (hi Cicero!)
• 🥓 Bacon Ipsum, Hipster Ipsum, Cat Ipsum
• 😤 A friendly/spicy rant on why Lorem Ipsum might kill your content strategy
• 👻 Live sites with placeholder text 

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome to the Fake Latin Fight Club
 01:00 – Oxford Commas, Passive Voice, and Writers with Rage
 03:00 – Sarcastic Quotation Marks and Melty “Cheese”
 04:00 – What Even Is Lorem Ipsum, Anyway?
 05:30 – From Ancient Rome to Adobe Default Settings
 06:45 – The Rise of Bacon, Hipster, and Zombie Ipsum
 08:00 – THE RANT: “If Your Layout Only Works With Nonsense…”
 09:30 – Final Thoughts: Fonts Are Cool. Content Is King.

🔗 Links & Resources:

• Generate your own Bacon Ipsum 🥓
• Cat Ipsum for feline-forward mockups 🐱
• Zombie Ipsum, because... why not 🧟
• Theme by Ronnie Martin 🎹
• 8-bit interstitial music by Zach Moom
• Audio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions 🍋

🎙️ Subscribe + Listen:

📱 Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Spotify | 💻 YouTube | 🌐 podcastawesome.com

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Design meets activism. Philosophy meets iconography. Wheelchairs meet graffiti.

In this philosophy-packed episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt chats with professor, artist, and co-founder of the Accessible Icon Project, Brian Glenny. Together with colleague Sara Hendron, they took a bold journey to make a tweak to the accessibility symbol — which led to a humble street art sticker to statewide legislation.

Brian’s story unpacks how a wheelchair icon went from stiff and static to dynamic and full of agency — and how that tweak sparked a global conversation about representation, identity, and inclusion.

Along the way, we hit:

• 🧠 The neuroscience of symbol recognition
• 🎨 Graffiti roots and punk rock influence
• 📜 Ethics and accessibility in visual design
• ♿ The making of a movement: from sticker campaign to state law
• 🤯 How even tiny geometry tweaks carry political power

If you’ve ever wondered how symbols shape culture — or why an icon isn’t “just an icon” — this one’s for you.

And knowing? Yep. That’s half the battle.

🔗 Links & Credits

🚧🎨🏙️Brian's Wiki Page

👀 Learn more about Sara Hendren

🎵 Theme by Ronnie Martin
🎹 Interstitial music by Zach Malm
🎛️ Audio mastering by Chris Enns (Lemon Productions)
🎥 Video support by Isaac Chase

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In this very special episode of The Nerd Show and Tell, we finally cornered the elusive co-founder of Font Awesome — Travis Chase! 🧢✨ From dialing into the web back in the modem days, to co-founding a company that powers millions of websites, Travis shares his unique journey from almost-accountant to accidental icon-company-boss. Or something. You’ll hear tales of telephony code, Star Wars devotion, and how building a company that doesn’t burn people out might be the most radical idea of all.

He’s part artist 🎨, part developer 💻, full-on space western nerd — and yes, he’s that guy you want on your trivia team.

🧠 What We Cover in This Episode

• 🖼️ How an “uncreative” art student became a designer-turned-developer
• 📞 Building answering machines from scratch — with homemade programming languages!
• 👨‍👦 Juggling startups, Y Combinator, and parenting like a boss
• 🎯 The philosophy behind not grinding yourself to dust
• 🌟 Going full lightspeed into Star Wars Unlimited (Vegas tourney? Yep.)
• 🧙‍♂️ Favorite icons, D&D vibes, and space westerns galore
• ☕ How coffee and coding dreams brewed into a global icon toolkit

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 – Intro: We Finally Wrangled Travis
 01:00 – Side Hustles, Modems, and Making the Web Happen
 03:00 – From Art School to Programming Wizardry
 06:00 – Answering Machine Nerdvana (Travis’ Favorite Dev Story!)
 09:00 – College Friends → Startup Squad
 12:00 – That Time They Got Into YC
 15:00 – Building Font Awesome the Fun Way
18:00 – Culture that Actually Cares About People
21:00 – What Travis is Nerding Out About (👀 Star Wars Unlimited!)
24:00 – AI, Card Games, and Cross-Pollinating Passions
25:00 – Favorite Icons + Wishlist Packs (Laser swords, anyone?)
27:00 – A Chill Goodbye and More Nerd Show and Tell to Come

🔗 Links & Resources

• 🌐 Font Awesome — Icons that just work™
• 🪐 Star Wars: Unlimited TCG — The game Travis is totally (and deeply) nerding out about
• 🏢 37signals & Rework — Inspiration for FA's work/life philosophy
• 🎵 Podcast Theme by Ronnie Martin
• 🎛️ Audio mastering by Chris Enns @ Lemon Productions

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Summary

What does it take to shoot a high-energy, humor-packed, visually delicious Font Awesome marketing video? A 12-hour day, a diner full of chaos, and a guy in a hot dog suit. In this episode, Matt chats with Jory and Isaac, two key players behind the Font Awesome 7 video, about the hilarious mishaps, creative choices, and ridiculous amounts of pancakes that went into bringing the video to life.

They cover everything from why FA videos always feature food-themed settings to the art of keeping a cast of recurring characters (aka the Font Awesome Cinematic Universe). And yes, Easter eggs abound — including a cameo from FA co-founder Dave Gandy, cheers-ing a Stormtrooper, blue milk in hand. Plus, Isaac documented the whole process, creating FA’s first behind-the-scenes mini-documentary.

Key Takeaways

🔥 FA videos don’t follow the “no comedy in tech” rule — and that’s exactly why they work.

🎬 From coffee shops to candy stores to diners, FA videos always have a warm, real-world setting (because a lab full of beakers? Snooze).

🤝 The same cast keeps coming back — because the FA Cinematic Universe is a thing now.

📹 The behind-the-scenes doc captures the chaos of shooting in one day —including an entire subplot about pancakes raining from the sky.

🌭 A guy in a hot dog suit wore it all day. No, really. All day.

👀 Hidden Easter eggs in the video include an inside joke about “changing the recipe” and a blue milk cheers from FA’s co-founder.

Timestamps

🎤 0:00:09 - Welcome to Podcast Awesome! Matt sets the stage for this episode, talking about the Font Awesome 7 video shoot, the team behind it, and why humor is baked into FA’s DNA.

🎞️ 0:04:06 - The evolution of FA videos: From Kickstarter promos to a full-blown recurring cast — how FA has built a Cinematic Universe of its own.

🍪 0:10:45 - The FA video playbook: Coffee shops, candy stores, and diners—why FA videos always happen in warm, real-world food settings instead of cold tech labs.

🎭 0:18:05 - Bringing the band back together: How the same actors, crew, and production team keep the FA vibe consistent (and keep the jokes landing).

📹 0:26:11 - Lights, camera, pancakes! Improv moments, VFX wizardry, and an actor in a hot dog suit — who refused to take it off all day.

🎬 0:32:16 - The behind-the-scenes doc: For the first time ever, FA captured a full BTS look at a marketing shoot — outtakes, problem-solving, and late-day delirium included.

🐣 0:35:31 - Easter eggs and inside jokes: Dave Gandy’s blue milk toast, a deep-cut Star Wars reference, and a menu full of hidden Font Awesome-specific gems.

Links & Credits

🎥 Watch the Font Awesome 7 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmYXJGEyBXI

🎬 Check out the Behind-the-Scenes Mini Doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3pTha-tT3c

🎵 Theme song by Ronnie Martin
 🎛 Audio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions
 🎤 Podcast production by Matt Johnson
 🎥 Video production and behind-the-scenes doc by Isaac Chase

Got thoughts on the episode? Hit us up on social and let us know what your favorite moment was!

Now go make something awesome. 🚀🎨

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Learn why accessible web design matters for everyone — not just users with disabilities. Lindsay Miller joins Podcast Awesome to discuss WCAG, ADA, design best practices, and tools for accessible development.

🚨 In this insightful episode of Podcast Awesome, host Matt Johnson is joined by Lindsay Miller, accessibility advocate and member of the Web Awesome team, for a deep dive into the principles, practices, and purpose of accessible web design.

Together, they explore what web accessibility really means, debunk common misconceptions, and offer practical insights for developers, designers, and digital creators. From ADA compliance and WCAG standards to UI/UX challenges, you'll learn how small choices—like proper contrast ratios or semantic HTML—can have a big impact.

🔍 Key Topics Covered:

• What accessibility means on the web (hint: it’s about inclusion, not just disability)
• Designing and coding with empathy: serving users with temporary, situational, or permanent impairments
• Why legal compliance matters: WCAG, ADA, Section 508, and how lawsuits are shaping the web
• Real-world design challenges: from color contrast to font sizes
• How Web Awesome components are accessibility-first
• Tools, resources, and guidelines used by accessibility professionals

🛠️ Mentioned Resources:

• WebAIM.org
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices
• The A11Y Project
• Nielsen Norman Group’s accessibility guides

Whether you're building for clients, open-source, or your own product, this conversation is a must-listen for anyone who believes in a more usable, equitable internet.

🎧 Produced and edited by Matt Johnson
🎵 Theme song: By Ronnie Martin | interstitials by Zach Malm
🔊 Mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions
📹 Video editing help from Isaac Chase / @theisaacchase

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