Thunder Nerds

In this episode, we get to talk with Paul Stamatiou: Writer, Photographer, Designer, and Front-end Developer. We discuss how Paul got his start in the industry, his day-to-day at Twitter, and we take a deep dive into his writing process. We also explore Paul’s blog and the value of getting your ideas out there.

• Guest Intro – 3:30
• Paul in New York – 4:40
• Paul’s car – 5:50
• Paul’s start in technology – 7:00
• Paul’s startup experience – 9:50
• Paul’s day-to-day at Twitter – 17:00
• About Paul’s blog – 23:00
• Paul’s writing process – 32:20
• Stammy story – 39:20
• Lightning Round – 43:00

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• Paul’s website: https://paulstamatiou.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stammy
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pstamatiou/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauls/
• DevFest Florida: https://devfestflorida.org/
• Google Video released: https://paulstamatiou.com/google-video/
• Flock review: https://paulstamatiou.com/the-definitive-flock-beta-1-review/
• Flock (web browser): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_(web_browser)
• Web 2.0: https://paulstamatiou.com/intro-to-web-20/
• Netflix Watch Now: https://paulstamatiou.com/thoughts-on-netflix-watch-now/
• Building a Lightroom PC: https://paulstamatiou.com/building-a-windows-10-lightroom-photo-editing-pc/
• Made on an iPad Pro: https://paulstamatiou.com/made-on-an-ipad-pro/
• Move to New York: https://paulstamatiou.com/new-york/
• Jekyll: https://jekyllrb.com/
• Building Design Systems – Unify User Experiences through a Shared Design Language: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Design-Systems-Experiences-Language/dp/148424513X

In this episode, we get to talk with Jen Simmons: speaker: teacher, Senior Staff Designer and Developer Advocate at Mozilla. We discuss how Jen got her start in theater and why she got into web design. Then we drop an exclusive about a new Mozilla video resource and what it’s all about. We also take a deep dive into CSS Grid, Firefox Grid Inspector, and the impressive array of goodies that come free with Firefox Developer tools.

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• Website: https://jensimmons.com
• Labs: https://labs.jensimmons.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jensimmons
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensimmons/
• Mozilla Developer Videos Launching Tuesday, Oct 1
  • Preview of videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjjGlfBflIRqdK2IsnQfijfKLHbBTBnu
  • URL will be: http://youtube.com/MozillaDeveloper
  • Current URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5UlGiu9d6LegIeUCW4N1w
• Layout Land: https://www.youtube.com/layoutland/
• Talks: https://talks.jensimmons.com

In this episode we get to chat with Maria Lamardo: Speaker, Front End Engineer, Vue Vixens NC chapter leader, Community Organizer, and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst. We discuss how Maria went from a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst to a career in development with a focus on Web Accessibility. We explore her unique journey, and how it’s changed her life.

We dive into all things about Web Accessibility: the challenges, the legal ramifications, and having an authentic impression in user experience. We point out some real ways to affect the things we build, and how to implement them. …and listen to the very end for something that you didn’t know about Lucky Charms.

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• Personal Website: https://mlama007.github.io/Portfolio/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariaLamardo
• Maria Lamardo ⚡️ VueConf US 2019: https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/maria-lamardo-vueconf-us-2019/
• Vue Vixens: https://www.vuevixens.org/
• Websites need to be more accessible for disabled people: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/5/18210912/websites-ada-compliance-lawsuits
• Lawsuit: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20750913/dominos-pizza-website-accessible-blind-supreme-court-lawsuit
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
• Mac Accessibility Tools: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204434
• Windows Accessibility Tools: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13810/windows-keyboard-shortcuts-accessibility
• Chrome Vox: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/7031755?hl=en
• Funkify: https://www.funkify.org
• Chrome Audits: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/accessibility/reference
• Lighthouse: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/
• Web Accessibility with Vue.js: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHubDB6DIfE
• Vue Announcer: https://github.com/vue-a11y/vue-announcer

In this episode, we get to speak with Jason Lengstorf: Software Architect, Developer Advocate, Designer, and Keynote Speaker. We talk to Jason about his start as an emo rockstar, workaholic, and professional working with Gatsby. We discuss how easy it is to burnout, and what to do in order to achieve a better work-life balance. We also learn more about “Learn With Jason”, Jason’s weekly stream where he pairs up with another developer in the community and learns something new. Then we dive into Gatsby: what it is, and when to use it.

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlengstorf @jlengstorf
• Website: https://lengstorf.com/
• Learn With Jason: https://learnwithjason.dev
• Twitch: http://twitch.tv/jlengstorf
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlengstorf/
• Building Your First Simple CMS: https://css-tricks.com/php-for-beginners-building-your-first-simple-cms/
• Gatsby: https://www.gatsbyjs.org/
• Glitch: https://glitch.com/
• Beyond Static With Gatsby & Apollo (Talk from GraphQL Summit 2018 – Nov 8, 2018): https://youtu.be/wNUg1jpj9T0
• How I Cut My Working Hours in Half and Somehow Managed to Get More Done: https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/114944097
• Minus My Thoughts: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XHeWHZsdpsWnkTaZ9sB96?si=6Pi0hqqeQCq9pzYhHZpkkw
• The Market Theater Gum Wall(Not in Portland) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_Wall

In this episode we get to speak with Jason Pamental: Design Strategist, UX Leader, Typographer, Speaker, and Author. We discuss the value of Variable Fonts, and the new opportunities they present to make the web a better place.

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• Jason’s website: https://rwt.io
• Jason’s web typography newsletter: https://rwt.io/newsletter
• Jason’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpamental/
• Jason’s Twitter: @jpamental https://twitter.com/jpamental
• Jason’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpamental/
• Jason on Medium: https://medium.com/@jpamental
• Jason’s Github: https://github.com/jpamental
• Jason on Codepen: http://codepen.io/jpamental
• Atypi:
  • https://www.atypi.org/
  • https://www.atypi.org/conferences
  • ATypI Tokyo: https://rwt.io/events/2019/09/atypi-tokyo
• Talks: https://rwt.io/presentations
• An Event Apart: https://aneventapart.com/speakers/jason-pamental
• Michelle Barker: https://codepen.io/michellebarker/pen/bPEWGK
• Can I use: https://caniuse.com/#feat=variable-fonts
• Variable Fonts: https://variablefonts.dev/
• V-Fonts: https://v-fonts.com/
• Adidas variable font: https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/adidas-new-variable-font-has-a-geometric-bite/
• Ff meta: https://www.monotype.com/fonts/variable-fonts
• Truetype GX: http://www.truetype-typography.com/ttgx.htm

In this episode we get to speak with Eva Sofianos: speaker, lecturer of Computer Science at Lehman College. We talk with Eva about her career path and dive into her day-to-day. We also chat about women in tech, and the future of the industry.

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• Eva’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/evasofianos
• Eva’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-sofianos-a48a7047/
• Lehman College: http://www.lehman.edu/
• Women in Tech: https://lehmanmeridian.squarespace.com/articles/2019/3/30/lehman-women-are-innovating-tech
• Google Developer Group (GDG) Bronx: https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Bronx/
• Allen Firstenberg: https://twitter.com/@afirstenberg
• DevFest: https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/01/eva-sofianos-devfest-florida-2019/

In this episode we chat about the mythical strategy of Work-Life Balance, and how to minimize the friction between work and other life roles.

• Investing yourself wholly in the moment
• How to work remotely, and not “bring your work home”
• When do you get time for your family, exercise, etc
• Where do you find the time to learn
• How realistic is it for people to stop doing what they hate

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Syntax.fm: https://syntax.fm/show/142/travis-neilson-on-skills-gap-design-focus-and-working-at-google

In this episode we get to speak with Sarrah Vesselov & Taurie Davis. We discuss their book Building Design Systems. We chat about the process of writing their book, who it’s for, and the value that a design system brings to a team.

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• Sarrah Vesselov
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SVesselov
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarrahvesselov/
  • Website: http://sarrahvesselov.com/
• Taurie Davis
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/tauried
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tauriedavis/
  • Website: http://tauriedavis.com/
• GitLab: https://about.gitlab.com/
• Book: Building Design Systems – http://www.buildingdesignsystems.design/
• Your Turn: A Board Game Cafe: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grayboardgamer/your-turn-a-board-game-cafe/
• Aerial: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw0b01WAml4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
• Goofy Cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFHT1lw3vSI
• JoJos Bizarre Adventure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure

In this episode we get to speak with Aarron Walter: Author, Speaker, Co-host of The Design Better Podcast, and VP of Design Education at InVisionApp Inc. We discuss Aarron’s career path, what he is doing today at InVision, and how to employ emotions to design long-lasting memories.

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarron/
• Website: http://aarronwalter.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarron
• Of Montreal: https://www.ofmontreal.net/
• MailChimp: https://mailchimp.com/
• R.E.M. – Nightswimming: https://youtu.be/ahJ6Kh8klM4
• InVision: https://www.invisionapp.com/
• DesignBetter: http://DesignBetter.Co
  • https://www.invisionapp.com/design-better/design-maturity-model
• Julie Zhuo’s book – THE MAKING OF A MANAGER: http://www.juliezhuo.com/book/manager.html
• The Design Better Podcast: https://www.designbetter.co/podcast
• An Event Apart: https://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2019
• Emotion Make Memories: https://youtu.be/jmlMui5Hyns
• Designing for Emotion: https://abookapart.com/products/designing-for-emotion
• Principles of Product Design: https://www.designbetter.co/principles-of-product-design/

In this episode we get to speak with Chris Alvarez & Jeff Rodanski: the co-founders of RAD Summit. We talk about why and how they created the conference, what attendees can expect from the experience, and their surprise plans for this year.

https://radsummit.co

‘RAD’ stands for ‘Research And Design.’ The camp founders and our speakers are all creative professionals each with over 10 years of industry experience building amazing products who want to share what they know with you.

RAD isn’t just learning from other experts though: it is also about learning about you. At RAD Summit, we will help you learn about yourself by channeling that kid inside who craves ‘rad’ experiences.

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• RAD Summit: https://radsummit.co/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/radsummit
  • Get $100 off your ticket with checkout code THUNDERFRIENDS
  • August 15-18 2019
• Chris Alvarez
  • https://twitter.com/longlivetheux
  • http://www.chrisalvarez.design/
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-alvarez/
• Jeff Rodanski
  • https://twitter.com/jeffrodanski
  • https://pivotal.io/services
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrodanski/
• Tessa Reuber: https://twitter.com/tessareuber
• Strava: https://www.strava.com/
• Campy Shady Brook: https://www.ppymca.org/camp-shady-brook
• Workshops
  • https://radsummit.co/agenda
  • https://radsummit.co/workshops/whats-your-mission
• Levon Sharrow: http://www.leeevon.com/
• RAD SUMMIT 2018 Photos: https://vertuccivisual.pixieset.com/g/radsummit2018/