Appreciating the Virtuous Cycle of Nerdery with Mike Wilkerson
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On this episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt talks with lead programmer Mike Wilkerson from Font Awesome about his professional background and current role at the company. Wilkerson shares his passion for computer programming and tells the story of how he fell in love with coding while working at Walmart. He also discusses his work related to the design tool used by Font Awesome's designers and shares his fandom for the Marble Machine X music project. -------------------- TIME STAMPS [00:00:36] Design tool used by designers.  [00:07:24] SVG Circles Wobbling.  [00:07:48] Perfecting wobbly circles.  [00:12:12] Favorite Font Awesome icons.  [00:16:57] Meditation practice.  [00:19:30] Martin Molin's Marble Machine X.  [00:23:40] Finding motivation in mundane work.  [00:26:17] Appreciating good curves and circles. ---------------------- NOTES Marble Machine X The Font Awesome theme song was composed by Ronnie MartinAudio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions Stay up to date on all the Font Awesomeness!
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