Josh Fogg
Teaching Fellow (Mathematics And Statistics)
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJosh Fogg is a mathematician and experienced educator with 12 years in higher education, currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh developing and delivering accessible maths courses for arts, humanities and social sciences. He holds an MMath from Manchester and is pursuing a PhD at Edinburgh, blending deep mathematical training with practical teaching and curriculum design. Beyond academia he contributes to open-source projects—improving documentation for the quirky pipes.sh terminal screensaver and designing cross-platform icon themes for Numix—bringing a mix of technical writing, UI design and tooling experience. Based in Edinburgh, he combines analytic rigour with a creative, gamer-turned-techie sensibility that helps make complex ideas approachable.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Mathematics, MMath, Master of Mathematics, MMath at The University of ManchesterSixth Form, Sixth Form at King Edward VII SchoolHigh School, High School at The City School, SheffieldDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics
English
Github Skills (11)
icon-pack10
bash10
app-icon10
svg10
png10
documentation10
iconsets10
python9
android7
macos7
linux7
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
numixproject/numix-core
Mar 2014 - Sep 2021
Builder for App Icon Themes
Role in this project:
UI Designer
UI DesignerContributions:2 releases, 156 reviews, 2290 commits in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily contributed to the visual aspects of the Numix-core repository, specifically focusing on building and modifying icon themes. Their work involved creating and optimizing SVG files, generating PNGs, and implementing symlinks for different operating systems such as Android, Linux, and OSX. This involved updating the build scripts to match new structures and ensuring the correct display of icon components across the different platforms.
app-icon
pipeseroni/pipes.sh
Mar 2014 - Sep 2016
Animated pipes terminal screensaver
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:11 releases, 20 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on updating the project documentation within the README file. Their contributions include fixing the history section to reflect the correct origins, and licensing information. They also removed the brief history and related projects sections from the README, indicating an effort to consolidate information. Finally, they bumped the version number of the project.
screensaverterminal-screensaverpipes-shbashpipeseroni
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