Monthly Archives: December 2014

Episode 6 – The SymfonyCon Special

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In this episode we're all about SymfonyCon. So much so that we in fact recorded this episode at the SymfonyCon Hack day. As usual, we go over the news and community update, but the rest of the episode is focused on discussing the conference with our guests. We'd like to apologize for the delay in publishing this. Magnus got hit by the SymfonyCon Scurvy (i.e. the con flu), so editing the episode had to take a back seat. Because of this, we also won't be recording any new episode before the holidays, so expect our next episode in mid-late January. Photo thanks to Thierry Marianne.

MageTalk Episode 15 – The MageTalk Drinking Game

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Show Notes

  • 5:52 Phil and Kalen clear the air on what is going on with the elusive Episode 13
  • 9:18 Phil talks about some weird experiences with eCommerce that occurred over his vacation
  • 13:40 Hosting Magento in the cloud
  • 14:58 Phil and Kalen discuss some of the infrastructure of the site that was crushed by the Today Show appearance
  • 22:15 The Kalen + Phil origin story
  • 27:03 Magento licensing discussion
  • 32:06 Kalen and Phil introduce listener feedback
  • 34:38 The MageTalk Drinking game – @pronto2000
  • 36:03 Kimberely Thomas controversy
  • 39:44 Inside MageMail
  • 55:18 Sweet Tooth interview [Kalen Intro]
  • 56:29 Sweet Tooth interview
  • 56:54 What is Sweet Tooth (hint: they are not a candy shop)
  • 59:00 Expanding into other platforms / Moving to SaaS
  • 1:04:06 Magento vs. Shopify partner programs
  • 1:12:42 Magento Connect vs Shopify App Store
  • 1:26:25 Revenue share per platform
  • 1:28:20 Content marketing
  • 1:29:20 Kalen used to work for Sweet Tooth
  • 1:32:54 What makes Sweet Tooth a great place to work at
  • 1:34:06 Sweet Tooth is hiring
  • 1:35:12 The loyalty industry

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MageTalk Episode 14 – Kalen Gets a New Bike

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Show Notes

  • 1:45 Kalen talks about buying a new bike after his old one gets stolen out of his backyard
  • 6:50 The guys discuss Phil’s pronunciation nuances and Kalen’s obsession over constantly correcting him
  • 9:10 The guys discuss the controversy around California 6
  • 12:10 Kalen gives an update on MageMail
  • 16:07 Discussions around new hires at Clean and Something Digital
  • 22:49 What Phillip looks for in a potential hire
  • 33:16 Bootcamp programs for new developers
  • 35:32 Phillip talks about apprenticeships (or the lack thereof) in the industry
  • 37:44 Sponsor – Sonassi
  • 41:05 Extension of the week: Catalin SEO
  • 48:07 Code quality checking tools
  • 50:50 Kalen’s updated twitter bio
  • 51:55 Phillip lists some of his “dumb” ideas
  • 54:20 New MageMail feature – Recommendation engine based on purchase history

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51: Midweek Random Rambles

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In our 51st podcast we temporarily revert to a midweek recording of the show. This essentially means we were all a bit tired and delirious, leading to some fantastic randomness, none more than Lew’s ‘different’ introduction to the show. We will let you be judges of that! Following our usual discussion of how things are panning out in our working week, we then move on to discuss some of the interesting security issues cropping up on Michael’s university course. Also, Fraser has landed an exciting new job in London, Lew has found front-end dependency bliss with Bower and Edd is doing some exciting stuff at work too. We also talk about asset file compression/concatenation and issues we’ve encountered with those too. So… plenty to discuss, in fact too much to cram in to our usual hour so we will continue the theme next time. Enjoy folks, and as ever, thanks for listening and for your feedback.