Kalen finally convinced Damian to join Twitter in March. Things are looking up! Building on PWA is all too common for Graycore, and Damian shares his experience in delivering the next generation of headless commerce experiences with Magento. Listen now!
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MageTalk Episode 223: “Death by a 1000 Pings” (feat. Eric Hileman, CEO at MageMojo)
Eric Hileman sits down with Kalen to discuss team remote culture, how to maintain open communication in Slack, and how to balance technical discussion in meetings with non-technical contributors. Listen now!
MageTalk Episode 222: “An Overheated Dutch Guy” (feat. Guido Jansen)
What happens when a Dutchman with no air conditioning meets a Texan who sits mere inches away from an industrial chiller? Hijinx and hilarity! In this episode of Magetalk, Kalen sits down with Guido Jansen, and discusses the psychology of eCommerce and Conversion Rate Optimization, the future of the Magento Assocication, some Webflow-isms, and much more. Listen now!
MageTalk Episode 221: “Woken Up by Blinking Lights” (feat. Riccardo Tempesta)
Kalen is joined by the venerable Riccardo Tempesta (a.k.a THE RICK) – CTO at MageSpecialist. They discuss the separation between a company and a personal brand, and Kalen’s forever stan of PHP as a coding language. Listen now!
MageTalk Episode 220 – Budgets: Healthy at Every Size
How do you create an accurate budget? Is there a difference between a good agency or a bad agency – and is there a correlation between developer happiness and their fit; and what about factors that make a good consultant? These are all important considerations for growing agencies trying to attract and retain developers to build growing Magento stores.
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MageTalk Episode 219 – Creating Healthy Daily Habits
How do you create better habits? How do you do more creative work? Does your day have a predictable structure and are you trying to optimize that for productivity or for happiness? Kalen and Phillip dive into more meta topics of productivity and focus.
Also, we talk about TikTok.
Yeah, the content is pretty varied but what do you expect? It’s MageTalk. Recorded from a Youtube Live on July 13, 2020.
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MageTalk Live Episode 218 – “Content Security Policy is Dead”
Is Content Security Policy dead? Magento security mastermind Willem Degroot thinks so. We delve into a bunch of topics and have a rousing debate around the future of security and – of course – Magento’s End of Life. Recorded during a Youtube Live session from June 24, 2020
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MageTalk Classic: “A Little Bit Fiddly” with Joseph McDermott, Klevu
Recorded before COVID-19, Phillip interviews Joseph McDermott of Klevu, a search solution provider for Magento
MageTalk Classic: “Vinai the Verizon Guy” (w/ Peter Manijak)
From the archives – a never-before-released PRE-COVID interview recorded in Early Feburary 2020. We sit down with Peter Manijak from Magento Certification to talk about the forthcoming Magento Imagine at Adobe Summit. Listen now!
MageTalk Classic: “I’ve Never Understood What Over/Under Means”
From the archives – a previously unpublished episode! Recorded January 8, 2020. Kalen and Phillip perform the first live stream of 2020 and recount some of the happenings over the break, and predictions for the year ahead (we were so young and naive)