33 Tangents – Episode #26 – Talking DTM to Launch Migrations with Corey Spencer

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE LET’S LEARN ABOUT COREY SPENCER AND ADOBE LAUNCH Adobe recently announced the end of life plans and sunset date for Adobe DTM. With migrations from DTM to Launch estimated to take up to 9 months, this means that if many organizations are not talking about migrating they could already behind the […]

33 Tangents – Episode #23 – Key Components of Running a Successful Testing Program

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Key Components of Running a Successful Testing Program Once a testing and optimization program is up and running, what are the key components of making it successful? What needs to be done to ensure that it’s advancing and becoming more sophisticated? Last week, Jason, Hila, and Jim spoke about the important […]

33 Tangents – Episode #25 – Dealing with Technology Addiction

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE   WHY AM I SO ADDICTED? Technology addiction is a very real thing. With the latest iOS version, Apple has released a feature called “Screen Time” to measure how much you use your phone and to give you the ability to shut down applications after a certain amount of usage per […]

Starting a Testing and Optimization Program – 33 Tangents Episode 22

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO GET AN OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM STARTED? We have seen countless companies create excitement around building an optimization program through purchasing new technology, often times a backlog of low value tests e.g. should we change the button color from blue to red?, are run and then the […]

33 Tangents – Episode #18 – Agency Billing Models (A.K.A. Jason Hates the Billable Hour)

This week, Jim, Jon, and Jason dig into one of Jason’s favorite topic – agency billing models. Traditionally, agencies and consulting firms bill by the hour. Every minute an employee spends working with a client, needs to billed to them. Employees are also pressured to make sure they maintain a high rate of billable time […]

33 Tangents – Episode #17 – Talking UK Ecommerce with Adam Woodhouse of Dixons Carphone

This week Jim, Jenn, and Jason sit down and chat with Adam Woodhouse, Senior Ecommerce Insights Manager at Dixons Carphone. They discuss the typical challenges faced by Adam on a day to day basis, how the organization uses data that is collected, and what it’s like to work with a consulting team that is based […]

33 Tangents – Episode #16 – Analyzing Utah air quality data with Randy Zwitch

What does air quality have to do with data and collaboration? This week Randy Zwitch, Senior Developer Advocate at MapD, joins Jason and Jim to talk about his love of data and collaborating with developers remotely. Randy and Jason have been working together on a project using MapD’s platform and air quality data from Jason’s […]

33 Tangents – Episode #15 – Keeping Things Simple and the Paradox of More Data

Having more data available is always good and you can never have enough, right? What could go wrong with having many sources of data? This week Jim, Jason, and Jon tackle the paradox of having too much data and what leads to it. Often times we see organizations that are struggling to understand exactly what […]

33 Tangents – Episode #14 – Being “Always On” and Distractions

This week Jim, Jon, and Jason discuss two different, yet related problems faced by remote workers today. The first is the concept of being “always on.” The expectation, explicitly stated or implied, that you’re always accessible via phone, or email, or a messaging platform such as Slack. The second piece is distractions, this could be […]