Welcome to Talk Commerce. Where we explore how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce and the ecosystems, and communities they work and live in. This week we interview Sonal Puri, CEO at Webscale. We discuss the meaning of “Modern Commerce ”, how online retailers should be thinking about new technology (the shiny new thing is sometimes the best), and how Core Web Vitals is something that requires every merchant’s attention (yesterday). We also discuss Jay Smiths’ “Edgy” open letter, as well as how Webscale prides itself on always pushing the market in terms of features and capabilities. Sonal also shares how important she feels it is that we mentor young people today, helping them complete their education and finish college. This episode was recorded on June 21st, 2021
Stefan Willkommer | Adobe Commerce and AEM
Welcome to Talk Commerce. Where we explore how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce, ecosystems, and communities they work and live in. This week we interview Stefan Willkommer with TechDivision in Germany. We discuss Adobe Commerce, Magento Opensource, and the health of the Magento community. We dive into Adobe Commerce and Adobe Experience Manager and look at how it is working for merchants, even in the mid-market. We learn about the fantastic new office space that TechDivision has built and has yet to have people come back to. Stefan gives us some great books to read as well as some great advice that any business owner should ask. This episode was recorded on June 14th, 2021
Magento Community and the Magento association with Sonja Franz
We interview Sonja Franz ( @sonjarierr )with Integer_net in Germany. We discuss the Magento community, online events, and the Magento association. We talk about diversity in the tech community and what everyone can do to help be more diverse. Even bald white guys. We touch on the new Hyva theme and finish with some ballroom dancing. This episode was recorded on June 10th, 2021
Joseph Maxwell | Developer Training and Education
Welcome to this episode of Talk Commerce, where we explore how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce. This week we interview Joseph Maxwell with Swiftotter. We discuss how important it is for a developer to get a certification on an Adobe product. We discuss how everyone on a team should have a certification or accreditation on one Adobe Product. We talk about how agencies need developers to get certified and how merchants need to make sure their agency has certified developers. Joseph introduces his new book “The Art of Ecommerce Debugging” This episode was recorded on May 12th, 2021
Why the Hyva theme matters in Magento with Willem Wigman
We interview Willem Wigman with Hyva, the revolutionary new Magento theme that will change your life! Did I say change your life? Yes, this shows how powerful the Magento community is and continues to be! We talk about the origin of the name, not to spoil anything, but it’s good. We discuss the impact on site speed for merchants and how Google is changing the game for your website, and how it is ranked. If you are a merchant, you need to share this episode. If you are an Agency, you need to get on board with Hyva and get your Devs teams there too.
This episode was recorded on June 9th, 2021
Tadhg Bowe | Magento Solutions Specialists
Welcome to Talk Commerce. Where we talk about how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce. This week we interview Tadhg (Tige), Bowe, with Monsoon Consulting. We discuss Magento and the community. Tadhg pronounces Hyva in a different way. We have some notable Irish quotes and a good bit of Craic (That’s fun in Irish) This episode was recorded on May 26th, 2021
Tom Robertshaw | BigCommerce and BigCommerce Apps
Welcome to Talk Commerce. Where we explore how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce. This week we interview Tom Robertshaw with Space48 in the United Kingdom. We give a little history on Tom’s e-commerce survey that he started publishing while he was still at University. We get into the ever-growing community on BigCommerce and talk about BigCommerce and BigCommerce Apps. And how could I talk to a Magento Master and not talk a little about Magento. This episode was recorded on May 26th, 2021
Simply Choose BigCommerce with TJ Gamble
This week we interview TJ Gamble with Jamersan. We discuss BigCommerce and how the choice of simple is often better than complex for your average merchant. We discuss his show Ecommerce Aholic and how he has garnered worldwide fame from the show. We close out the episode with another pitch for a Hackathon in Orlando Florida in January of 2022.
This episode was recorded on May 25th, 2021
Adobe Community Diversity with Sharon Lambert
Welcome to Talk Commerce. Where we explore how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce. This week we interview Sharon Lambert with Adobe from Dublin Ireland. We talk about diversity in the Magento community and the steps we can take to bring more diversity to the community. Sharon suggests we do a panel on diversity for the show. Brent makes a feeble attempt at an Irish accent and Sharon gives us some action items to be inclusive in our community. This episode was recorded on June 4th, 2021
Aaron Sheehan | Adobe Commerce Business Practitioners
Talk Commerce a Tech Edition Special. Where we talk about how merchants, agencies, and developers experience commerce. This week we interview Aaron Sheehan, with DEG Digital. We discuss Magento Solution specialists or now called Adobe Certified Expert – Adobe Commerce Business Practitioner. We discuss how important the role of a solution specialist is for any agency building an Adobe Commerce Solution. We also talk about and mispronounce Hyva. The is so much more to this episode and it is a much listen to! This episode was recorded on May 26th, 2021
