Mediacurrent Open Waters Podcast

About Mediacurrent Open Waters Podcast

Open source software is an ocean of opportunity. If your job (and passion) is to propel conversions, leads, and revenue, OPEN WATERS is the podcast for you. Dive in to an exploration of open source technologies and strategies to maximize your martech investment. Mediacurrent is a full-service digital agency that implements world-class open source software development, strategy and design to achieve defined goals for enterprise organizations seeking a better return on investment. Mediacurrent is passionate about what we do. We are a team of 80+ Drupal, Digital, Design, and QA experts committed to high standards. We organize Drupalcamps, meet-ups, generate white papers, write blogs, give presentations, sponsor events, and provide training. Visit mediacurrent.com/resources for links.

Publisher

Mediacurrent

Category

business · business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2019

Latest episode

31 Aug 2021

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2021

   A Conversation about Drupal and Open Source Security

   In this episode, we welcome Damien McKenna, a prolific Drupal contributor and community leader. We will be talking about open source security, specifically the ins and outs of Drupal security. Transcript and show notes: https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/open-waters-drupal-open-source-security (https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/open-waters-drupal-open-source-security)

2. 

   27 Jul 2021

   The Future of DDEV Is Bright: A Discussion with Randy Fay

   In this episode, we're joined by Randy Fay from DDEV to discuss features and benefits of DDEV (https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/stable/), the future of the project, and how you can get involved with contributing to the Drupal community. Randy provides his perspective on DDEV and the ways in which both developers and non developers can use it for projects. Transcript and show notes: https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/future-ddev-bright-discussion-randy-fay

3. 

   22 Jun 2021

   Decoupling Drupal: A Conversation with Shane Thomas of Gatsby

   In today’s episode of the Open Waters Podcast, Shane Thomas, a Manager Engineer at Gatsby Joins Mark Shropshire and Mario Hernandez to discuss Decoupled Drupal with Gatsby. Shane helps us make sense of Gatsby Cloud and how it can help site owners and Marketers make the best of your decoupled architecture. Finally, Gatsby Preview is a hot topic and Shane tells us all about it as well as what's coming down the pipe for it.

4. 

   25 May 2021

   Web Accessibility Considerations and Quick Wins

   In today’s episode of the Open Waters Podcast, Donna Wicks, a Web Strategist at Kettering University will be joining us to discuss web accessibility in higher ed. We explore engaging accessibility-related topics including marketing to prospective students, user experience, accessibility tools and training, and much more. You can find us at mediacurrent.com/podcast and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends and tag @mediacurrent on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/mediacurrent). For more resources on open source technology, thought leadership and case studies, visit us at Mediacurrent.com.

5. 

   28 Apr 2021

   Design at Scale: The Playbook for Higher Education Brands

   Hey everyone! Welcome to Season 2 of the Open Waters podcast by Mediacurrent (http://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast). I’m your new host, Susan Cooper. My cohosts Mario Hernandez and Mark Shropshire will be coming to you each month to explore the intersection of open source technology and digital marketing. In today’s episode we’ll be speaking with Sheree Hill, Creative Director of Mediacurrent and John G., digital designer at Mediacurrent. Both have been doing extensive work in higher education, building design systems, addressing pain points of scale and velocity and bringing brand stories to life. We’ll explore some of the challenges facing marketers and designers in higher ed, touch on learning modalities and how they function in web and marketing teams, as well as some quick and easy tips to help sharpen your school’s brand strategy and maximize some production workflows. If you are a marketer, designer or tech lead for higher ed, this episode is for you! Challenges in higher education marketing: Inquiry based learning approaches, such as design thinking exercises to establish guidelines to create richer learning experiences Brand guidelines based on the brand workshops to help inform all design decisions and asset production. Foundational systems across all touchpoints, not just components, but cloud templates, and even consult on team structure and skill sets. Tools and Tricks: Cloud collaboration - Google Docs for ebook templates Processes - legacy content updates Brand guide & Brand Kits in Canva (http://www.canva.com) Component matrix Brand strategy planner Importance of Mission and Vision: Guiding light Helps inform decisions For more information, check out Sheree’s Webinar: Leveraging Design Systems to Streamline Web Projects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIbZpwcBxK4&t=434s) You can find us at mediacurrent.com/podcast and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends and tag @mediacurrent on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/mediacurrent). For more resources on open source technology, thought leadership and case studies, visit us at Mediacurrent.com.

6. 

   20 Apr 2021

   Open Waters Season 2 Trailer

   How can you use open source technology to maximize your Martech investment? Welcome to Mediacurrent’s Open Waters Podcast. Visit us at https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast Mediacurrent is proud to announce Season 2 of the Open Waters podcast. We’re here to explore the intersection of open source technology and digital marketing. During Season 2, we will be covering topics including: * How to optimize your digital strategy * Accessibility as a business imperative * UX Design Principles * How it all works together using open source technologies like Drupal SUSAN: I’m your new host, Susan Cooper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-cooper/), and I’ll be here with your old friends Mario Hernandez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariorhernandez/) and Mark Shropshire (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markshropshire/) to bring you the best in digital marketing and technology. MARIO: Hello everyone. This is Mario. I’m back and this time with two new great co-hosts, Susan and Shrop.  I am very excited about resuming the podcast and bringing you great content from guests who are leaders in the Open Source community.  We encourage you to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss out on awesome discussions, resources and the latest in Drupal and Open Source. SHROP: Hi, this is Shrop. I’m a creative leader who has a heart for helping individuals be their best, while working with teams delivering best-in-class software projects built with open source technologies. At Mediacurrent, (https://www.mediacurrent.com/) we value giving back. This is in our D.N.A. as an open source expansion partner. We want to share our approaches to successful digital projects, helping you gain the information you need to improve your important work. Not only will you get the details of our experiences, but you will get to hear from our fantastic clients and partners! We are so excited to bring you a fresh perspective on open source technology and digital marketing this season! Make sure to subscribe today so you will not miss a single episode! SUSAN: If you are a Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Software Engineer, or Director of Marketing, this is the podcast for you. Or if you're a marketer interested in Marketing Technology and Digital Strategy, you’re not going to want to miss what we have in store for you in 2021. So check us out at mediacurrent.com/podcast and subscribe today on your favorite podcast app.

7. 

   8 Apr 2020

   Project Managing an Open Source Project

   In this episode, we welcome a new host, Christine Bryan. And as a sort of initiation, we interview her about project managing an open source project. About Christine Christine has been working in marketing and technology for over fifteen years. She’s worked in government, non-profit, and for-profit industries. Her first Drupal project was on Mass.gov, (https://www.mediacurrent.com/work/case-study/massgov) the state website for Massachusetts, and since then she’s worked with clients including universities, manufacturing, and financial services. In her spare time she parents a pretty awesome one year old kiddo, plays video games, and likes to walk around the world at Epcot. Tool Pick Let’s talk about Jira (https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/atlassian.com/software/jira). Interview * Tell us about yourself and your role as a project manager (PM) at Mediacurrent. * How did you get started in Project Management? * What are some qualities you need to be an effective PMs? * Are there specific challenges an Open Source project presents from a PM point of view? * When we asked you what you wanted to talk about on your first time out on the podcast, why did you choose Jira? * As a PM, do you interact with Marketers of the project you are managing?  How do marketers get involved with your projects? * What could potentially make a project fail if not managed properly? And how would you avoid failure? * A project, although managed by a PM, depends on the execution of many people (devs, stakeholders, etc.), what do you think others can do to increase the chances of success? * How do you define success when managing a project?

8. 

   25 Feb 2020

   Enterprise Marketing with Lynne Cappozi

   In this episode, we're joined by Lynne Cappozi, Acquia’s CMO. Lynne weighs in on how to maximize your investment in Acquia products, top digital marketing challenges (https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/our-clients-top-2019-digital-marketing-challenges), and how open source is changing the game for marketers. Lynne is one of Acquia’s boomerang stories, first serving as CMO in 2009 and returning to Acquia in 2016 to lead the marketing organization into its next stage of growth. Prior to her experience at Acquia, Lynne held various marketing leadership roles in the technology space at companies such as JackBe, Systinet & Lotus Development, all of which were acquired during her tenure. Outside of her work at Acquia, Lynne is on the board of directors at the Boston Children’s Hospital Trust (http://giving.childrenshospital.org/)and runs a nonprofit through the hospital. Project Picks * CVent (https://www.cvent.com/en/download-cvent-events-app) * GoGoGrandparent (https://gogograndparent.com/) Interview * Tell us about yourself and your role at Acquia. * What does Acquia do? * How has open source changed the practice of marketing for Acquia’s customers? * What kind of organizations make up Acquia’s customer base? * Being a marketer yourself, what do you see as the biggest challenge for enterprise marketers as we head into 2020? * What is Acquia doing to help marketers overcome those challenges? * Where do digital agencies like Mediacurrent fit into Acquia’s ecosystem? * What can marketers do to get the most value out of their investment in Acquia products? Thanks for tuning in for another episode of Open Waters!  Looking for more useful tips, technical takeaways, and creative insights? Visit mediacurrent.com/podcast (https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast) to subscribe and hear more episodes.

9. 

   5 Feb 2020

   Agile Marketing in Open Source

   In this episode, we talk with Steve Persch. Steve is the Technical Product Marketing Manager at Pantheon, a WebOp platform for agile teams. Steve began his career in the marketing department of the Lookingglass theatre company in Chicago, managing their website and other digital marketing efforts. From there Steve became a developer working with WordPress and Drupal. After many years in the Drupal community, Steve joined Pantheon in 2015. After four years in Developer Relations, Steve just moved over to Product Marketing. Project Pick: The Internet Button: * Dev Ops Days Video (as Al Gore) (https://twitter.com/stevector/status/1167193030903947264) * Decoupled Days Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXlJmZATH4) Interview: * Can you tell us about yourself Steve and the company you’re Technical Product Marketing Manager for? * Can you explain what agile marketing is for our listeners? * How is agile marketing different? What kind of performance can organizations expect compared to traditional or textbook marketing approaches? * How does open source software play a role in agile marketing? * Do you have any success stories you can share about how agile marketing has improved a team or client's performance? * How can our listeners get started in agile marketing? What are the 1st 3 steps? * What well-known companies can you think of who are having a lot of success with agile marketing? * For organizations who employ agile marketing, how much success are they having compared to those organizations that haven’t invested in agile marketing? * How do you see the practice of agile marketing evolving over the next 5 years? Can you name one or two things that are critical to being a successful agile marketer? That’s it for today’s show, thanks for joining us!  Looking for more useful tips, technical takeaways, and creative insights? Visit mediacurrent.com/podcast (https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast) to subscribe and hear more episodes.

10. 

    14 Jan 2020

    Gatsby for Marketers

    After a well-deserved winter break, we are back with our first episode of 2020. In this episode, we will be talking with Linda Watkins. Currently, Linda is Senior Director of Marketing at Gatsby, a modern website framework that creates blazing fast, secure, instantly scalable websites. She is sought after for her marketing expertise and frequently consults with large brands worldwide. But first and foremost, she is a practitioner that enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience by engaging with marketers and technologists. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and in her free time, plays flute with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony and enjoys Netflix documentaries. Linda Watkins has worked for some of the biggest technology brands in the world including Amazon and Cisco Systems. She has also worked for various technology startups that specialize in modern website development. She has over 10 years of experience building scalable marketing programs, driving demand for new services, and planning and executing go-to-market strategies. She is a Stanford Certified Project Manager and has an MBA from Brigham Young University. Project Pick Gatsby Preview (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/preview/) Interview * Mario: Tell us about your role as a Senior Director of Marketing at Gatsby? * Mario: For those listeners who aren’t familiar with Gatsby JS, can you tell us what it is? * Bob: What benefits does Gatsby bring to large scale enterprise web teams? What’s attractive to marketers and IT managers? * Mark: Are any notable brands using Gatsby? Who are they? * Mark: Where does Gatsby fit into a martech (Marketing Tech

11. 

    6 Dec 2019

    Streamlined Design With Rain

    About Cheryl and Becky This episode, we welcome UX pros Cheryl Little (https://www.mediacurrent.com/who-we-are/team/cheryl-little) and Becky Cierpich (https://www.mediacurrent.com/who-we-are/team/becky-cierpich) to talk about the Mediacurrent Rain (https://www.mediacurrent.com/rain) installation profile. Hear how Rain, the recent winner of Acquia’s “Open Source Giants” award, can streamline your design project. Project Pick: Becky: nocoffee vision simulator (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nocoffee/jjeeggmbnhckmgdhmgdckeigabjfbddl?hl=en-US) Cheryl: Notion.so (https://www.notion.so/) Interview: * What is Rain? * How did Mediacurrent designers help build Rain? * What’s included in the Rain component library? * Are you glad that you did/ how does this benefit your team? * How do digital strategists interact with Rain? * Do developers like Rain? * How about clients? What has their reaction been? * OK, how about project managers? Do they get anything out of Rain besides a more efficient project? * Thinking about the editorial experience, how does Rain look to a site builder? * Is there any reason a project shouldn’t start with Rain? * What's next for the future of Rain? Resources * Check out Cheryl and Becky's presentation Rain: A New Tool to Streamline Design with Reusable Components (https://www.mediacurrent.com/videos/rain-new-tool-streamline-design-reusable-components). * Learn more about Rain's content authoring (https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/creating-content-rain) tools. * Read about our Open Source Giants (https://www.acquia.com/blog/acquia-gives-thanks-open-source-giants) award on Acquia's blog.

12. 

    12 Nov 2019

    Behind-the-Scenes With a Digital Strategist

    In this episode, meet Danielle Barthelemy, a Senior Digital Strategist with over 10 years of experience in marketing and digital strategy. Prior to her role at Mediacurrent, Danielle led the digital strategy team at a digital advertising and...

13. 

    22 Oct 2019

    Why Companies Should Contribute to Open Source

    About AmyJune In this episode, we welcome AmyJune Hineline from Kanopi Studios to talk about the importance of open source to the community and organizations. AmyJune is the Open Source community ambassador for Kanopi. She helps keep her team connected to open source communities. Along with working in the WordPress and Drupal communities, AmyJune also co-organizes A11yTalks, a monthly online meetup where they promote community discussions on a variety of accessibility issues. You can find her at just about every Drupal camp or con, where she will coax you into buying a beer-like drink. Project Pick: * https://www.drupal.org/community (https://www.drupal.org/community) * https://make.wordpress.org/ (https://make.wordpress.org/) Interview * Tell us about yourself and about your role as an Open Source Community Ambassador? * How did you get started with the Open Source Community? * What would you say is the biggest benefit for an agency to contribute back to the community? * Why should an organization/company using Drupal invest in giving back to the community? * A lot of people think contributing back means creating a new module or a new theme.  Although those are certainly ways to contribute back, what are other ways in which an organization using Drupal or Wordpress can contribute back? * What would be your advice to an organization who is interested in contributing back to the community?  What is the process like or what steps should they take? * How can an agency like yours or ours motivate or encourage clients to contribute back? * What kind of resources are available for an organization to get started with contributing back?

14. 

    1 Oct 2019

    Getting Into Gatsby with Jason Lengstorf

    Meet Gatsby (https://www.mediacurrent.com/what-is-gatsby.js), an open source React-based framework for building super fast websites and apps. In this episode, we talk with Jason Lengstorf to discuss the GatsbyJS project and what it solves. Project Pick: https://gatsbyjs.org (https://gatsbyjs.org/) Interview * What's your role at Gatsby, when did you start? * How did you get involved in the project? * What did you do before Gatsby? * What is Gatsby? * How do you feel about the response from the community about Gatsby? * Did you think it would take off as it has? * Why should an org choose it over a traditional CMS? * What separates Gatsby from other static site generators? * What features is the team currently working on? * Closing comments Links: * Jason’s site (https://lengstorf.com/) * Learn With Jason (https://www.twitch.tv/jlengstorf) * Minus my thoughts  (Jason’s Band) (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XHeWHZsdpsWnkTaZ9sB96?si=G7nwO7BTTfmcrSMrtcCcBQ)

15. 

    10 Sept 2019

    All About Training with Mario Hernandez

    In this episode, we talk with Mediacurrent's Mario Hernandez about why training is so important for web teams to grow and stay competitive. And yes, we are once again interviewing one of the hosts. About Mario In addition to his position as Head of Learning, Mario is a Senior Front End Developer with over 15 years of Drupal experience. He and I actually started on the same day, 5 years ago. Mario is a regular speaker and trainer at tech conferences including Drupal Camps and DrupalCons. He is a co-host of the Open Waters podcast and an active participant in the Drupal core project and other open source projects. Prior to Mediacurrent, Mario also has over 10 years of experience in the Federal Government. Project Pick Apollo GraphQL (https://www.apollographql.com/) * Server * Client * Platform Interview: The best way to learn is to teach. * How did you get started with Drupal and front end development in general? * How did you get started doing training? * What is your favorite part of training people? * Is Mediacurret’s training limited to only events and/or only Drupal? * How do you think training is most effective when working with a client’s internal development team? * In addition to FE training, does Mediacurrent offer training in other areas?  Yes! We offer training in Accessibility, SEO, Back End, Digital Strategy, GatsbyJS and more * How can organizations interested in our training offerings get more information?

16. 

    20 Aug 2019

    Improving Drupal's Admin UI With Cristina Chumillas

    In this episode, we catch up with Cristina Chumillas. Cristina comes from the design world and is passionate about front-end development. She works at Lullabot (though when we recorded this, she worked at Ymbra) and has been involved in the Drupal community for years, contributing with code, design, and organizing events. Her contributions to Drupal Core are mainly focused on front-end, design and UX. Nowadays, she's a co-organizer of the Drupal Admin UI & JS Modernization Initiative and a Drupal core UX maintainer. Project Pick: Claro (https://www.drupal.org/project/claro) Interview * Tell us about yourself: What is your role, who do you work for, and where are you from? * You are a busy woman, what events have you recently attended and/or are scheduled to attend in the near future? * Which Drupal core initiatives are you currently contributing to? * How does a better admin theme UI help site owners? * What are the main goals? * Is this initiative sponsored by anyone? * Who is the target for the initiative? * How is the initiative organized? * What improvements will it bring in a short/mid/long term? * How can people get involved in helping with these initiatives? Quick-takes * Cristina contributed to the Out Of The Box initiative for a while, together with podcast co-host Mario * 3 reasons why Drupal needs a better admin theme UI: Content Productivity, savings, less frustration * Main goals: We have 2 separate paths: the super-fancy JS app that will land in an undefined point in the future and Claro as the new realistic & releasable short term work that will introduce improvements on each release. * Why focus on admin UI? We’re focusing on the content author's experience because that’s one of the main pain points mentioned in an early survey we did last year.) * How is the initiative organized? JS, UX&User studies, New design system (UI), Claro (new theme) * What improvements will it bring in a short/mid/long term? Short: New theme/UI, Mid: editor role with specific features, autosave, Long: JS app.

17. 

    30 Jul 2019

    Intro to Emotional Design: UX that will lead to conversions

    Welcome to Mediacurrent’s Open Waters (https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast) podcast. A podcast about open source solutions. I’m Mark Casias, surrounded by my wonderful co-hosts, Bob Kepford… and Mario Hernandez. This epi...

18. 

    9 Jul 2019

    What is Serverless and What Problems Does it Solve?

    In this episode of Open Waters (https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast), we talk with our own Bob Kepford, creator of the weekly newsletter The Weekly Drop, to discuss Open Source Serverless solutions. Bob presented this topic at DrupalCon Seattle and it was very well received. You can catch the recording on the DrupalCon site (https://events.drupal.org/seattle2019/sessions/serverless-well-actually). Pro Project Pick: Serverless Framework (https://serverless.com/) Interview with Bob Kepford * The big question: What is Serverless? * What are the 4 pillars of serverless? * What are the advantages and disadvantages? * What do I have to know to get started? * As a site owner, why would I consider using serverless? * What are the security implications when using serverless? * Who are the big players who are adopting and/or providing serverless solutions? Subscribe Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mediacurrent-open-waters-podcast/id1469106056)| Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=428348&refid=stpr) | Google Podcasts (https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifdwtct27eeae34zonpwwipe4hi?t%3DMediacurrent_Open_Waters_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16)

19. 

    17 Jun 2019

    Introducing Open Waters - A New Podcast for Strategic Marketing with Open Source

    Mediacurrent is proud to announce the launch of our new podcast with the release of our pilot episode. Open Waters is a podcast exploring the intersection of open source technology and digital marketing. It’s made especially for CMO's, Directors and Managers of Marketing, technology, and digital strategy. Our Purpose We think open source is an ocean of opportunity to maximize your martech investment. We encourage you to listen and learn about using open source technology and forward thinking marketing strategy to generate and convert leads, improve security, increase speed to market, and identify the ROI of your digital investments. Our goal is to educate about the challenges and solutions we see with our own clients and in the market. In this episode: * New format, shorter but more frequent episode release schedule. * We're taking a different direction from our Mediacurrent Dropcast, no longer focused strictly on Drupal. Instead, we will be talking about the business benefits of open source software. * We are going to change up some sections. A little less news, and more about solutions. * We will probably still do the Pro Project pick from our Dropcast Upcoming Episodes: * Ben Robertson, who presented at the GatsbyJS Days conference in December, will join us to talk about the benefits of Gatsby JS. * Mario Hernandez will be on the podcast to talk about our upcoming expanded training for components. * We’ll have an episode to talk about how to choose a CMS, whether it’s Drupal, WordPress, or any of the other bazillion options. * Bob Kepford, you may have heard of him, will be on to talk about serverless 101 and the problems it can solve. * We will have Jason Lengstorf from Gatsby on to talk about the project. * And much, much more. Subscribe to Open Waters New episodes (https://www.mediacurrent.com/podcast) will be released tri-weekly on Tuesdays. How Can I Support the Show? Subscribe, leave a review, and share about us on social media with the hashtag #openwaterspodcast. Have an idea for a topic? Tweet at our hosts Mark Casias (https://twitter.com/teampoop), Bob Kepford (https://twitter.com/kepford), and Mario Hernandez (https://twitter.com/imariohernandez). Be sure to subscribe in your favorite podcast platform. Links to follow. Related Insights - https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog (https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog)

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