33 Tangents is a podcast that covers a wide range of topics from digital analytics to business and technology to remote work.
Episodes
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
The Analytics space is one that sees rapid turnover. According to Corey Prohens at IQ Workforce is that most who work in analytics, either on the implementation or on the analysis & insights side, move jobs every 18 months. This results in a feeling of repeated reset and slow progression. What are some other issues that are the result of this constant change? What can be done to mitigate the issues and reduce the churn? This week Jim and Jason sit down and talk through the complicated topic.
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Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
It’s hard to believe but it's been a year since we launched the podcast and published our first episode. This week, Jason, Jon, and Jim take a moment to look back and discuss how we got started, what we’ve learned, and where we think we’ll go next.
Most Downloaded Episodes
Episode #37 – Talking Analytics Product Management with Ben Gaines
Episode #51 – Talking Data Layers with Jim Gordon – Part 1
Episode #44 – Talking Analytics and Psychology with Evan LaPointe
The Episode that Started it All
Episode 1 – Successfully Working Remote
And...Of Course a Few Stats
📊 40% of our listeners listen using Apple Podcasts
📊 Utah has the second most listeners, coming in just behind California. We think that most of those listens are probably from Jason's family members.
📊 11. After a fully year, publishing a new episode every Friday, we have 11 reviews on Apple. Come on, give us some love ☺️
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Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
This week Jim and Jason welcome back Jim Gordon to continue their discussion regarding data layers. While last week focused on the technical intricacies of data layers, this week the attention turned toward the business need for data layers and why they are needed.
STUFF WE MENTIONED
Exploring Abandoned Places [YouTube.com]
Hog Hollow Trail [AllTrails.com]
Adobe Launch Data Layer: An Appeal [jimalytics.com]
Jason's Burger Place [Burger Bar]
Dunning–Kruger effect [wikipedia.org]
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Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
This week Jason and Jim are joined by TMS Guru Extraoidinaire, Jim Gordon. For those that don’t know Jim, he spent time with Search Discovery as they were building Satellite which became DTM after it was acquired by Adobe. He’s the author of the frequently used and referenced “DTM Cheat Sheet” and over the last 5 years he’s been building Tagtician which is a browser companion tool to help users debug, export, and explore their DTM, and now Adobe Launch, libraries.
The Jims had a recent conversation about data layers and how they are critical to a robust analytics implementation and a well integrated martech stack and Jim Gordon has authored a blog post appealing to Adobe to develop a standard. Why is that important? How will that help with data collection and distribution.
STUFF TO CHECK OUT
- Blog Post: Adobe Launch Data Layer: An Appeal
- Blog Post: Data Layer or CSS Selectors
- Dynamic Tag Manager (DTM) Cheat Sheet
- Tagtician - Adobe Launch and DTM Debugger
- Tool: Data Element Viewer for Adobe Launch
THANK YOU
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Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
This week, Jim and Jason are joined by Stephen Marshall. Stephen is an Associate Professor and the Department Chair at East Tennessee State University. He is responsible for the vision and management of the Department of Media and Communication which consists of 15+ full and part-time faculty and staff as well as 400+ undergraduate and graduate students. Over the last 2 years Jason has worked with Stephen in coaching college students and in recent episodes we’ve talked about the importance of having a mentor.
STUFF WE MENTIONED
Media and Communication - East Tennessee State University
ETSU, Adobe alliance to equip students with leading-edge skills
AMEN: Applied Marketing Education Norm - Bridging Industry to the Classroom
THANK YOU
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Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
It’s the week following Adobe Summit and the team sits down to recap the events, discuss what they found most interesting, and talk about what it’s like to present at an event of that scale.
THINGS WE MENTIONED
The T-Shirt Cannon 360 Version
Attendees lining up for Hila Dahan's Summit Session
Sizmek Files For Bankruptcy And Faces An Uncertain Fate
THANK YOU
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Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
On a recent episode, Jason discussed the idea of developing mastery in one’s craft. As part of that conversation, both he and Jim talked about how elite athletes develop their mastery to such a degree that they are able to slow the pace of a game down to a level where they can be 2 steps ahead of anyone else on the playing field (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBgsRbOl7X4). How can an individual go about creating mastery in their craft so as to slow the pace down to the level they need it to be so they are successful? How do you prevent rash decision making? How do you not get caught up in others’ frantic pace?
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Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
We frequently come across 1 of 2 scenarios. We either have a company that has a tool (or set of tools) that are in place and no matter the work they put into them, the tool doesn’t fit their need and they don’t move on and find a better tool, or we have a company that switches tools or vendors the minute there is a sign of trouble. Neither of these are good or healthy. This week Jason and Jim discuss when it is the right time to switch to a new tool or vendor. What should be taken into account before making the firm decision to stay or move? Are either staying too long or changing too frequently signs of a bigger organizational issue?
THINGS WE MENTIONED
The Gibson Girl Lounge at The Grand America
Hellfire Sushi Challenge at Kobe Sushi
THANK YOU
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Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
With March Madness right around the corner, you’re going to see many spending a great deal of time putting their tournament brackets together. Why does if feel like some of these people spend more time and effort on that than their testing program? We’ve come across many who don’t take their testing program seriously and just slap stuff together. There’s no planning, there’s no deep analysis, and the results show.
What do you do to convince people that to get the most out of a testing program, you just can fly by the seat of your pants and see what happens? Aren’t testing programs supposed to let you move rapidly so you can learn?
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Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
At some point in your career, you will face the paradox of needing to gain experience to move your career forward, but no one is willing to giving you a chance because you don’t have the experience. This is often seen early in one’s career when searching for that first or second job out of college. In this scenario, you have very little on the job experience. It is also seen later on in one’s career if they are trying to make a pivot. In this scenario, you have some skills that are transferrable, but other new ones you may need to learn.
This week, Jim, Jason, and Jon tackle the steps one could take in various stages of their career to gain experience and get around this paradox.
THINGS WE MENTIONED
- USBHarpoon Hacking
- USB Condom
- Chris Wareham
- ETSU, Adobe alliance to equip students with leading-edge skills
- Utah.gov Open Data Catalog
- Kaggle
- Kaggle Datasets
- Iris flower dataset (The Data Analysis equivalent of Hello World)
THANK YOU
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