MX Matters: Recent Episodes
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Discussions from Cloudinary about all things Media Experience and the trends shaping today's visual economy.
There are many different types of businesses and products that are a service. You likely have heard of Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS).
But from the growth of composable and headless architecture, a new As-A-Service has been created - Front End as a Service (FEaaS). Since the front end is decoupled from the back end, this type of service allows developers to focus on the ways people interact with their sites and apps without constraints or blockers from the back end systems.
Joining this episode are Rachael Hibbert and Pierre Martin from Front-Commerce, where they discuss this emerging FEaaS space. They will explain many details on how to use this technology to build, test, and distribute engaging front end experiences faster, better, and cost-effectively.
Join the experts at Cloudinary and Front-Commerce for this engaging MX Matters episode, and learn how to construct your composable technology stack!
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- Sam Brace
- Maribel Mullins
- Pierre Martin
- Rachael Hibbert
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Continuing some of the recent discussions on MX Matters about headless architecture and systems, we learn how Thought Industries recently extended their customer education and external training platform to be headless.
Sam and Maribel at Cloudinary sit down with Jack Antico - Technical Program Manager at Thought Industries - to better understand the purpose of learning management systems and the considerations companies should take if they choose to go headless as part of their education and enablement-based plans.
Learn More about Thought Industries
- Company Website
- Developer Portal
- GitHub
If you're considering a change with how software and technology is managed in your company, particularly with a focus on microservices, APIs and headless systems, this episode of MX Matters is one you won't want to miss.
In Episode 13, Sam and Gary at Cloudinary talk with Tim Benniks, who is the Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform. They dive into concepts surrounding MACH architecture and explain the various benefits, as well as factors to consider, with the infrastructure and solution model.
The discussion also covers details around the MACH Alliance - an organization presents and advocates for an open and best-of-breed enterprise technology ecosystem - and the opportunities it provides for vendors, system integrators and developers alike.
Follow Tim on LinkedIn, Twitter and other platforms: https://links.timbenniks.dev/
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Join Sam Brace and Gary Ballabio from Cloudinary with Miriam Schwab, co-founder and head of Strattic for this MX Matters episode! They discuss details associated with static and headless architecture, particularly when using WordPress as your site's content management system.
If you are exploring the concepts of decoupled architecture for your website - one of the hottest trends in the web development space today - and trying to decide if it will work for you and your organization, this is a talk you won't want to miss.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Host and Guest Introductions
01:46 What is Strattic?
02:47 What is Static and Headless Architecture?
04:09 The WordPress Netlify Debate
09:36 Pros and Cons of WordPress as a Headless CMS
14:28 Ability to Use Plugins in a Headless WordPress Environment
16:25 Recommendations for Companies Looking to Go Headless
19:25 Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
22:19 Growth Plans for Strattic
26:32 Using API-Based Services in a Headless or Static Environment
29:19 Final Thoughts and Resources
- Learn More about Strattic
- Follow Miriam on LinkedIn
- Sign up for your free Cloudinary account
Margaret Staples, staff developer educator at Twilio, introduces TwilioQuest - a free learning platform that takes developers through gamified adventures. Along with Tessa Mero of Cloudinary’s Developer Relations Team, Margaret elaborates on the platform and its successes, as well as its recent initiatives for extensions from the developer community.
More From Margaret Staples - Guest for MX Matters Episode #11
- GitHub
Learn More about TwilioQuest
- Website
- Discord
- Cloudinary blog post about extension partnership
- Twitch
- YouTube
Zoe Liu, who is the founder and President of Visionular, dives into the details of emerging video codecs and formats with Prajanma Singh, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Cloudinary. They discuss codec standards, such as H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VCC), Essential Video Coding (EVC), and Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC), and many details dealing with overall video compression.
Learn More about Cloudinary and Visionular
- Cloudinary
- Visionular
Learn More about Video Delivery, Codec and Standards
- Cloudinary Documentation on Video Transformations
- AV1 Standard Information from Visionular
- Versatile Video Coding (VVC) from the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
- Presentation on EVC from Jonatan Samuelsson
Follow Prajanma and Zoe
- Prajanma on LinkedIn
- Zoe Liu on LinkedIn
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Join Gary Ballabio, Cloudinary's Vice President of Technology Partnerships, for this discussion about all things web development with Amit Sion, Chief Revenue Officer for XWP. They dive into topics dealing with website performance, e-commerce, user experience and many others in this MX Matters episode.
Helpful Links from the Episode:
- XWP
- Cloudinary
- X-Company
Follow Gary and Amit
- Gary Ballabio on LinkedIn
- Amit Sion on LinkedIn
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Join this conversation between Eric Hochberger, who is the CEO of Mediavine, and Juli Greenwood, Cloudinary's Senior Director of Communications and Customer Marketing. They break down Google's recently released Core Web Vitals and explain how these metrics will likely affect brands' web page rankings on search engines. Juli and Eric also outline some ways to improve user experiences on websites and align to Core Web Vitals.
Helpful Links on Core Web Vitals
- Web.dev - Web Vitals
- MX Matters Episode #4 - How Google’s Core Web Vitals Affect SEO and Visitor Traffic
- Cloudinary Blog Posts about Core Web Vitals
- Cloudinary's Guide to Building the Ultimate E-Commerce Website
Follow Eric and Juli
- Eric Hochberger on LinkedIn
- Juli Greenwood on LinkedIn
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In this MX Matters episode, Mickey Gordon - Senior Product Manager at Cloudinary - shares the company’s Command Line Interface (CLI) and the reasons it can benefit developers when trying to upload, manage and deliver their rich media assets in a lightweight way. We also talk with Erez Rokah, who is managing Netlify’s CLI, to discuss why they made an investment in building a command line tool for their business.
Helpful Links about Cloudinary’s CLI
- Documentation
- Introduction to Cloudinary’s CLI training course
- Tutorials
- Commanding Cloudinary Through the CLI blog post
- Knowledge Base article - How can I use Cloudinary from my command line interface (CLI)?
- GitHub Repository
Mentioned Technologies
- AWS Command Line Interface
- Bash
- GitHub CLI
- Go
- Netlify
- Netlify CLI Documentation
- Netlify CLI Command List
- Node.js
- oclif
- Python
- Replit
- Rust
Follow Mickey and Erez
- Mickey Gordon on LinkedIn
- Erez Rokah on Twitter
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Watch host Gary Ballabio talk with our guest Rouven Weßling of Contentful about how they got started and how they're solving content needs for a rapidly changing web.
Helpful links about this episode:
- Contentful's Corporate Website
- Contentful's Ultimate Guide to Headless CMS
- Cloudinary Blog Post - Is Your Business Ready for a Headless Architecture?
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If you are looking for a better way to organize and share your assets, such as digital images, videos, and PDF documents, you’re in luck! Cloudinary actively enhanced a feature - Collections - throughout 2020 that lets you group these files together and share them internally with other Digital Asset Management (DAM) users. Additionally, you can share the Collections externally with stakeholders, such as agencies or the media. Liat Perlmutter - Senior Product Manager at Cloudinary - demonstrates the tool and all of its capabilities in this episode of MX Matters.
Helpful Links about Cloudinary’s Collections Feature
- Tutorial: How to Use Collections to Organize Your Assets
- Tutorial: How to Share Collections and Collaborate with Users
- Digital Asset Management Scenario: Using Collections in the DAM
- Training Course: Introduction for DAM Users & Content Editors
- Blog Post: Share Your DAM Assets!
- Documentation: Folders and collections for access control and collaboration
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Learn more about Google's Core Web Vitals, their recommended values, and other metrics Google has adopted or might embrace as benchmarks in this conversation with Tamas Piros - Google Developer Expert (GDE) specializing in web technologies and performance.
Show Notes and Links
Further Information on Core Web Vitals
- Chromium Blog - The Science Behind Web Vitals
- Web.dev - Web Vitals
- Cloudinary Webinar - Bet Your Luck on Web Performance
- Cloudinary Blog - Rules for Rich-Media Optimization
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Cloudinary is actively enhancing our software development kits (SDKs) for popular programming languages, such as PHP and JavaScript! We're also launching new SDKs for Kotlin, Flutter, React Native and more. Find out what these enhancements will provide in this episode of MX Matters, where we'll talk with Mickey Gordon - Lead Product Manager at Cloudinary - about the team's work in 2020 and plans for 2021.
Show Notes and Links
Cloudinary's PHP SDK
- Documentation
- Migration Guide from V1 to V2
- Blog Post - Introducing the Cloudinary PHP SDK, Mark II
- Reference Guide
Cloudinary's JavaScript SDK
- Documentation
- Reference Guide
Cloudinary's Kotlin SDK
- Documentation
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Join our host Sam Brace for this in-depth interview with Ariel Shiran - Senior Director of Product for Cloudinary! They discuss the major integrations from him and his team that were built for the Adobe Creative Cloud in 2020. If you are looking for ways to easily improve your creative teams' workflows with Cloudinary and programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator, this is an MX Matters episode you won't want to miss.
Show Notes and Links
Photoshop Lightroom Transformations
- Add-On Registration
- Documentation
- Interactive Demo
- Tutorial
Adobe Creative Cloud Connector
- Documentation
- Tutorial - How to Use Cloudinary’s Adobe Creative Cloud Connector
- Tutorial - Using Cloudinary's Adobe Creative Cloud Connector in InDesign
- Blog Post
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In our first-ever MX Matters episode, our host Sam Brace interviews Yaron Reichert - Director of Product Management at Cloudinary - about the milestone feature releases and enhancements from his team in 2020.
Watch as Yaron covers ways to automatically generate AI-driven video previews, use content-aware cropping capabilities to identify the must-keep video sections, as well as create dynamic video slideshows from images and videos in your Media Library.
Show Notes and Links
Video Preview Generation (e_preview)
- Blog post - Automated Generation of Intelligent Video Previews on Cloudinary’s Dynamic Video Platform
- Documentation - Generate an AI-based video preview
- Transformation URL API Reference Guide for e_preview
Content-Aware Cropping (g_auto)
- Blog post - Automatically Crop Videos Without Losing Focus
- Documentation - Automatic Cropping
- Demo - Content-Aware Video Cropping
- CodePen - Orientation Switch Demo
Video Slideshow Generation
- Documentation
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After you're done watching, share this episode on your favorite social media channels and then send an email to support@cloudinary.com with a link to the post you shared. By doing so, you can earn one additional credit for your Cloudinary plan!
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Have an idea for a product feature or enhancement? Share it with us via our Product Roadmap!