Citrix Developer Solutions Podcast: Recent Episodes

Brick Bridge Consulting

The Brick Bridge Consulting crew tackles current topics related to all the Citrix SaaS platforms - Podio, Workspace with Intelligence, Wrike, and ShareFile - plus related virtualization products, integrations, and extensions. This podcast features discussions about advantages, gaps, issues, and solutions of interest to Citrix developers, end-users, and the Citrix virtualization community at large. Solution talk-throughs, open discussion, interviews, technical/API concerns, and business case investigations are typical formats of this podcast.

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 8a- "Quick Update and New Episodes" - Citrix Converge 2021 Presentation

This podcast is a short updated on the show's host (he's back to 100%) and new episodes coming up.
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Upcoming Events:

International Podio Developer Meetup (in-person & virtual) - May 18th & 19th, 2022.
Join the Podio Developer Community for informative and engaging sessions specific to all things Citrix Podio. More details coming in November 2021.

  • Info & Register Here: https://www.bit.ly/IPDM2022

Brick Bridge Q2 '22 Webinar - What is Citrix DaaS and how will it empower YOU as an IT professional? " - April 28th, 2022 @ 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm EST

  • Info & Register Here: https://webinar.brickbridgeconsulting.com/q2-webinar-daas/

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Show outline

  1. Opener
  2. Quick Update

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Show Links:

  • Brick Bridge's Website: BrickBridgeConsulting.com

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 7- "Human Centered Workflow Design" - Citrix Converge 2021 Presentation

This podcast is the audio from Gil Roberts' speaking session titled "Human Centered Workflow Design" where he covers. This presentation was given during the Citrix Converge 2021 developer conference.

NOTE: This episode does not contain the traditional show introduction and the talk will just begin.___
Show outline

  1. Opener
  2. Brick Bridge History (short)
  3. "We all have a big problem happening"
  4. "Human Centered Design Layers & Components"
  5. "Why should we care about Human Centered Design?"
  6. Closing

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Show Links:

  • Video version of "Human Centered Workflow Design": https://youtu.be/NkZ0dGJTT9E
  • Brick Bridge's Converge 2021 Hackathon Entries:
  • Brick Bridge's Website: BrickBridgeConsulting.com

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Upcoming Events:

Citrix Field Kickoff 2022 (virtual) - January 18th through 20th, 2022
"At Field Kickoff, we’ll unite around a common vision to help customers drive better business outcomes in a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Hear from Citrix executives, industry leaders and subject matter experts that will equip you to have a greater impact on our customers’ businesses. Learn how Citrix can help you deepen customer relationships, expand your market opportunities, and unlock new capabilities. Together, we can enable hybrid work so you—and our customers—can be ready for whatever comes next."

  • Information Here: https://www.citrix.com/fieldkickoff/

Brick Bridge Q1 '22 Webinar - Tenative - Feburary 1st @ 12:15pm EST to 1:00pm EST

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International Podio Developer Meetup (in-person & virtual) - Tentative May 2022, date TBD
Join the Podio Developer Community for informative and engaging sessions specific to all things Citrix Podio. More details coming in November 2021.

  • Register Here: https://brickbridgeconsulting.com/ipdm
    • NOTE: The page is open, registration will be available shortly.

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 6- "Interview: Chris Blakeley of Repaytient (recent Render Capital Win)"

This podcast is an interview with Chris Blakely who is the COO of Repaytient and recent winner of the Render Capital start-up investment competition. Repaytient chose Citrix Podio as the foundation to launch their startup in April 2020.
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Show outline

  1. Episode Intro
  2. About Repaytient
  3. Repaytient's Render Capital Win
  4. Start-up Life
  5. Solving the U.S. Healthcare problem in 5 minutes (just kidding)
  6. How Citrix Podio helped Repaytient succeed early

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Show Links:

  • Repaytient's Website: Repaytient.com
  • Render Capital's Website: Render.Capital
  • Brick Bridge's Website: BrickBridgeConsulting.com

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Upcoming Events:

Citrix Converge Conference (virtual) - October 25th through 28th, 2021
Citrix's premier conference for coders, scripters, builders, and technologists. Can't miss!

  • Register Here: https://bit.ly/ctx-converge-2021

"Human Centered Workflow Design" (Converge Session) - October 26, 3:30pm to 3:55pm ESTJoin Gil Roberts to learn more about designing a better employee experience. Live Q&A during.

  • Those that have registered for Converge: SwapCard Link
  • Those not interested in Converge: YouTube Link (session replay available 4p EST that day)

Brick Bridge Q4 '21 Webinar - November 16th @ 1:15pm EST to 2:00pm EST
Join the Brick Bridge Team for an extended technical demo featuring a live look at Brick Bridge's Converge Hackathon entries. Great for IT & HR professionals.

  • Register Here: https://www.brickbridgeconsulting.com/webinar-registration

International Podio Developer Meetup (in-person & virtual) - Early Spring 2021, date TBD
Join the Podio Developer Community for informative and engaging sessions specific to all things Citrix Podio. More details coming in November 2021.

  • Register Here: https://ipdm.brickbridgeconsulting.com
    • NOTE: page available after Nov. 16th, 2021

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 5- "Crafting the Future of Work" Webinar Snip: Q&A with Jordan Fleming

This podcast is the Q&A section of our Summer '21 Webinar, "Crafting the Future of Work", that aired July 29th, 2021. Jordan Fleming of Co-founder of smrtPhone.io, Chairmen of Game Changers, Host of the Supercharged! Podcast, and collaborator in the International Podio Developer Meet-up joins the party. We’ve got three questions for Jordan to talk about over the course of about 15-minutes regarding the direction of the future of work.
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Show outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Question 1: How do you envision the future of work for humans based on the trends of technology? Is there an existential problem coming for knowledge workers and related fields?
  3. Question 2: Where do think are the biggest REVENUE increases that sales professionals would see when applying HCD to tech stacks and a product like smrtPhone.io together?
  4. Questions 3: What are your own thoughts and then advice for those veterans in the Citrix Podio developer ecosystem around Citrix’s increased commitment SaaS offerings and expansions?

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Show Links:

  • Link to watch the full Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46-wOpnCdg
  • Register for future Brick Bridge webinars at: https://www.brickbridgeconsulting.com/webinar-registration
  • Check out the Supercharged! Podcast at: https://www.wearegamechangers.com/en/podcast/
  • smrtPhone.io (Discount Link): http://bit.ly/smrtPhone-brickbridge
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General Announcements:

International Podio Developer Meetup: Tentative for end of September 2021
Next Brick Bridge Webinar: Tentative for mid of October 2021
Citrix Converge on October 26th through 28th, 2021: https://bit.ly/ctx-converge-2021

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 4- " Interview with Jordan Fleming of smrtPhone.io (and many, many other hats)

We are joined by the famous (infamous?) Jordan Fleming of smrtPhone.io, the Supercharged! Podcast host, We Are GameChangers Chairman, and now Masterclass Professor. A returning guest on this Podcast, we focused this time on his smrtPhone journey, the upcoming release of his Citrix Podio Masterclass (free!), and a quick chat on the upcoming July 29th webinar both of us will be hosting. ___
Show outline

  1. What is smrtPhone?
  2. Who is the team behind it?
  3. Why should someone be interested in smrtPhone?
  4. How can people connect with resources to smrtPhone?
  5. Where can people interested follow to get more information about smrtPhone
  6. Jodan's Citrix Podio Masterclass information - free & coming soon!
  7. Jordan joins Gil on Brick Bridge Summer Webinar - details below

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Show Links:

  • Brick Bridge Summer 2021 Webinar: Crafting the Future of Work on July 29th, 2021: https://www.brickbridgeconsulting.com/webinar-registration
  • Supercharged! Podcast: https://www.wearegamechangers.com/en/podcast/
  • Jordan's Citrix Podio Masterclass: https://www.wearegamechangers.com/en/podcast-2/
  • smrtPhone.io (Discount Link, use this one!): http://bit.ly/smrtPhone-brickbridge
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    • NOTE: Brick Bridge provides free inital configuration of your smrtPhone system post-purchase when you use our code above. Available upon request - just email service@brickbridgeconsulting.com for details.

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General Announcements:

Citrix Developer Focus: Americas on July 22nd, 2021: https://bit.ly/cdf-amer-2021
Citrix Converge on October 26th through 28th, 2021: https://bit.ly/ctx-converge-2021

Note: the interview contains a few spots of loose language

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 3 - "Interview with Pat Patterson Director of Developer Evangelism at Citrix"

We are joined by Pat Patterson, Director of Developer Evangelism at Citrix. Pat is a WEALTH of experience in development and developer relations for software companies. He is also a generally fun guy and very engaging to listen to. Listen in for a great conversation that anyone in Citrix development or administration should hear to understand the direction of Citrix's investment in the Developer Community at large.
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Show Announcements:

Citrix Developer Focus: Americas on July 22nd, 2021
Brick Bridge Summer 2021 Webinar: Crafting the Future of Work on July 29th, 2021
Citrix Converge on **October 26th through 28th, 2021

See Show links below for more info on above**___

Show outline - kind of, we wandered in a good way :)

  1. Why do Developers not get marketed to by software makers, in general?
  2. Introduction to Pat, Director of Developer Evangelism
  3. Who is a Citrix Developer?
  4. Why should someone view themselves as a Citrix Developer?
  5. What is the Citrix Developer Community?
  6. How can people join the Community interact?
  7. When are Developer Focuses, Converge, CUGC, etc.?
  8. Where can people interested follow to get more information and future events?

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Show Links:

  • Citrix Developer Focus Americas: https://bit.ly/cdf-amer-2021
  • Citrix Converge: https://bit.ly/ctx-converge-2021
  • Forcecraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3GgM1o_8I
  • Book Mentioned - The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World
  • Brick Bridge Summer Webinar 2021: https://www.brickbridgeconsulting.com/webinar-registration
  • Bonus Link - Pat's Microapps scripting tutorial: https://bit.ly/microapp-scripting

Social Links:

  • Citrix Developer Twitter: https://twitter.com/CitrixDeveloper
  • Citrix Developer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/citrix-developer/
  • Citrix Developer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CitrixDeveloper

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The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 2 - "Zero to Workspace" - Interview with June Developer Focus: EMEA Hackathon TeamThis episode is an interview with Brick Bridge Consulting's first All High School hackathon team. We speak with Nic, Tara, Logan, Jude, and Elizabeth about the journey from knowing nothing about Citrix products to being able to submit an entry to the Citrix Developer Focus: EMEA hackathon. ___
Guests:

  • Logan Rofles
  • Tara Summers
  • Nicolas Osborn
  • Elizabeth Rush
  • Jude Hettinger

Show outline:

  1. Ideation
  2. Design
  3. Technical Challenges
  4. Teamwork
  5. Finishing!

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Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 1 - "Winning in a Tesla" - Interview with Green Microapp Challenge TeamThis episode is an interview with two-time hackathon champs Alex Edelen and Spencer Dee talk through the process of putting together demos that win. Alex is the Lead Solutions Advisor and Spencer Dee is the Project Manager at Brick Bridge Consulting who both participated in the Fall 2020 Converge Hackathon and the May 2021 Green Microapp Challenge hosted by Citrix. The entries their teams entered went on to win included which included planting an entire forest - you can donate to at: TreeSister.org, do it! Tune in to learn more about the journey from start to finish on winning these awards. ___
Show outline:

  1. Ideation
  2. Design
  3. Technical Challenges
  4. Teamwork
  5. Finishing!

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What is the path forward for this podcast? As you may have guessed by the new name - we are going to be covering development and client-delivery across all the latest SaaS product offerings from Citrix (as well as any non-SaaS Citrix products that you should be knowledgeable about). I promised it won’t just be me talking the whole time. As in the past, this podcast is also not a self-promotional one. We are going to be delivering value directly to your ears with technical topics, innovative use cases, and discussion with engaging guests.

Our main topics will be centered around all the latest in Citrix SaaS-based offerings. There will be many episodes dedicated to Podio (it still will be a HUGE part of the podcast), Workspace with Intelligence, Wrike, and ShareFile/RightSignature. We’ll also be touching on the most popular integrations that all of our clients desire: Office 365, Google GSuite, SAP, Salesforce, and other popular SaaS software that all of our clients desire to integrate.

We are also going to be taking brief glimpses into Citrix’s classic non-SaaS offerings but will stick mostly with virtualization product families. In the category of topics will be CVAD, ADC/SD-WAN, and Citrix Analytics will also making the show at some point. These are wonderful additions to any Citrix Development practice. Technical topics will be around designs in the no-code/low-code interfaces, JavaScript and PHP examples for Podio Workflow Automation use cases, and a little bit on APIs and how to utilize them in several of the Citrix products.

Business topics and customer use cases will be sprinkled in throughout the season. The Podio community has been solving our client’s workflow conundrums and also designing the sometimes outrageous automation desire for years. We’ll discuss our journey of how we brought our non-Citrix integrations to the Citrix Ready marketplace and how you can too. We’ll share our process on what it’s like to compete in Citrix Hackathons and why you should rise to the challenge too.

You’re going to be hearing from the talent of the Brick Bridge Consulting Team about all these topics and our successes and obstacles, past and present. We’ll be bringing on others from the Citrix Developer community - familiar names and new ones - to talk shop about their overall experiences with delivering Citrix solutions. We also plan to have a few select vendors and ecosystem resources on to give an inside look at how their services can help grow your business without being a total sales pitch. Lastly, we want YOU to be on the podcast - through your messages, issues, topics, or whatever you can throw at us.

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  • Introduction of Brick Bridge Team Members
  • What is Everyone Working On?
    • John: SaaSsafras & AWS Lambda
    • Adam: UI/UX Design
    • Emily: C# & AWS Lambdas
    • Caleb: How Brick Bridge has changed over the years
  • What does our staff want to see changed about Podio?
  • Sign off till next season

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We're revisiting our first podcast about Podio as a Product to give you updates on how the community has changed in the past six months since. We talk about:

  • How the community views Podio as an Operations Platform Product
  • Integrations
  • Mass Customization of Podio Products
  • SaaSsafras as it relates to development and product copies
  • Globiflow Updates
  • Free tier users and how to give users a taste of your Podio Product4

Stay tuned for our season finale!

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  1. Gap 1: Long Globiflows https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360047949172-Globiflow-Race-Conditions-Long-Flows-Subroutines
    1. Rethink how everything is designed, simplicity is key
    2. Workaround using logic
  2. Gap 2: Lookup Across Apps: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360047573431-Lookup-across-apps
    1. Workaround using Views
    2. Workaround using Calculation Fields

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  1. Gap 1: HIPAA Compliance: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360046435891-HIPAA-Compliance-Update
    1. Background/History on HIPAA & Podio
    2. What are your options using Citrix and complying?
  2. Gap 2: 'Add Another' for Date Field: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360045383451--Add-Another-for-Date-Field
    1. How can you add multiple dates/times that are not just recurring for one event?
    2. Customized build-out vs Globiflow
  3. Gap 3: Email Campaigns: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360045181431-Email-Campaign
    1. Different types of email campaings require different approaches
    2. Integrations and compliances with email campaigns
  4. Gap 4: Create Report with Text Field & Number Field: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360047738251-Create-report-of-a-number-field-per-text-field
    1. Workaround using relationship fields
    2. Workaround using globiflows.

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  • Intro: Welcome and Subscribe! Do you have Podio Gaps?
  • What are some industries where there are or can be Podio Products?
    • Professions: healthcare, finance, law
    • Trades: plumbers, electricians, etc.
    • Retail & ECommerce
    • Manufacturing/Construction/Inventory
    • Coaching/Consulting
    • Marketing/Creatives
    • Education, ex2
    • Non-Profits, ex2
    • Odd One-Off Finds: rehab, music
  • Outro: Thank you and SUBSCRIBE!

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Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – SUBSCRIBE (do it!)
  2. Teaser: Stay tuned for next week's episode for some industry information about Podio's users.
  3. What are the REI industry characteristics that make it ideal for Podio?
    1. Lead Sales and cold calls are perfect for automated workflows
    2. Non-technical data is easy to store in Podio
    3. Non-expert, easily trainable employees
  4. What are the Podio characteristics that make it ideal for REI?
    1. Flexibility in Podio's management system for how you run your business and follow regulations
    2. Podio takes care of your massive amount of time-consuming paperwork
    3. Live editing from around the world at the same time
  5. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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This podcast is about the design and development on the Citrix Podio Platform. 

  1. Creating an OR filter: https://bit.ly/2wNjW05
  2. Adding a descriptive line of text in an app form: https://bit.ly/2EUzX8L
  3. Copying field data between apps: https://bit.ly/2WO9PGK
  4. Exporting data as CVS without including all the data within each item: https://bit.ly/2Ik2Yvw
  5. Correcting the alphabet order for other languages: https://bit.ly/31aw350
  6. Email to App- Assigning podio users to items: https://bit.ly/2wCZZIW

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Sign-up for access to the sample --> https://podio.com/webforms/22878402/1622712

PODCAST NOTES:

  1. Revisit a simple Podio + AWS Example that we mentioned before
  2. We’re releasing the code with some instructions to try it out for yourself
  3. This isn’t meant to be production code, but you could build a reliable system with some additional investment
  4. To review: we use a node.js 8.10 function running in AWS Lambda that responds to an API Gateway trigger
  5. The trigger has a unique URL which can be used to add a hook to a single Podio application
  6. You need an AWS account, a Podio API Key (Client Id & Secret)
  7. We just use this example to comment on a new item, but it could do all sorts of things
  8. There are a few challenges to consider when using app authentication
    1. the token is set per application
    2. hooks can be deleted separately, but this app stores them per function
    3. tracking usage and access could be tricky in complicated scenarios
  9. We will release an OAuth2 version of this at some point which addresses some of these issues… and introduces others

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  1. The marketing for software is more important than anything else because a consumer needs to know what they are buying and what the functions are within it. 
  2. How are you going to sell your product? 
  3. Establishing strong credibility over the internet is difficult because in some cases you will never see your client.
  4. Supporting your client pre and post purchase
  5. Website tips and tricks 
  6. Take an extra step to establish yourself and your company in a community
  7. Having a demo video will help promote your product more. 

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Building Saas that businesses can rely on (Part 2): "Software design principles for the Agile Entrepreneur"

We reviewed cloud computing concepts last time

Choose your system of record
1) it must meet your availability requirements, or you will need offline systems (Podio is good enough for 99% of cases)
2) it must offer direct API integration, preferably ‘REST’ style
3) it must be easy to export all key data

Avoid writing custom software whenever possible
1) Differentiate by your work process and your business methods
2) Bake those processes and methods into the system around the ‘events’

Only integrate with systems that support synchronization
1) shopify recently banned Mailchimp because they wouldn’t
If you need custom code, have it run on demand
1) avoid storing any additional data outside your SOR
2) customers should pay direct costs of anything not on demand

You are not a security expert, so be very afraid of hackers
1) You need to own your domain and make sure your customers know it
2) You must have reliable SSL at every layer, even if your just showing content
3) Keep your marketing site public stuff, and make sure your host keeps their software updated with security patches (especially if you use Wordpress)

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  • Bill's time at Citrix working with the ShareFile and Podio product lines.
  • The Podio-Globiflow resale partnership, and how it led to Globiflow becoming part of Citrix
  • Founding of Digiflow Software Solutions.
  • "Talking Shop" about Podio as a "PaaS" and how it is totally unique in the market

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In this show, we discuss the urgent need to control complexity in your projects and buildouts.

  1. Consumers making data based decision making and wanting to make that next step to create a podio system that best fits them.
  2. When thinking about a project timeline consumers need to be focused on what really matters to them, then we can adjust the small details.
  3. There are two types of consumers when it comes to podio: the ones who have no idea what to do with their blank canvas or the ones want everything but could have a budget limitation.
  4. Trying to steer our consumers the right way to make a tangible asset for their company.
  5. Management vs. Users: we don't want to say no but sometimes there are limitations to the podio platform.
  6. We like to build our users a basic platform to start out on before we get really complex integration involved. It starts to generate ideas and then the consumer realizes what they need and don't need within podio.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 13 – Podio Deep Dive 2a: "Building Saas that businesses can rely on"

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Talk about
  2. Topic:  "Cloud computing concepts for business software design"
  3. PaaS, SaaS, IaaS…
    what does “as a service” even mean, and when should it matter?
    Where are the services hosted?
    How are they secured?
    How reliable are they?
    API, SDK, Service (REST?)
    VMs, VPCs, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda (runtimes)
    Public internet concepts important for cloud security:
    Domains, DNS
    Hosting
    Certificates
  4. Up Next Episode: Continuation into Part 2.
  5. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Listener Forum
  6. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Season 1 – Episode 12 – Podio Design for Business 2: "The Power of Asking 'Why?' in Your Designs."

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – SUBSCRIBE (do it!)
  2. The importance of starting from "Why" in your Podio solution designs.
  3. 1st Principle: There are Choices and Results in your solution design
  4. 2nd Principle: Make the process the easiest path to follow
  5. 3rd Principle: Understand Management's requirement versus the End-Users' Requirements
  6. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  7. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 11 – Solving Podio Gaps #2

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – SUBSCRIBE (please)
  2. Single AWS Lambda for the community, a payoff from Episode 10
  3. 1st Discussion: Filter View with Text Fields
    1. Problem: Why Cannot Filter w/Searchable Text
    2. Issue: Indexing - Who & Why
    3. 3 Possible Solutions/Work around
    4. Bonus: Searchable Null Dates
  4. 2nd Discussion: Sharing just an App but not a Workspace
    1. Problem: Giving access to a full App but not the whole Workspace
    2. Issue: Business Case & Podio Entitlements
    3. 4 Possible Solutions/Work around
  5. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  6. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Show Outline:

  1. Introduction to interview
  2. Topic: – Interview with Andrew Cranston, CTO at GameChangers [http://www.WeAreGameChangers.com]
  3. 1st Discussion: Andrew's background and a discussion of his progress as a Podio solution developer.
  4. 2nd Discussion: Boost PM [http://www.boostpm.com] and its technical philosophy
  5. 3rd Discussion: Don't be afraid to move from Globiflow into other tools like ProcFu, SaaSsafras, and the Podio API itself!
  6. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  7. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 9 – Scaling Podio Solutions 1: "SaaSsafras Scaling for Podio Solutions"

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – The Shameless Plug - Why are we sitting here today (Founding Story)
  2. Topic:  "Turning Podio into an Enterprise Level Provider"
  3. 1st Discussion: Why SaaSsafras Exists - Problems we encountered
    1. Cross Workspace Issues
    2. Zapier (integration) issues
    3. Keeping Podio current
    4. Aggregate Reporting / Formatting
  4. 2nd Discussion: The Solution - Current Capabilities
    1. Deployment
    2. Patching
    3. Flow Engine
  5. Problems that we have had to overcome
    1. OAuth
    2. Caching
    3. Rate Limits
  6. Plans for future features
  7. Call for use case examples, beta users, feature expansion
  8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 8 – Podio Deep Dive 1: "Manipulation of Podio Tags"

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Welcome to the Series - Podio Deep Dive
  2. Topic:  "Manipulation of Podio Tags"
  3. 1st Discussion: Business Case - What types of Solutions would require this type of API buildout?
  4. 2nd Discussion: What is in the API to allow this? What are the necessities and methods to make this happen?
  5. Deep Dive: How can developers leverage the Podio API in this Use Case?
  6. Up Next Episode: Scaling Podio Solutions 1
  7. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Listener Forum
  8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 7 – Podio Design Considerations for Sales & Marketing Solutions

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Welcome to the Series - Podio Design for Business Types
  2. Topic:  "Podio Design Considerations for Sales & Marketing Solutions"
  3. 1st Discussion: Business Case - Marketing Agency needing a CRM to "install" for clients
  4. 2nd Discussion: Theoretical Solution Work out
  5. Deep Dive: Driving metrics through Podio-based CRM systems and the power of the data
  6. Up Next:
  7. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 6 – Solving Podio Gaps #1

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Welcome to the Series
  2. Topic: "Solving Podio Gaps" -- a new series on our Podcast
  3. 1st Discussion: What this series is about.
  4. Hot Topic: Extending Podio Platform
  5. 2nd Discussion: Example Gap -- 2-way Sync with Google Calendar
    1. Defined Business Problem
    2. Explore Technical Limitations
    3. Outline of Potential Solutions
  6. Deep Dive: Theoretical workout of the solution on the Podio API
  7. Up Next:
  8. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  9. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

Links:

https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/200519848-Two-way-sync-with-Google-Apps

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Show Outline:

  1. Introduction to interview
  2. Topic: – Interview with Jordan Fleming of Game Changers
  3. 1st Discussion: Jordan's upcoming Podcast, “Supercharged! with Jordan Fleming” [http://wearegamechangers.com/en/podcast/] HINT: SUBSCRIBE
  4. 2nd Discussion: Game Changers [wearegamechangers.com] and its business philosophy and history
  5. Shop Talk: Jarett and Alex dive into some "shop talk" with Jordan about Podio solution design and two big sticking points when working with clients.
  6. 3rd Discussion: smrtPhone [smrtPhone.io] -- its history with swiftpod.io, the explosive growth in users (especially in the REI space), and the new “smrtDialer” product add-on.
  7. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Note: interview contains some loose language

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Season 1 – Episode 4 – How we built mPact Pro: Developing Wide-Scale (Part 3 of 3)

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Welcome to Part 3 of 3 -- How we proceeded from a Closed and Open Beta into a Commercially Viable Product (CVP) and the implications of distributing/implementing/support a mass-market, Podio-based product.

  2. Topic: What were the steps to from Closed/Open Beta to a CVP? What did we learn from that experience?

  3. 1st Discussion: Closed & Open Beta selection and its impact on the CVP

  4. Hot Topic: Customer Acquisition & Pricing/Marketing Strategies

  5. 2nd Discussion: Distribution Model (technical-side) and Other Considerations of Wide Scale, Podio-based Solutions

  6. Real Talk: Limitations of Podio App Marketplace and GlobiFlow Auto Copying

  7. Deep Dive: Controlling the Implementation Process -- Deployment, Training and Support Considerations

  8. Next Episode: Interview with Jordan Fleming of Gamechangers: His new podcast and a spotlight on smrtPhone.

  9. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!

  10. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Season 1 – Episode 3 – How we built mPact Pro: Developing Wide-Scale (Part 2 of 3)

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – Welcome to Part 2 of 3 -- How we proceeded into Beta and the technical side of building a wide-scale Podio solution.
  2. Topic: What were the steps to building a Beta in 14 months? How was that experience?
  3. 1st Discussion: Consulting & Development
  4. Hot Topic: Why was software like Globiflow, Zapier, etc not able to fit the use cases needed?
  5. 2nd Discussion: SaaSsafras Service Design
  6. Real Talk: Limitations – What was the limitation of Podio's API that impacted the design?
  7. Deep Dive: Controlling the Development Process – Why is the “Discovery” portion so critical in Podio development?
  8. Up Next: mPact Pro – Diving into CVP and the "business" side of this 3 part series.
  9. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  10. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Season 1 – Episode 2 – How we built mPact Pro: Designing Wide-Scale (Part 1 of 3)

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction – We are going to tell a story on how we designed a national product with a 6-figure budget on Podio.
  2. Topic: What were the steps to building an Alpha in 90 days? How was that experience?
  3. 1st Discussion: Consulting & Design
  4. Hot Topic: Why do people DIY Podio builds (or not)? What are some of the pitfalls in not using an agency?
  5. 2nd Discussion: Workspace/App Break-out Design & Data Flow
  6. Real Talk: Limitations – What was the limitation with Podio/GlobiFlow/Zapier that impacted the design?
  7. Deep Dive: Controlling the Discovery Process – Why is the “Discovery” portion so critical in Podio design?
  8. Up Next: mPact Pro – Diving into Beta and the technical side of this 3 part series.
  9. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
  10. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Season 1 – Episode 1 – Open Discussion: “Podio as a Product Platform”

Discussion Outline:

  1. Introduction and Topic: Is Podio positioned to deliver for wide-scale solutions?
  2. 1st Discussion: Podio Solution Styles - One-off, Mass-Customize or full Products? Or all of the above?
  3. 2nd Discussion: People - Who are the clients for the above solution styles? Are they development agencies or enterprises
  4. Real Talk: Current Gaps – What could be missing from Podio (and maybe Globiflow) to make it more “Product Platform” or “Mass Customize” oriented?
  5. Deep Dive: Podio’s API “readiness” for integrations and toolsets to enable more “Product Platform” or “Mass Customize” orientation.
  6. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gap!
  7. Up Next: mPact Pro - How we built a full Podio-based product for a client from concept to revenue.

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