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Discussing Stupid returns to the airwaves to transform digital facepalms into teachable moments—all in the time it takes to enjoy your coffee break! Sponsored by High Monkey, this podcast dives into ‘stupid’ practices across websites and Microsoft collaboration tools, among other digital realms. Our "byte-sized" bi-weekly episodes are packed with expert insights and a healthy dose of humor. Discussions focus on five key areas: Business Process & Collaboration, UX/IA, Inclusive Design, Conten ...
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In Episode 2 of Discussing Stupid Season 2, host Virgil Carroll, along with Chad and Cole from High Monkey, dives into the topic of page performance and SEO, specifically focusing on how oversized images can slow down your website. They discuss common mistakes people make with large images—like shrinking images in HTML without optimizing file size—…
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Your poorly written alt text doesn't go unnoticed...
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Welcome to the first episode of Discussing Stupid Season 2, where your host Virgil Carroll, along with Chad and Cole from High Monkey, dive into the importance of inclusive design. In this episode, they focus on the often overlooked but crucial aspect of alt text for images. Virgil, Chad, and Cole discuss the significance of alt text in creating an…
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In this highly anticipated return of the Discussing Stupid podcast, host Virgil Carroll welcomes new co-host Cole Schlotthauer to kick off Season 2. After a five-year hiatus, they're back with a fresh approach, focusing on shorter, more targeted episodes that delve into specific UX and digital practices. Virgil and Cole discuss the shift from long-…
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The Semantics of Search | Brett Matson, Funnelback
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In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast your host Virgil Carroll has a conversation with Brett Matson, the Managing Director of Funnelback Search Technology, about search, semantic search, knowledge graphs, artificial intelligence in search, and the related leverages and pitfalls. Brett shares that there are several big things coming in th…
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Consistent UX across multiple channels | Kanwal Khipple, 2toLEAD
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In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, your host Virgil Carroll has a conversation with Kanwal Khipple about successful and consistent user experience (UX) across multiple channels. The question is how to design consistent user experience for people across different interfaces developed by different companies to provide different experie…
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What's Old is New Again | Chad Heinle & Joel Baglien, High Monkey
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In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, the first in 2019, host Virgil Carroll and Principal Solutions Architect at High Monkey, has a conversation with Chad Heinle and Joel Baglien about how technology has changed due to people’s needs changing and how certain technology has been recycled to reflect a market that’s now ready to utilize i…
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Reducing friction in your digital content creation | Martin Michalik, Kentico
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In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, host Virgil Carroll sits down with Martin MacCulloch from Kentico Cloud. Martin is a product manager at Kentico Cloud. Kentico Cloud is a cloud-based environment for content management and delivery. Martin joins Virgil to discuss content friction, common workflow problems, and how Kentico Cloud is h…
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Making sense of diversity in digital messaging | Heather Newman, Creative Maven
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The digital world of today challenges marketers to carefully craft their messaging or risk causing the type of public relations nightmare most don’t want to think about. Now, digital marketers have to not only appreciate the power of the words and imagery they use (or choose not to), but also recognize the need to elevate their messaging to tell a …
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Creating inclusive digital experiences – getting your content contributors onboard | Doug Burgett, University of Illinois
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In today’s digital world, creating an inclusive visitor experience is often discussed but never really implemented. One of the biggest challenges facing successful implementation is taming the behaviors of a large base of content contributors. In this episode, Virgil is joined by Doug Burgett of the University of Illinois, to discuss his first-hand…
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Join Virgil Carroll for Monkey Byte 3.5. Follow along as Virgil digs through some of the more popular tools in the world of customer experience and see how well these companies are prepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Virgil digs through tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, Hootsuite and even Mail Chimp to see what…
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Being a HERO with your customer’s data (and understanding what you have) | Liam Cleary, SharePlicity & Rencore
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Since Virgil knew you couldn’t get enough about good data practice regulations, he decided to do another episode on GDPR . . . yay! Where Episode 2 dealt with the collection of private data, this Episode focuses on how you handle your customer’s private data after you collect it. To assist him in telling this exciting story, Virgil recruited his lo…
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Join Virgil Carroll, in the second 'MonkeyByte' episode of the series, as he talks more about GDPR and more specifically containing consent. It is important when using user’s information that you've collected that you receive specific consent for the types of activities in which you plan to use their information. Whether that be newsletters, email …
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Preparing your website for GDPR (or just because privacy matters) | David Komarek, Kentico
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Join Virgil Carroll as he hashes over what has been one of the most over-talked about changes in global digital marketing in a very long time - the implementation of GDPR. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation rewrites the book on digital personal privacy and creates a new mandate for how organizations need to respect and protect …
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Join Virgil, in his first 'MonkeyByte', as he dives a bit deeper into the concept of machine learning and discusses how it can be used and how it can be helpful and hurtful to your customer experiences. Subscribe for email updates on our website: https://www.discussingstupid.com/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@discussingstupid Listen…
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The hype and sensibility of Artificial Intelligence in Search | Ben Tilley, Funnelback
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On our very first podcast (episode 1 YEAH!!!), Virgil is joined by Ben Tilley from Funnelback, an Australian-based search company, to break through all the hype around the use of artificial intelligence in search and talk about real world implementations and pitfalls. Listening to this discussion, you will discover that implementing AI in search is…
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