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Jade Robbins and Mark Sanborn•faceoffshow.com

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Episode 126: Signing Off

Signing Off Have clear goals in mind, visualize success or failure Concrete Yes or No Define Success What is your end goal? What is next after achieving success? Define Failure When is it no longer feasible to continue? Do the pros outweigh the cons? Exit Strategy Be prepared to fail, this is the difference between total failure and a graceful exit Things we learned Creating 125 episodes of content is difficult Giving things out and getting a response is amazing Thanks for everything - Mark and ...

Jun 21, 2011•16 min

Episode 125: Increasing Conversions

Track and increase your conversions for fun and profit. News and Follow-Ups – 03:04 Elasticsearch Twilio cuts pricing Geek Tools – 05:59 Logitech DiNovo Mini Webapps – 08:14 localtunnel – Super-easy publicly-accessible URL for your local server Account Killer – Tips on how to delete your accounts Increase Conversions – 14:15 Track it, Faceoff Episode 53 – Evidence based web development Agiletask, Signup – Take it for a spin Have a good headline Men’s Cothing vs Order Men’s Clothing easily for Ba...

Jun 14, 2011•24 min

Episode 124: Website Issue Monitoring

Don’t let issues and problems go unnoticed. News and Follow-Ups – 00:38 Apple taking the cloud seriously, doing OS upgrades in the cloud Ninjabutton goes down , how much can you depend on web services? Ebay aquires Magento Jade’s iTunes account compromised Skype protocol reverse engineered Geek Tools – 14:45 Belkin Conserve Smart AV F7C007q Energy-Saving Power Strip Webapps – 17:33 TravelPod Traveler IQ Game – How well do you know your geography? Explorra Visual DNA – Visually select good vacati...

Jun 07, 2011•37 min

Episode 123: NoSQL

Find out what NoSQL is and isnt. News and Follow/Ups – 02:24 Google Sunsets Translate API “Why would anyone ever use your api’s again?” and Google is not your daddy Could they have made it profitable though? Google Wallet Geek Tools – 13:15 Supergoop! SPF 30 Sunscreen Swipes with Zinc for Sensitive Skin Supergoop! SPF 30 Single-Application Individually Wrapped Sunscreen Swipes, 21-Count Webapps – 15:22 Kitten Image Bookmarklet – Replace a site’s images with Kittens (such as NSFW sites) Easy Bar ...

May 31, 2011•16 min

Episode 122: Viva Las Vegas

The top web do’s and don’ts. News and Follow/Ups – 01:40 Microsoft buys Skype Google Docs split testing Split testing is like ground hog day Geek Tools – 12:25 StarTech.com ICUSBAUDIO USB 2.0 to Audio Adapter Webapps – 16:43 http://chopapp.com (via @manifestphil ) http://www.cascader.co/ (via @manifestphil ) Web Do’s and Don’ts – 21:16 Don’t use splash pages Specify HTML document’s language Write effective Loops Do Proofread Use the right DOCTYPE Keep content in a logical order in the source Don...

May 24, 2011•43 min

Episode 121: Mashing, Scraping, and APIs

Find out how your favorite mashup webapp works. News and Follow/Ups – 00:39 Penn State MacAdmins Conference Geek Tools – 05:14 Jump-N-Carry JNC300XL 900 Peak Amp Ultraportable 12V Jump Starter with Light Coleman Cable 08660 20-Foot Heavy-Duty Auto Battery Booster Cables with Polar Glow Clamps, 4-Gauge Webapps – 11:06 Plastic Jungle - Buy and sell gift cards Famous Objects From Classic Movies - Can you guess the object? Mashing, Scraping, and APIs – 17:12 Mashups Hipmonk Gist – just bought out by...

May 17, 2011•15 sec

Episode 120: CoffeeScript

Learn how you can write less code with CoffeeScript the Javascript compiler. News and Follow/Ups – 00:40 Jade is going out of state! Geek Tools – 03:25 Vic Firth Pump and Grind Stainless-Steel Pepper Mill Webapps – 05:06 Visual Event – Bookmarklet that lets you see Javascript click events assigned to elements Open Signals Map – Mashup of cell providers towers and cell usage. Full Text Search – 11:15 As of March 16, 2011, CoffeeScript is on GitHub’s list of most-watched projects A Ruby/Python ins...

May 10, 2011•15 min

Episode 119: Phillip Downer

Faceoff interviews Phillip Downer from Manifest Creative. Phillip Downer Phillip Downer Manifest Creative See Phil’s work on Dribbble Thanks Phil!...

May 03, 2011•2 min

Episode 118: Jeremy Linden from Mixpanel

Faceoff interviews Jeremy Linden from Mixpanel. Jeremy Linden from Mixpanel Jeremy Linden Mixpanel – Real-time event tracking and analytics Follow @Mixpanel on Twitter.

Apr 26, 2011•24 min

Episode 117: Full Text Search

Add enterprise level search into your site. News and Follow/Ups – 01:00 Square now being sold in Apple’s store Check-Ins dying out? Dropbox: 25 million users Geek Tools – 14:13 Yikerz! – Super fun magnet game Webapps – 16:12 Surfboard – Flipboard as a web app InstaLyrics – Find lyrics quickly Full Text Search – 22:11 Options Google Custom Search Commercial Benefits Super fast to setup Easy to implement Ability to add adsense into search results Downsides Unable to adjust content ranking and do c...

Apr 19, 2011•34 min

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