WHAT the Data?!

Lior Barak and Michael Stiller

Let's talk about how we leverage our data to improve the user targeting and experience. Join our podcast while we explorer how our guests using data, how they develop the user experience, and improve marketing expenses.
Lior Barak, data strategist, author of "Data is Like a Plate of Hummus" and founder of "Tale About Data", Michael Stiller, analyst, founder of STILLGROVE, going to explorer how companies collect, process, and use their data, and how this improves the user experience of their products.

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Thorsten Dittmar - What's the problem with todays dataconomy? (#22)
Nov 23 2021
Thorsten Dittmar - What's the problem with todays dataconomy? (#22)
Hello and welcome to another episode of WHAT the Data?! Podcast, and today we have for you a great episode with Thorsten Dittmar. Thorsten in this episode helped us to understand what is wrong with the dataconomy today.Thorsten is passionate about data Economy, Data Privacy, EDGE-Computing, Privacy-preserving processing. He is a professional nerd, serial entrepreneur, impact investor, and mentor. Thorsten began his career in the early 80s in computer science. His first company was a one-man consulting firm, quickly developing into a profitable business with offices in several countries. After its sale, Thorsten became an impact investor in over 100 early-stage companies. In parallel, he worked as an executive consultant in the field of digital transformation with executives from European Fortune 500 companies. He has also acted as interim CTO for several growth phase start-ups. Now Founder and mind behind Europe's first data cooperative: polypolyWhat's the problem with today's dataconomy?What will happen if we do not fundamentally change the way we handle our data?Can we own our data and what does it mean?Tune in to this amazing episode and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we didIf you want to get to know our guests, even more, you can follow here:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/polypoly-cooperative Twitter: https://twitter.com/polypolyCOOP  PolyPoly: https://polypoly.coop-------Give us feedback - https://forms.gle/sTbkzHPUo86nqM6y8Interested in joining our podcast as a guest? Fill the following form https://forms.gle/gV6hobxNmBgfdDoa6Join our mailing list - https://bit.ly/2MXfK8YYou can follow us on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whathedata/Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-the-data-podcastHave a data-related question? Submit it here: http://bit.ly/3rj5VBYAs always if you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe, and share it with your network so we can outreach new audiences.
Yehonathan Sharvit - What's the big deal with Data-Oriented programming? (#21)
Nov 11 2021
Yehonathan Sharvit - What's the big deal with Data-Oriented programming? (#21)
Hello and welcome to another episode of WHAT the Data?! Podcast, and today we have for you a great episode with Yehonathan Sharvit. Yehonathan in this episode helped us to understand what is data-oriented programming, how can you use it, and in general an intro to why it is important to adapt the method.Yehonathan Sharvit has been working as a software engineer since 2000, programming with C++, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, Clojure, and ClojureScript. He currently works as a software architect at Cycognito, building software infrastructures for high-scale data pipelines. He shares insights about software at https://blog.klipse.tech/, writes technical books, speaks at conferences, and leads Clojure workshops around the world. He is the author of Data-Oriented programming, published by Manning. Yehonathan is passionate about making interesting things easy to understand.What's the big deal with Data-Oriented programming?Is it a new paradigm? And in what languages is the paradigm applicable?Tune in to this amazing episode and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we didIf you want to get to know our guests, even more, you can follow here: Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/viebel/Twitter: https://twitter.com/viebelBlog: https://blog.klipse.tech/Book: https://www.manning.com/books/data-oriented-programming-------Give us feedback - https://forms.gle/sTbkzHPUo86nqM6y8Interested in joining our podcast as a guest? Fill the following form https://forms.gle/gV6hobxNmBgfdDoa6Join our mailing list - https://bit.ly/2MXfK8YYou can follow us on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whathedata/Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-the-data-podcastHave a data-related question? Submit it here: http://bit.ly/3rj5VBYAs always if you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe, and share it with your network so we can outreach new audiences.
Jonathan Rioux - What, How and When to use PySpark (#18)
Apr 20 2021
Jonathan Rioux - What, How and When to use PySpark (#18)
Have you heard about the power of PySpark? Jonathan Rioux joining Michael and Lior for an amazing episode talking about the power of Spark, and Python as well as why he decided to write an entire book about PySpark. In today’s episode, we have Jonathan Rioux, he leads the data science operations for EPAM Canada and writes a book about large-scale data analysis. Michael and I talked with Jonathan about setting your spark cluster using python, what should you know about it, why he started writing his book.Michael went into the technical details as he loves, and I stayed focus on the product, enjoy this episode!You have an extra discount on all books using podwtd20 on https://www.manning.com/Wish to talk with Jonathan? Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanrx/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lejonesbergLink to Jonathan's book: https://www.manning.com/books/data-analysis-with-python-and-pyspark-------Give us feedback - https://forms.gle/sTbkzHPUo86nqM6y8Interested in joining our podcast as a guest? Fill the following form https://forms.gle/gV6hobxNmBgfdDoa6Join our mailing list - https://bit.ly/2MXfK8YYou can follow us on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whathedata/Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-the-data-podcastHave a data-related question? Submit it here: http://bit.ly/3rj5VBYAs always if you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe, and share it with your network so we can outreach new audiences.
Marcello La Rocca - Why algorithms are important? (Tundra) (#16)
Mar 4 2021
Marcello La Rocca - Why algorithms are important? (Tundra) (#16)
Marcello Is a senior software engineer at Tundra.com, Author of "Algorithms and Data Structures in Action", His work and interests focus on graphs, optimization algorithms, genetic algorithms, machine learning, and quantum computing.What have talked with him about:Why do you go by "Software Engineer" instead of something with more buzzwords?How to have better cooperation between business, engineering, and analytics?What is the difference between a model and an algorithm? How are they related? Which job profiles are connected to them?Will the areas of data science, analytics, and engineering converge in the future or become even more specialized?If you wish to learn more, Marcello was kind to generate a unique discount with his publishing house Manning Publications giving you a 35% discount code (good for all products in all formats): podwtd20You can refer to this link: http://mng.bz/V8DrMarcello was also kind to share a free book for a lucky listener. Here is one free eBook code good for a copy of Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures for a lucky listenerYou can find him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellolarocca/-------------------------------------Join our Mailing List: https://bit.ly/2MXfK8YAs always if you like it please subscribeYou can follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whathedata/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-the-data-podcastOr even send us a voice question: http://bit.ly/3rj5VBY