Core Sampler
209 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCore Sampler is a podcast that drills into the Sitecore Community to highlight the amazing work folks are doing on the Sitecore platform. Our goal is to bring you information you can use to leverage the investment you’ve made in Sitecore. Whether you are a developer writing custom plugins destined for the marketplace, or a marketer contimplating a new campaign, we aim to cover broad areas of the platform.
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Episodes
Episode 58: Get to Know an MVP: Pete Narvarra
May 14, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes - 4.68 MBIn this episode, Tamas sits down with Pete Navarra
Episode 57: Get to Know an MVP: Jermey Davis
May 11, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.4 MBTamas sits down with previous CoreSampler guest, Jeremy Davis to get to know him
Episode 57: Get to Know an MVP: Jeremey Davis
May 11, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.4 MBTamas sits down with previous CoreSampler guest, Jeremy Davis to get to know him
Episode 56: Get to Know an MVP: Dennis Augustine
May 07, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.14 MBTamas gets to know his next MVP: Dennis Augustine
Episode 55: Get to Know an MVP: Shelley Benhoff
May 04, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.32 MBIn this episode, Tamas gets to know Sitecore MVP, Shelley Benhoff.
Episode 54: Get to Know an MVP: Zachary Kniebel
April 30, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.23 MBTamas continues getting to know an MVP, in this episode he talks with Zachary Kniebel
Episode 53: Get to Know an MVP: John Schneider
April 27, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.22 MBIn this episode, Tamas gets to know Sitecore MVP John Schneider
Episode 52: Get to Know an MVP: Mark Stiles
April 23, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 5.8 MBTamas Varga continues his "Get to Know an MVP" series. In this episode, Tamas sits down with Mark Stiles
Episode 51: Get To Know an MVP: Derek Dysart
April 20, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 5.6 MBWe're handing the reigns over to Tamas Varga for a new series! Get to know an MVP. In this first episode, the tables are turned and Tamas interviews Derek Dysart
Episode 50: Talking Solr with Jeremy Davis
March 11, 2020 05:00 - 20 minutes - 9.45 MBWe sit down with the undisputed record holder for appearing in Sitecore memes, Jeremy Davis. Chances are, if you've installed Solr for your Sitecore environment, you've probably used his Powershell scripts. We chat about all the nomenclature behind Solr and demystify it for the Sitecore developer.
Episode 49: Exploring Sitecore on Azure
January 29, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBIn this episode we sit down with Jesper Ravnsgaard of Copenhagen Mist and discuss the history of running Sitecore on Azure PaaS and how that has changed over the years and the challenges organization face.
Episode 48: Talking DevOps with Joe Bissol
January 08, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBWe finally sit down with Sitecore MVP and EPAM Senior Solutions Architect, Joe Bissol and talk about DevOps and how it doesn't just mean implementing some tools.
Episode 47: Sitecore Podcaster: Ishraq Al Fataftah
December 18, 2019 06:00 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MBDid you know we are not the only SItecore focused podcast? We sit down with Ishraq Al Fataftah, one of the hosts of Sitecore Arabia, an Arabic language podcast that also seeks to highlight this awesome Sitecore community.
Episode 46: Symposium 2019 Recap
November 13, 2019 06:00 - 19 minutes - 8.8 MBJoin us in this solo episode with Derek Dysart as he recap some of the key announcements and sessions at Sitecore Symposuim 2019 in Orlando. I mention Platon in the show - here is a shot of his presentation I got: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EInvz9jWsAAbB57?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
Episode 45: Looking at eXperience Platform and Cortex
August 21, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 10.2 MBWe talk with Sumith Damodaren and Ovais Akhter from Sitecore and discuss the eXperience Platform portion of Sitecore and what new services are available in v9.2 for Machine Learning (codenamed Cortex).
Episode 44: Digging into SxA
July 31, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 9.64 MBIn the final episode recorded at Symposium 2018, we sit down with Adam Najmanowicz and Mark van Aalst to learn about what SxA is and how it can help your project.
Episode 43: Revisiting Documentation with Martina Welander
April 03, 2019 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.5 MBWe welcome back Martina Welander to the podcast to talk about Sitecore's latest documentation efforts, including the new documentation site as well as Sitecore Cortex.
Episode 42: Mr. ExM - Pete Navarra
December 26, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBWe're back from a hiatus with a conversation with Mr. ExM himself, Pete Navarra. We cover a bit of the history of Email and Sitecore, as well as dive into the things that go one behind the scenes when you send an email.
Episode 41: Kelly Brennan knows Commerce
October 03, 2018 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBWe talk about Sitecore's Commerce offering with Solution Architect and Sitecore Commerce MVP, Kelly Brennan. Learn who is a good fit for Sitecore Commerce and some of the issues you might face with it.
Episode 40: The eXperience Profile of Todd Mitchell
September 26, 2018 05:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBWe (finally) sit down with one of the masterminds behind much of Sitecore XP platform. Hear some of the history of how it came to be and what Todd is up to these days.
Episode 39: Top Ten Way To Get the Most Out of Symposium
September 12, 2018 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBWe invite everyone's friend and co-founder of Konabos Consulting, Akshay Sura, back to come up with our top ten ways to get the most out of Symposium. Even if you're not attending this year, there is still some good tips on how you can get the most out of the conference.
Episode 38: Addressing inefficiencies with John Rappel
September 05, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBAfter mentioning his blog series on handling page not found, we sit down with fellow Wisconsinite and Sitecore MVP John Rappel to talk about addressing other inefficiencies. We cover his approach to DevOps, handling database changes in a CI/CD environment, and the best approach when building out tooling for Sitecore development.
Episode 37: When Sitecore isn't your friend
July 18, 2018 05:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBSitecore is the greatest thing in the world, until it isn't. We cover some of the high level steps to go through when Sitecore isn't working like you think it should be.
Episode 36: Looking at GDPR and Sitecore
May 23, 2018 05:00 - 15 minutes - 7.36 MBIn the final interview from the EU SUGCON 2018, we talk with Rob Habraken about what Sitecore implementors need to consider with GDPR
Episode 35: Experience Forms
May 09, 2018 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.98 MBLive from SUGCON 18, We chat with Mike Reynolds and Kamruz Jaman about the new forms in Sitecore 9.
Episode 34: Digging into provisioning Sitecore with SIF
May 02, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes - 10 MBAt SUGCON 2018, we sit down and chat with Thomas Eldblom. Thomas was instrumental with the introduction of the Helix architecture pattern and was the Program Manager of the Sitecore Installation Framework.
Episode 33: Commonly Overlooked Steps in a Sitecore Project
April 11, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.7 MBYou're all set. The testing is done, the late night have been put in and you're on that final launch trajectory, then bam no one thought about that! Derek covers some of the commonly overlooked aspects of a Sitecore implementation. The four main areas covered are: Redirects Error pages Site Search Content Editors (can we please think about the content editors?!)
Episode 32: Talking SUGCON18 with Robbert Hock
March 21, 2018 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBAfter finishing out an incredibly busy 2017, we're back from a temporary hiatus and talk to one of SUGCON Europe's organizers, Robbert Hock. Technical note: due to some recording issues, our side of this interview was recorded off of our laptop microphone, so the audio quality is a little lower than we'd normally have. There is still good information to share and did our best to clean up the subpar audio.
Episode 31: So you want to be an MVP?
November 15, 2017 06:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBIt's that time of year again where nominations for the Sitecore MVP program are open. We sit down with Tamas Varga from Sitecore's Technical Marketing team to talk about the history of the MVP program, what it is and what it isn't. Finally we detail out what Sitecore is looking for when they consider people for the MVP Program.
Episode 30: Sitecore JavaScript Services
November 08, 2017 06:00 - 16 minutes - 7.74 MBHot on the heels of the launch of their tech preview, we sit down with Team X with Alex Shyba and Adam Weber, along with Nick Wesselman to talk about JavaScript Services for Sitecore, what it is and how to get started.
Episode 29: Running down the Data Exchange Framework
November 01, 2017 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.55 MBRecorded live at Sitecore Symposium 2017 we chat with Rob Reilley, better known as Sitecore Runner, about Sitecore's Data Exchange Framework
Episode 28: Sitecore Cognitive Services with Mark Stiles
October 25, 2017 05:00 - 18 minutes - 8.81 MBRecorded at Sitecore Symposium 2017 in Las Vegas, we talk with Mark Stiles and his open source project to integrate Microsoft's Cognitive Services into Sitecore. We also chat about producing media for the Sitecore Community.
Episode 27: Sitecore from Down Under with Sean Holmesby
October 04, 2017 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBWe (finally) get with Australian to New York Transplant Sean Holmesby to about Helix, Sitecore at massive scale, and when Hedgehogs tool offerings do and do not make sense.
Episode 26: Coveo and SUGCON impression with Simon Langevin
August 03, 2017 05:00 - 17 minutes - 8.44 MBIn the final of our interviews from SUGCON EU, we talk to Simon Langevin from Coveo to find out about Coveo for Sitecore and his favorite sessions.
Episode 25: Amanda Shiga
July 26, 2017 05:00 - 18 minutes - 8.9 MBContinuing with our interviews from SUGCON EU, we sit down with Amanda Shiga, VP of Marketing Science with Valtech. We cover what is new in marketing with Sitecore, including machine learning.
Episode 24: Sitecore and NET Core with Stephen Pope
July 19, 2017 05:00 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBContinuing our series of interviews from SUGCON EU, we talk with Stephen Pope from Sitecore about what it's like using .NET Core in the real world. We also dig a bit into the Sitecore publishing service that his team wrote.
Episode 23: Una Verhoeven
June 21, 2017 05:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBThe first of a series of interviews recorded at SUGCON EU 2017, we sit down with Hedgehog's Una Verhoeven and talk about the Sitecore community.
Episode 22: Looking at the cloud(s) With George Chang
May 10, 2017 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBWe sit down with Sitecore Cloud MVP, George Chang, to discuss running Sitecore in the cloud. We cover how to get started and reason why you would and would not want to use Azure for your Sitecore environment.
Episode 21: Testing Sitecore with Dan Solovay
March 29, 2017 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, we sit down with Sitecore MVP, Dan Solovay and learn why and how to use test driven development with Sitecore, as well as learn why French Literature is the key to a solid career in technology.
Episode 20: Unraveling Helix with Sumith Damodaran
March 15, 2017 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this episode, we sit down with Sumith Damodaran from Sitecore UK's Technical Services team. We learn about his role as he helps Sitecore customers with the platform and to talk about the Helix recommendations. Sumith is in the process of delivering Helix training throughout the region.
Episode 19: Fight for the Users
February 21, 2017 06:00 - 26 minutes - 12.5 MBLike the program TRON from the eponymous Disney film from 1982, you need to fight for the users of your Sitecore instance. Derek covers some areas to consider when implementing Sitecore to make the life of your content editors easier.
Episode 18: Catching up with Mike Reynolds
February 08, 2017 06:00 - 24 minutes - 11.6 MBWe talk again with Sitecore Junkie, Mike Reynolds and learn about the vibrant tech scene in Sydney, Australia and talk about what's new in Sitecore.
Episode 17: Sitecore Performance discussion with Nat Mann
January 25, 2017 06:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBWe talk with Nathanael (Nat) Mann to talk about some common gotchas when dealing with Sitecore Performance issues. From properly using caches, being careful with Sitecore search, and view vs controller renderings.
Episode 16: Kamruz Jaman
January 11, 2017 06:00 - 42 minutes - 19.8 MBWe sit down with Sitecore MVP Kamruz Jaman to talk about some of things that bit us in the past (so they don't bite you.).
Episode 15: The Coresampler Holiday Spectacular
December 21, 2016 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBStill shopping for that perfect gift for your Sitecore friends and family? We've got you covered. Hear what should be on your holiday wish list this year. We hear from folks in the Sitecore community on what tools and resources you should put on your list. We also hear what we are all thankful for as 2016 comes to a close.
Episode 14: Professional Sitecore 8 Development
December 14, 2016 06:00 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBWe chat via phone with the authors of the new Sitecore book "Profession Sitecore 8 Development", Phil Wickland and Jason Wilkerson from RBA Consulting. We discuss who the book is for and what information it covers.
Episode 13: Discussing Fortis and CI/CD with Jason Bert
November 30, 2016 06:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBRounding out some of the more common Sitecore frameworks, we chat with Jason Bert about Fortis Collection, a mapping framework for working with Sitecore Items in a strongly typed way. We then dive into the world of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) and some of the challenges implementing this process with Sitecore and why it is worth the investment of time.
Episode 12: Getting Personal with Rick Bauer
November 23, 2016 06:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBA lot of marketers who implement their site with Sitecore struggle with "what now" as they look to leverage the more advanced marketing features of Sitecore. We talk with Perficient's Rick Bauer on how to get started. We cover everyone's favorite - Personalization, but also look at some of the first step you need to take when using Sitecore's marketing tools.
Episode 11: Akshay Sura Wants to Be Your Friend
November 09, 2016 06:00 - 32 minutes - 15.3 MBWe talk with Akshay Sura about his various efforts to bring the Sitecore Community together.
Episode 10: The Many Projects of Kam Figy
November 02, 2016 05:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBHis contibution to the Sitecore community is undeniable, in this episdoe we dive into some of Kam Figy's many open source tools.