This Mobile Life

Episodes

1. 33

   The Rose that grew from a ROKU

   In this episode, we have my good friend & co-host Francis McCarthy from UNIKRN hailing from Seattle. We discuss the following topics: 1. Life in USA 2. ROKU beats chromecast, Apple TV, amazon 3. Key learnings from Mobile Growth meetup in San Francisco: We heard from speakers from Amazon, Smule...

   Aug 9, 2017

   49m
2. 32

   Hurling Woj Bombs Live From San Francisco (S3E8)

   Our latest podcast / FB Live episode, live from San Francisco! We're live with Francis McCarthy from Unikrn. In this episode we discuss: 1. NBA Trades 2. Tech News - Women in tech being harassed (11.30) 3. Product Craft meetup (14.00) 4. The art of sparring - testing your ideas, encouraging…

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   Jul 5, 2017

   32m
3. 31

   When Amazon Swallowed Whole Foods(S3E7)

   This new pod is with regular guest Francis McCarthy from Unikrn. We cover the following topics: 1. Father's day in the US 2. NBA finals (Game 5) 3. NBA draft preview & trade scenarios 4. Networking in the Bay Area 5. Mind The Product Conference 6. Amazon buying Whole foods: what this means for...

   Jun 23, 2017

   40m
4. 30

   Life Before Amazon Prime And After Prime (S3E6)

   In this pod, we cover NBA finals (Game 3)& the impact of Amazon Prime. With regular guest Francis McCarthy from Unikrn & special guest Helena McCarthy, university recruitment programs from Amazon. 1. NBA Finals - Game Review - Financial impact of a longer series - The Draymond Green effect 2. The...

   Jun 16, 2017

   1h 02m
5. 29

   Everyone Gets A Covefefe (S3E5)

   We're back! This Mobile Life has relocated to USA, keeping with the theme of being mobile :) We return with regular guest, Francis McCarthy from Unikrn. In this pod, we chat about: 1. Internet plans in USA 2. NBA Finals - We attended Game 1 in Oracle Arena. We share what it was like at the game...

   Jun 11, 2017
6. 28

   Kings, Pelicans, and Presidents with Francis McCarthy from Unikrn (S3E4)

   I chat to Francis McCarthy, Senior Marketing Manager at Unikrn. He was previously on Season 2. Now he's back for a 2 part episode (S3E3 & S3E4). ABOUT UNIKRN Unikrn is the ultimate esports experience. It lets you bet on esports matches, play your favorite games, and win awesome prizes. PODCAST...

   Mar 8, 2017

   32m
7. 27

   Instagram stories & the Snap IPO, with Francis McCarthy from Unikrn (S3E3)

   I chat to Francis McCarthy, Senior Marketing Manager at Unikrn. He was previously on Season 2. Now he's back for a 2 part episode (S3E3 & S3E4). We always have an awesome chat and this time is no different! We cover everything from esports to my favourite sport, NBA! We also go in depth to chat...

   Mar 8, 2017

   54m
8. 26

   Designing Sydney Opera House App with Peter Chen from Beaconmaker (S3E2)

   I chat with Peter Chen, Head of Design & Co-founder at Beaconmaker. I met Peter via the Sydney Opera house hackathon which he won. Peter previously was Head Of Design at Yatango. He also has a lot of digital and advertising agency experience at Holler, Tribal DDB, Soap Creative and WHYBIN. I've...

   Mar 8, 2017

   33m
9. 25

   Increasing my email conversions by 3x with Brett Fox from Photzy (S3E1)

   I chat to Brett Fox, co-founder of Photzy. The topic of this podcast is email marketing which is critical to building, retaining and monetising their audience. Brett is an awesome online marketer. I sat next to him for 1.5years at the co-working space Fishburners. ABOUT PHOTZY Photzy is a sister...

   Mar 8, 2017

   42m
10. 24

    App Store Optimisation with Gabriel Machuret from ASO Agency (S2E12)

    We chat to THE App Store Optimisation (ASO) expert, Gabriel Machuret from ASO Agency. Gabriel has written the first book on ASO, has courses on Udemy and has worked on ASO for hundreds of mobile apps. His clients include EA Games, Redbull and Xerox. He also has a podcast on ASO! We discuss the...

    Feb 1, 2017

    43m
11. 23

    The SEO challenge with Alan Byrne from Cogmotive (S2E11)

    In this podcast, we're hailing from TechCity in London! We interview Alan Byrne, co-founder of Cogmotive. Alan is a Sydney transplant now living abroad in London. We're super excited to interview Alan as he is also a moderator of the Sydney Startups Facebook Group. I found out that when we met up...

    Jan 15, 2017

    39m
12. 22

    Scaling Customer Support For SaaS with Alex Holmes from Influx (S2E10)

    We chat with Alex Holmes, CMO from Influx. Influx helps you get customer support, done. They provide elastic support which is based on a transactional model. Influx focuses on assisting SaaS and eCommerce businesses. Alex is an online marketer by trade, having worked at Envato, Tripit and other...

    Dec 1, 2016

    51m
13. 21

    Partnerships are about relationships with Jordan Sim, BigCommerce (S2E9)

    I chat with Jordan Sim, Group Product Manager at BigCommerce. He focuses on enabling and implementing strategic business development partnerships with the BigCommerce product. Jordan oversees two areas - order fulfilment and shipping logistics. He's launched and managed product integrations with...

    Oct 28, 2016

    43m
14. 20

    Mobile UX Research with Anna Lee Anda, Zendesk (S2E8)

    I chat to Anna Lee Anda, UX research at Zendesk. She's based in Singapore. We met many years ago when we both lived in Melbourne. We have similar backgrounds in law/accounting, before moving into the world of tech. Anna has worked in UX and product. She shares some great insights into SaaS from...

    Oct 2, 2016

    51m
15. 19

    Making The World More Playful With Mike Gardiner, Lime Rocket (S2E7)

    We chat to Mike Gardiner, Founder of Lime Rocket, the developers of BuzzyTV Games. Very excited to chat to Mike as its a very cool company and product! BuzzyTV Games enables multiplayer big screen games at events & in classrooms that are playable using phone as game controllers. With no app...

    Sep 22, 2016

    51m
16. 18

    Behaviour design with Iz El-Bahnasy of Gather (S2E6)

    This is Part 2 of our chat with Iz El-Bahnasy, founder of Gather. Gather is a Shopify app that boosts lead generation capabilities for eCommerce merchants. We cover the following: 1. What is business model canvas? 2. What is behaviour design? 3. How does the business model canvas interact with...

    Sep 7, 2016

    43m
17. 17

    Piggybacking On Platforms - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S2E5)

    We chat to Iz El-Bahnasy, founder of Gather. Gather is a Shopify app that boosts lead generation capabilities for ecommerce merchants. Iz also is the founder of Sourcecraft, which helps clients build new custom web and mobile application. He manages to juggle this with running the Product Hunt...

    Aug 31, 2016

    26m
18. 16

    To Snap Or To Medium (the lost episode) - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S2E4)

    This episode has a focus on social media apps, in particular the rise of Snapchat, Instagram and Medium. We chat with Francis McCarthy (Unikrn) based in Seattle and Jamie Andrei (Flying Machine Films) in Sydney. We discuss: 1. How Medium is changing the blogging game. 2. Snapchat vs Instagram...

    Aug 21, 2016

    48m
19. 15

    Shipping faster with a pattern library - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S2E3)

    I chat to my good friend Anthony Cole. Anthony is a product developer with a background in wordpress and frontend development. Originally hailing from Silicon Valley and via NZ, Anthony works in Melbourne for startup Lexer.io. He shares insights on why you should use a pattern library. It is a…

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    Aug 13, 2016

    47m
20. 14

    A podcast about podcasts - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S2E2)

    This episode is a podcast about podcasts! I describe the journey of making a podcast. Also the latest in mobile audio world. There's a discussion about Soundcloud, Spotify and Amazon's foray into podcasts with Channels. I've now got 800 subscribers in 10 months. I wanted to have 1,000 subscribers...

    Aug 4, 2016

    27m
21. 13

    Mobile video audiences shift to social networks - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S2E1)

    We chat with Jamie Andrei (Flying Machine Films) in our season 2 opener! We discuss how online video is changing. Audiences & brands shift from YouTube to Facebook & Snapchat. We also chat about the comeback of portrait video on mobile. We rant about how news websites needs to change. This is a...

    Jul 31, 2016

    57m
22. 12

    Nerding out on Pokemon Go - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S01 E12)

    I was chatting to my brother Raymond Ho about Pokemon Go over dinner. So I decided to pause the conversation, finish dinner and record our conversation as a podcast. We recorded a 30 min in-depth chat about how the game has evolved after 1 week. It is crazy how popular it has become and its only...

    Jul 19, 2016

    31m
23. 11

    Where Did Pokemon Go - This Mobile Life Season 1 Episode 11

    We recorded a new podcast episode "Where did Pokemon Go?". Guest & co-host with Ping Wang in this episode. The latest mobile app craze is Pokemon Go. We chat about what we have noticed so far and whether its going to last. We also discuss our amazing helicopter ride across Sydney Harbour and how...

    Jul 11, 2016

    19m
24. 10

    Create a blueprint with wireframes - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S01 E10)

    "Create a blueprint with wireframes". Its an in-depth chat on why we use wireframes and write requirements. We also discuss how we do it. I interview my good friend Jenny Hsu, business analyst from GPY&R. We both previously worked at APD (Asia Pacific Digital). It was known as Next Digital which...

    Jun 23, 2016

    53m
25. 9

    The Agile Toolkit For Product Teams With Alwin Chin - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S01 E09)

    The topic is "The Agile Toolkit For Product Teams" with my good friend Alwin Chin. We discuss: 1. Background of agile software development 2. Agile process - standups, retros, estimating, showcases 3. Agile, scrum, or lean? 4. How to manage a software team 5. Can agile work with mobile apps? 6.…

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    Jun 16, 2016

    49m
26. 8

    Faster iTunes Approval Times with Dain Hedgpeth, Skater - This Mobile Life (S01 E08)

    In this episode we speak to Dain Hedgpeth, founder of Skater App. Skater is a mobile game with real skate spots, real skating feel, real gear. The skateboarding game every skater has been waiting for! Dain is a good friend of ours and we have always had great in depth discussions about app...

    Jun 3, 2016

    20m
27. 7

    On Demand Services with Ilter Dumduz, Blys - This Mobile Life by Inspiredworlds (S01 E07)

    This podcast is about "On Demand Services" for This Mobile Life (S01E07). My guest was Ilter Dumduz, co-founder of Blys. Blys provides on-demand mobile massage service in Sydney (http://getblys.com.au). I'm very excited to have Ilter as a guest as he's worked in product management at Freelancer,...

    May 22, 2016

    55m
28. 6

    This Mobile Life [Season 1 Episode 6] - Great Products Require Restraint

    I recorded this podcast whilst driving my car. I'm cruising through traffic, stopping, overtaking cars whilst chatting about the latest developments in mobile. I discuss this week's news: 1. Parse shutting down 2. Apple iTunes creating its own movies I cover a topic on "Great Products Require...

    Jan 31, 2016

    26m
29. 5

    This Mobile Life [Episode 5] - Marketing Mobile Games with Justin Carroll (Monastery)

    Our first podcast interview for 2016 - Happy New Year everyone! In this episode we discuss marketing mobile games with Justin Carroll from Monastery (http://www.monastery.io). Justin is known for building high quality audiences for mobile games. He has worked on brands such as Call of Duty…

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    Jan 9, 2016

    59m
30. 4

    This Mobile Life [Episode 4] - API First Approach with Raymond Ho, Food Blogged app

    In the fourth episode of "This Mobile Life", we chat to Raymond Ho, Founder at Food Blogged. Food Blogged helps you discover new restaurants and cafes based on Food Blogger recommendations. It is available in Australia for the cities of Sydney & Melbourne. We discuss how the API first approach…

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    Nov 17, 2015

    52m
31. 3

    This Mobile Life [Episode 3] - Chhai Thach from Go Reception

    In the third episode of "This Mobile Life", we chat to Chhai Thach, Co-Founder at Go Reception. GoReception is a visitor management system available on iPad and on the web. We discuss how Chhai came up with the idea of Go Reception, customer success, and the impact of software as a service on...

    Oct 27, 2015

    1h 01m
32. 2

    This Mobile Life [Episode 2] - Part 2 with Jason Allan, Digital Marketing Manager at Cammy

    The second episode of "This Mobile Life" with Jason Allan, Digital Marketing Manager at Cammy. We continue our conversation on all things mobile. We discuss the importance of data, analytics, the role of digital marketing manager, software as a service, and internet of everything. Jason also...

    Oct 15, 2015

    26m
33. 1

    This Mobile Life [Episode 1] - Jason Allan, Digital Marketing Manager at Cammy

    The first episode of "This Mobile Life" with Jason Allan, Digital Marketing Manager at Cammy. We discuss all things mobile - from mobile marketing, customer discovery, conversion funnel, cross platform experience. Jason also discusses the startup he is working at https://www.cammy.com. Cammy…

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    Oct 14, 2015

    18m