An Interview with Ryan Singel, Co-Founder, Contextly

Ryan Singel is probably best known for his years as a writer and editor at Wired, and for his passion and involvement in technology policy and privacy issues. But Ryan is now on a different mission – bringing engagement and personalization to web sites of almost any size. We chatted at length about the company he founded – Contextly - and we also touched on some of his past as well.

An Interview with Lawdan Shojaee, CEO, Axosoft

Axosoft is focused on building development tools that improve the lives of software developers. Their CEO, Lawdan Shojaee, is not only passionate about entrepreneurism and about her company’s products, but she is also very passionate about raising awareness – and ensuring the success - of more women in technology. We had the opportunity to talk to her about all of these topics.

We contacted the leading web designers from all over New Zealand to hear directly from them what they thought were the critical elements of a successful web site and of a top web hosting company.

Most designers didn't know where their sites are hosted and why it is important at all. We singled out 11 whom we felt know their business well.

Once they realized what a great resource HostAdvice.com is offering, we found that designers are actually passionate about their industry and enjoyed talking about their experiences with their hosting companies. Most designers spent some time talking about the type of support they receive and often it was very positive. Some of them also shared with us their thoughts and insights on what are important elements of a successful web site. We're happy to share their insights with you below.

An Interview with Erin Curtis, Senior Director, Product Marketing, SnapLogic

Big Data and  integration in the enterprise are major challenges for companies today.  Some software vendors offer solutions for data integration and others offer solutions for application integration.  SnapLogic offers a solution that supports both data and application integration.  Erin Curtis discusses with us what SnapLogic has to offer today, what they had to do to get there, and what their plans are for the future.

An Interview with Job van der Voort, VP of Product at GitLab

It sounds like an elusive Holy Grail – a single integrated application that will guide and support software development through every stage of the development lifecycle.  That means starting with ideas and going all the way through to production and user feedback. But that is exactly what GitLab is out to achieve.

Job van der Voort explains to us how they are achieving this, where they see the market going in the coming years, and how GitLab manages to accomplish all of this with every one of their 100+ employees working remotely.