August 9, 2024
It’s just a thin veneer of paint on a wheel. It’s the CRO Roundtable Roundup!
Thanks to Matt Beischel, Iqbal Ali, and Slobodan Manić for joining us. Want to get in on the action and talk with cool CRO people like this? Then join us next Friday.
One Sentence Takeaway
Automating repetitive tasks using technology and AI can significantly enhance productivity and reduce manual workload in both professional and personal contexts.
This Time We Discussed:
- Automating repetitive tasks
- Exponential productivity boosts from saving time and reducing manual errors
- Scaling and managing workload efficiently
- Using Browser Stack and Selenium for automated cross-browser testing
- Essential for efficient testing
- Keep human editorial oversight to prevent errors and ensure quality
- Taking screenshots for test variations
- Real-time data processing
- Ethical considerations of using AI-powered automation for personal tasks
- Gift-giving
- Client interactions
- Creating a browser plugin
- Using AI to assist in generating content summaries, descriptions, and other assets
- Podcast production supplemented with AI
- Understanding public use licenses
- Protecting your intellectual property
- Allowing for permissive use
Quotes of the Week
Standout quips from this week’s roundtable
- No quote this week, sorry!
CRO Link Digest
Links to interesting, amusing, thought-provoking, or downright silly content shared at this week’s roundtable
- Dalek JS – Automated cross browser testing with JavaScript
- BrowserStack – Live app & browser testing on real devices
- ImageMagick – a free, open-source software suite, used for editing and manipulating digital images
- Selenium – Automation for web applications
- MIT License – a permissive software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Convert Experinces – A/B testing software for websites
- Airtable – No code application platform
- Chat GPT – AI-powered conversational model that generates human-like text responses in real-time
- Dall-E 3 – AI model that creates images from textual descriptions
- VirtualDub – Free video processing and editing software
- DaVinci Resolve – Professional-grade video editing software used for post-production
CRO Book Club
Key Person of Influence
by Daniel Priestly
Recommended by Iqbal Ali
Every industry revolves around Key People of Influence. Their names come up in conversation. They attract opportunity. They earn more money. Many people think it takes decades of hard work, academic qualifications and a generous measure of good luck to become a Key Person of Influence. This book shows that there is a strategy for fast-tracking your way to the inner circle of the industry you love. Your ability to succeed depends on your ability to influence. Start now by reading this book. This book is your invitation to the inner circle of your industry. – Amazon Link (non-referral)
Off-Topic Sidebars
Experimentation isn’t the only thing we talk about at the CRO Roundtable. There’s often a healthy dose of discussion on shared interests, personal passions, and hobbies. This week we had some sidebars about:
- Political changes and economic instability impact job security and business operations
- International political events can have personal impacts, such as communication issues with family abroad
- Economic policies like austerity measures can have long-term societal effects
Off-Topic Shareables
- No off-topic shareables this week, sorry!