hb5 Podcast

In this week’s episode, your hosts Shrop, Tecto, Jay & Deeter get started discussing development workflows. Whether your shop is Waterfall, Agile, Agile-ish or Waterfall-y, you won’t want to miss this riveting, rip-roaring episode!

Ok maybe we're overselling a little, but it’s an important topic for teams that are in the business of making things.

We have a full house this week as Shrop, Tecto, Jay, and Deeter talk about leadership. What traits make a leader? Do leaders differ from managers? Can leadership be taught? These questions and more get asked and answered.

shrop and tecto talk about what transparency really means in the context of a company. From talking openly about salaries to dealing with struggles and conflicts, a number of resources and strategies are discussed to help lead to success.

shrop and tecto talk about flat organization types, benefits and challenges.

Shrop, Tecto, Deeter, and Jay talk about dealing with the inevitability of lost data. They walk you through how to get started with a easy backup solution and describe what a comprehensive strategy looks like. Plus, Tecto shares a heart-wrenching tale of loss and Deeter confesses to being careless with his iTunes.

Jay, tecto and shrop talk about the basic methodology of getting things done (GTD) and tips to help with GTD implementation.

Deeter, tecto, Jay, and shrop chat about some of their favorite Apple Macintosh applications (OS X). They also discuss the importance of a password manager.

tecto and shrop continue talking about EDC (Everyday Carry) by diving into what they carry in their bags and backpacks.

Deeter, Jay, tecto and shrop talk about having the EDC (everyday carry) mindset and what they each carry.

Deeter, Jay, tecto and shrop talk about building successful meetup communities through consistency, growing new leaders and making meetups welcoming.