Once Upon a Time, we were a conventional podcast with dramatic elements.  This is a summary of our early work when we had our cast try to explain the techinques of Agile Development. Contents: 240: How fast is fast enough 250: The Agile Designer 2600: What you see is what you get [15313]

HWMS did not long remain a conventional podcast, if it ever was conventional.  In the summer of 2015, we interrupted an interview by parading a French Army band through the studio. By the fall of 2015, we knew that we wanted to move another direction.  We went looking for dramatic talent, hired actor Sarah Corbyn … Continue reading The Dramatic Turn →

We tell you a story.   Isn’t that enough? No report.  No statistics.   No effort to promote some point of view.  No desire to teach some theory.    We invent a fiction.  We look at characters.   We look at their relationships.  We ask how they make decisions.   All to entertain you for … Continue reading How We Manage Stuff: An Audio Drama →

HWMS began as conventional podcast. More or less. (Probably less but we wouldn’t admit it.) It followed in the footsteps of three successful podcasts: “Known World” (2007-2009); “Crowdpod” (2010-2012), and “Errant Hashtag” (2013-2015). All three had become books: Too Soon To Tell (Wiley 2009), Crowdsourcing for Dummies (Wiley 2012), and The Company We Keep (IEEE … Continue reading HWMS: A Conventional Start →

Initially, we were a conventional nonfiction podcast on technical subjects. We had this idea that we would approach project with a bit of creativity. We also believed that we would be wildly successful. This last idea was not as outlandish as it seemed because our production team had created three podcasts in the past that … Continue reading History: First “How We Manage Stuff” Posting →