All posts by: Thomas Cagley

A Tale Of Work Intake Woe, Safety, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault,  SPaMCAST 858

SPaMCAST 858 features a tale of work intake woe set in the Innovatech world that David Herron and I created. In this world, we use a bit of fiction to... Read More

Culture And Human Rights,  Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 10, Week 13

This chapter of  Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen explores the “intellectual edifice of human rights.” The concept of human rights is often trotted out almost like a totem in... Read More

The Future Of Software Development,  A Conversation with Andy Hillard, SPaMCAST 857

SPaMCAST 857 features our interview with Andy Hilliard, CEO of Accelerance and author of Synergea. In this episode, we discuss the future of software development and how global teams fit... Read More

Population, Food, and Freedom,  Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 9, Week 12

Sen begins Chapter 9 of Development as Freedom with the sentence: “The contemporary age is not short of terrible and nasty happenings, but the persistence of extensive hunger in a... Read More

Playing Billiards On A Boat, Essays and Conversations with Jon M Quigley, SPaMCAST 856

Consider sailing on a lake. It is a great day, there is only a slight rolling swell to contend with. Because you are so relaxed, you slip below and start... Read More

Women’s Agency and Social Change, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 8, Week 11

The idea of agency plays a central role in Chapter 8 of Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. The concept of agency is often misunderstood. Paraphrasing Wikipedia (to make it... Read More

Squeezing Testing Has Predictable Results, A Conversation with Khurram Mir, SPaMCAST 855

The SPaMCAST 855 features my conversation with Khurram Mir. We talked about testing, quality assurance, control, and frameworks. We discussed whether we would still discuss the link between continual schedule... Read More

Famines and Other Crises, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 7, Week 10

Chapter 7 of  Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen, Famines and Other Crises, examines the impact of freedoms and leadership through the lens of famines and other crises. This chapter... Read More

Social Choice and Individual Behavior, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 11, Week 9

The fun part of reading and then rereading a book is knowing what is to come in Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. I am jumping to Chapter 11 for... Read More

Real-time Collaboration Is Key to Success, A Conversation WIth John Conafay, SPaMCAST 853

The SPaMCAST 853 features our interview with John Conafay. CEO and Co-Founder of Integrate. John and I talked about program management in complex environments and real-time collaboration. In complex environments... Read More