Unintended Consequences

Feb 01 2022 13 ep. 30 mins 3
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When technology gets bigger, stronger, faster, worse.

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Ep. #13, The Thing About Consultants with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group

Feb 01 2022 24 mins  
In episode 13 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison continue their conversation with cloud economist Corey Quinn. This time they’re unpacking The Duckbill Group and how Corey manages to keep up with his Herculean content schedule.

Ep. #12, High Score Bills with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group

Dec 14 2021 25 mins  
In episode 12 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group. Together they pull back the curtain on AWS Billing and unpack how Corey became the humorous and brutally honest voice of cloud billing.

Ep. #11, Air Traffic Control: Loss of Separation with Sigrid Ellis

Oct 19 2021 30 mins  
In episode 11 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi and Kim speak with Sigrid Ellis, an air traffic controller. She unpacks the day-to-day work experience of air traffic controllers and shares insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic introduced new complexities around airspace traffic, airline staffing, and commercial flights.

Ep. #10, Infrastructure Buffers with J. Paul Reed of Netflix

Sep 27 2021 27 mins  
In episode 10 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi and Kim continue their conversation with J. Paul Reed of Netflix. This time they explore the hidden complexities of infrastructure systems, including public transportation, domestic utilities, public spaces, and the internet.

Ep. #9, Auth*orization with Jeff Taylor of Okta

Aug 23 2021 33 mins  
In episode 9 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi and Kim talk with Jeff Taylor, Senior Product Manager at Okta. They discuss security, identity authentication, authorization, and why all three matter when evaluating breaches and vulnerabilities.

Ep. #8, Resilience & Chill with J. Paul Reed of Netflix

Aug 17 2021 33 mins  
In episode 8 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with J. Paul Reed of Netflix. They discuss resilience engineering at Netflix, the emergent nature of systems, surprises at scale, and the future of conferences.

Ep. #7, Cyd Harrell: Finding the People Who Are Doing the Work

Jul 27 2021 28 mins  
In episode 7 of Unintended Consequences, Yoz and Kim continue their conversation with civic design expert and author Cyd Harrell. They unpack the systemic goals and features of private tech and government, and expound on ways the two could coexist more effectively.

Ep. #6, Cyd Harrell: Innovation is a Flawed Framework for Change

Jul 05 2021 28 mins  
In episode 6 of Unintended Consequences, Yoz and Kim speak with civic design expert Cyd Harrell. They discuss the elements of scale that government excels at, how technology influences the speed of policy change, and why innovation isn’t always the best goal.

Ep. #5, This Machine Kills Vim with Paul Biggar of Dark

May 18 2021 27 mins  
In episode 5 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse continues her conversation with Paul Biggar. They unpack Dark and its potential uses, Paul’s insights on devtools, and common misconceptions about programming languages.

Ep. #4, Everything is an Experiment with Charity Majors and Liz Fong-Jones of Honeycomb

Apr 19 2021 30 mins  
In episode 4 of Unintended Consequences, Yoz and Kim speak with Charity Majors and Liz Fong-Jones of Honeycomb about scaling teams and company values. They share how their team makes space for curiosity and learning as a group, and why this has been so important for the Honeycomb platform.