Talking and Shopping
Washington Politics. Silicon Valley Technology. A sweeping Dickensian narrative. All mixed with personal interests, good intentions, ruthless, and a general cluelessness. An episodic drama. Originally distributed as the show “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington.”
Mother Comes Home From the Wars
The conceit of this story is that HWMS is a policy shop in Washington and that things with its major client, Talking and Shopping, are starting to spin out of control. Congressional aide Evelyn D’Fino and Vinny discuss current state of consulting job. Sulley is in HWMS DC office and is singing a variant of Koko’s song […]
The Dead Don’t Disrupt
Talking and Shopping is increasingly finding challenges in Washington. At a seminar at the Innovation Institute where CEO Ed Kowalski reveals that he can be nice in an awkward sort of way. Vinny and Evelyn frame the episode by discussing whether the team is able to handle their job; Evelyn suggests that Vinny should help. The episode […]
Farming From San Francisco
Talking and Shopping CEO Ed Kowalski is backed into firing his friend, Benjamin Capardi. Capardi runs the large T&S server farm in Oregon but works out of his home in San Francisco. He is not making his numbers and is a little fast and loose with his numbers. Ed tries to protect him and cut a deal. Alton shames […]
By Any Other Name
A quick meeting in the lobby of the office of Senator Christine Stassen in one of the Senate Office buildings lead by Rachel D’Fino, Stassen’s chief of staff, to coordinate Abby Alton’s appearance before a senate committee. The meeting begins with Sulley and Roger in Stassen’s office. Roger is typing a social media posting that involves the […]