Perception "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein Google "Contractors Creed" and this is what you get from http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?57037-Contractors-Creed THE CONTRACTORS CREED I am a contractor. I look out for myself, the operators to my left and right, and no one else. I will always take advantage of the fact …
Dispatches from the Front: 29 July 2012
... From Ken Friends, In some of the return e-mails, several have asked I not include or discuss the "un-pleasantries of war" in my "Dispatches". To those kind souls, my advice is to simply delete all future e-mails from me. Unfortunately, I am not in a pleasant place to accommodate such a request. The truth …
“It boiled down to courage and tenacity”: My “Inbox Interview” with Howard Cohen, Community Manager at DISA Forge.mil and Technologist by Chris Maher
I was interviewed a few weeks back by Chris Maher on Linkedin. The topic was concerning "Trusted Computing" and ramblings on security. CM: Howard, as you know, I quoted you at the 2011 NSA Trusted Computing Conference & Exposition: “Well.. I believe in Americans. I believe that when we see various challenges that we individually …
Happy 4th of July (SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD)
Today is the 4th of July. What does it mean to you? Joni Douglas writes "Do we ever reflect on the hardship and terror that the early Americans must have lived through day after day? Do we truly understand the hopes and dreams that lay secretly hidden away in the hearts of the people back …
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Community Management Metrics
Community Metrics in Context In late 2011 I started working for DISA on the Forge.Mil project. Forge.Mil is a really great concept that was born out of the need for a change in the Department of Defense concerning software development and application life-cycle management. Some the concepts that attracted me to Forge (that is …
It wasn’t simple, or was it?
I am writing you today that I am fed up. I am fed up with being fed up. I have spent more time using the backspace key today than any other single letter. I am only on the third sentence but there could have been a book already. I have leaned forward in the chair …
The Cohenization Project 