Category Archives: Contract Work

A Man Who Values Peer Review

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Brian

Mark Shuttleworth, who stood up the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, wrote about what he did after his “Open Source” development team wandered off into the weeds on another significant project. I like the way his mind worked. Comments afterward. Recognising … Continue reading →

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Let (Make) the Customer Do It ?

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Brian

Major Range Test Facility Bases (MRTFBs) are government owned entitities that do military testing. The core of their work force is military, civilian employees, and support contractors. Their customers are acquisition program program offices, and defense (provider) contractors such as … Continue reading →

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After Seeing the Bad, Please Show Me the Good

Posted on January 5, 2006 by Brian

I’ve seen the critique of the PTO growing from multiple directions, most recently on Slashdot. What bothers me is that it’s all too easy to find the bad patents we can all laugh at. If we need non-obvious, and non-trivial, … Continue reading →

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DARPA Grand Challenge is not Acquisitions

Posted on January 5, 2006 by Brian

Steve Kelman’s article in the November 21st issue of Federal computer Weekly is either a parody or totally overstepping his understanding of the situation. He gets it right in the second sentence when he says DARPA was “…seeking to encourage … Continue reading →

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Personal Dynamic Range

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Brian

Doing many things simultaneously eventually makes you let go of something. Continue reading →

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