I've been spending my downtime designing some government IT-inspired t-shirts, in line with my #govpunk concept. Folks on social media liked them enough that I've actually put them up for sale! Note that I make no money from these, I just want more weird things out in the world.
After my little post on joining government service, a lot of people asked about stickers for “Move Carefully and Fix Things." I had some made and now I want to give them to you for free! (But maybe we can also help good causes at the same time!)
2021.02.28 – Get in loser, we're going cloudbusting! Common cloud myths, debunked.
2022.09.19 – Thoughts on bringing back older models for decentralized social networks.
2022.09.03 – Moving away from social media; redesigning this website.
2022.03.15 – One of the main reasons government IT is bad is that it's chronically underfunded and also not funded in the right way. Here's why the Technology Modernization Fund alone is not enough to fix the challenges in the Federal Budget Process.
2021.03.07 – Strategies for successful cloud management and implementation.
2021.02.18 – GSA's Login.gov identity service is now available to city and state governments! This is literally the biggest and most important govtech news to come out in the last five years!
2021.01.25 – If you're like me, you may be having trouble keeping up with all the new Executive Orders and OMB Memos that the Biden Administration is putting out. To help, I've created a little bot to look for changes on specific pages of the White House website: @EOPbot!
2022.09.23 – Angelica Quicksey put out this compelling assessment of the current state of civic tech. A must-read, particularly for Federal staff.
2022.09.21 – Last year Demi Adejuyigbe announced the end of his wonderful series of annual videos celebrating September 21st and Earth, Wind & Fire. But we can still celebrate today by revisiting all six of those delights!
2022.09.18 – I met this wonderful potter today at the Brookland pottery festival, he uses traditional Islamic patterns. I had to purchase this beautiful piece immediately! Check out his other work!
2022.09.22 – The GSA Category Management team helps agencies buy IT. This is a senior executive role with amazing potential! Closes 2022.10.11
2022.09.20 –
We’ve got two openings in OIT here at the Securities & Exchange Commission. The first is for an IT Specialist on our Solutions Delivery team:
Apply
The second is for an analyst on our Cybersecurity team.
Closes 2022.10.03
2022.09.20 – DOL is hiring a Senior UX Designer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM / OIT). Closes 2022.09.28