As of 12:01 AM Saturday, May 9 the ink has dried and both Jay and I are officially employed by Deloitte LLP. While for all practical purposes the BearingPoint Enterprise Wiki was a resounding success, its future remains unclear. Starting on an old laptop in my basement, served through a cable modem hack, the 16,000 [...]

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I had arrived in Jordan the night before. Best my circadian rhythms could tell, it was about 0100 and I seemed to have been cheated a few hours in transit. Jet lag is a funny thing. Kinda the cheap strip club of consciousness. You know it isn’t real, but man…the scenery is deceptively attractive, hours are [...]

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My company sponsored a recent InfoWeek survey (results) and conference on Best Practices for Government 2.0. Jay and I had not only the good fortune to attend, but the good sense to remain silent while cheeky_geeky and Dan Mintz presented some interesting material to the crowd of mostly government workers. Tracy Haugen kicked off the session [...]

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BearingPoint sponsored the DC Atlassian user Group and despite multiple warnings (pleas?) from anyone who has seen us speak before, they gracefully allowed Jay and I to give a quick presentation on our Confluence, Crowd, and JIRA implementation. Clearly we were hearkening Donnie and Marie as Jay was looking a little bit rock and roll [...]

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The city isn’t really prepared for it when it comes. Drainage is a more a wish than a planning construct. Windows, roofs, and dusty umbrellas all seem surprised when asked to perform their intended roles, protesting through errant drops. Nonetheless, rain is so infrequent that complaints are muffled by the relief of water arriving in [...]

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