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Author: J.J. Toothman

  • Game Changer: Google Apps gains FISMA Certification

    One thing I’ve noticed since returning to NASA a few months ago is that the federal government is completely obsessed with cloud computing.  From the casual hallway conversations to the multi-hour strategic planning sessions, it is impossible to have a verbal I.T. related interaction without “cloud computing” being mentioned within that exchange. Which is why…

  • Six years ago today…

    Keturah and I were married on this day in 2004.  It was the beginning of so much.  Including an all night party that ended the next morning with cocktails at The End Up (with me still wearing the suit in the picture below). Happy anniversary to Keturah.  Thanks for making all of my dreams comes…

  • Wordle Cloud of My Gov 2.0 Expo Notes

    I found the thumb drive that had my Gov 2.0 Expo notes on yesterday.  And decided to run it through Wordle and see what insights I could gain.  Here’s what Wordle returned to me: As for thoughts and insights… You can either interpret this image as this is what I actually took notes on or…

  • Reflecting on the Gov 2.0 Expo

    I’m way late on this post.  The meme has completely moved on in the blogosphere and I’m basically posting this just to have the notes and thoughts tucked away in the chronology of my blog stream. I was hesitant to attend the Gov 2.0 Expo.  And only decided to go two weeks before the conference. …

  • Defining Gov 2.0

    As I stated in my previous post defining Cloud Computing, I’m on the lookout for foundational definitions to the buzzwords circling my work at NASA Ames.  And I’ve found the definition of Gov 2.0 that I’m going to proceed with.  It comes from Laurel Ruma, co-chair of Gov 2.0 Expo and O’Reilly Media’s Gov 2.0…

  • Defining Cloud Computing

    A couple things I’m realizing about cloud computer.  First, NASA is management is pretty obsessed with it.  Almost every single I.T. conversation I have at NASA Ames has the word “cloud” in it somehow.  Second, I don’t have a great working definition that I’m using as a foundation for my thinking on cloud computing.  If…

  • The most accurate blog post on Gov 2.0 that I’ve read so far

    I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in the past few weeks diving into the the online discussions regarding Gov 2.0, OpenGov, etc.  Basically, I’m playing catch up.  And I’ve found myself spiraling down some interesting worm holes. But one of the best assessments of the Government 2.0 trend that I’ve read so far…

  • Great GPS / International Space Station Idea

    Can someone build an app that alerts me when ISS is in the sky above me based on my phones GPS location. Blackberry preferably.Mon May 17 23:05:10 via webmdNomadmdNomad Just a great, great idea. I remember being in middle school and there was one summer when for 3 nights in a row, my friends and…

  • An Introduction and Preface to More

    I’m J.J. Toothman and I’m a NASA Web Dude.  If you already know me, you probably know that I recently started working at NASA Ames Research Center as a Web Strategist.  If you don’t know me, read the post about this over on my personal blog as I wrote about what I’ll be doing at…

  • Footnotes in blog posts

    You may have noticed that I’ve started including footnotes in my blog posts. ((See? here’s a footnote now!)) Know this: there’s a really good chance I’m going to grossly overuse these. I haven’t done this in the past. Why start now?  Well, in whatever writing I’ve done ((And to be clear: I am NOT a…