Waldo Jaquith

I made a new bot (feat. Super Cat).

Going beyond plug-in solar.

The iPhone is the best webcam for the Mac.

A “public interest test” for government insourcing.

“I don’t want the government working efficiently, because that’s how you get to a dictatorship.”

Solar overtakes coal in the US.

Pooling funding for government software.

Independent government cost estimates are essential.

A standing disclaimer about my Agile procurement writing.

Delivery deadlines are a mistake.

Detailed deliverables are a mistake.

Capital funding poisons software projects.

The Intergovernmental Software Collaborative has a forever home.

How to foster better collaboration.

Why government software is so expensive.

One neat trick for buying software that isn’t trash.

The past-performance trap.

No, your agency’s developers cannot “help” your vendor’s devs.

A GitHub pull request model for outsourced software projects.

Custom or COTS, either way it’s almost entirely open source software.

A model for IV&V that’s actually useful.

Why I work in the open.

Don’t outsource control.

Toward a proper IT funding approval process.

An RFI is not a substitute for market research.

A systemic fix for terrible specialized agency software.

Embracing Agile implicitly means a major shift in project control.

Avoiding the “past performance” trap.

Don’t ask for references—seize them.

Agile and IGs don’t have to be opposed.

What if IV&V was actually useful?

“Customized COTS”: When government demands to be lied to.

The Frankenstein of Theseus.