Looking for an ambitious designer with website kungfu

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2009 06:40 Written by Jeffreycarr Sunday, 11 October 2009 06:40

Consider this an open call for website designers who want to be affiliated with possibly the world’s best known Open Source Intelligence experiment – Project Grey Goose (PGG). One of the keys to PGG’s success is its mix of motivated experts from different countries, skillsets, and professions. After 14 months, we’ve published two free reports, launched a weekly subscription service, and are making progress in building out a searchable database and analytic platform (Palantir – Kapow – Basis) dedicated to tracking and investigating State and Non-State actors in cyber conflicts around the world.

It’s time to align these various products and services, along with some new ones that I have in mind, under one dedicated web portal. This is probably easier said than done, which is why I used the adjective “ambitious” in the title of this post. If you’ve got the requisite skills as a designer, and would like to be considered for this high profile project, please contact me via email and include a brief bio, a link to your portfolio of work, and why you’d like to become a part of Project Grey Goose.

How to obtain a copy of the Project Grey Goose Phase I report

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 December 2008 01:43 Written by admin Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:49

This Friday, October 17th, it’ll be 56 days since I announced the experiment in Open Source intelligence known as Project Grey Goose. We have concluded our work on Phase I and will be releasing our findings on Friday.

This entire exercise, from start to finish, has been an incredible experience for me. Palantir Technologies, in particular, has been outstanding in its ongoing support of this project. I feel like there are some lessons here in how companies can form collaborative partnerships that exceed what they each can do individually, but frankly I’m too tired to expound on that concept right now. In fact, I may wait to see how Phase II shapes up first (yes – there will definitely be a Phase II!). I’ll be speaking with some innovative thinkers on both sides of the black gate about that shortly.

As far as getting a copy of the report, if you work outside of the Intelligence and DoD community, then you need do nothing. I’ll post a link to where you can obtain a copy this Friday.

If you work for one of the many agencies within the IC or DoD, then Send me a request from your work email account and you’ll receive a version with internal-only appendices.

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