I work at NASA’s ames research center developing and integrating collaborative web technologies. Currently, I’m a developer on the NASA Nebula team. i’m also a computer science grad student in automated digital forensics, natural language processing, and data mining, with an interest in applying these techniques to the study of patterns in human behaviour, organization, and governance.
besides programming, i love cooking, a good crossfit workout, and building community around peoples’ pursuit of their passions. when i’m not hacking on some kind of web development or digital forensics code, or futzing with linux, i am usually working on community infrastructure, in particular the kind where we think about how organizations and collaborations are structured, how that intersects with technology, and how we can cultivate cultures of creativity in society. add wine and giant family feasts; repeat.
i leave archaeologically uninteresting digital remnants at a few places online:
- jessykate on Twitter.
- RocketQueen on flickr
- google reader, which i use in spurts.
- delicious
i live in the “secret nasa think tank in the hills” AKA rainbow mansion, where the aforementioned family feasts are practiced as often as possible, and various forms of world domination are plotted.
here’s some stuff i am or have been involved in:
- La Choza del Mundo: our propery in costa rica for changing the world!
- Yuri’s Night Bay Area, the largest yuri’s night party on the planet and the first ever at NASA, which i started and organized in 2007 and supported in 2008.
- i do simple web hacks under the auspices of the tinyapps team.
- Nick Skytland, Robbie Schingler, Karen Lau and I run a website called opennasa.com, an unofficial public dialog about transparency, participation, and the organizational evolution of NASA.
- I was a cofounder of NASA CoLab. which was never known to cause any trouble……….ever.
