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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post on got geoint? Hurricane Earl, a gunman at the Discovery Channel headquarters, Obama trying to broker peace in the Middle East…wow, lot’s happening this week. So much so, that we totally forgot about the three-day weekend that lay ahead of us. Rather than doing another Labor Day FFT post, we decided to dive a bit deeper and highlight the role our 5 (or perhaps 6) senses that we have and how our sense shape our perceptions of the world. Why this topic? Well, it’s kind of cool and hopefully it will give you some “food for thought” as you head off into the weekend.

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought Post on got geoint? Yes, it is Friday and you are merely a few hours away from spending two precious days away with friends and family. Or perhaps you have a weekend date with your DVR to catch up on your favorite TV shows. Eitherway, congratulations. You made it to Friday. Earlier this week, we did a post about situational GEOINT awareness for the average consumer. So, we thought the concept of “situational awareness” and just how “aware” we can be to our surroundings. Oh, and yes, we apologize for the Mike “The Situation” photo – could not help ourselves. Happy Friday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? We hope everyone had a productive week and are gearing up for back to school time – man, how fast summer flies by. This week’s FFT theme is all about the next generation of GEOINTers and what makes them tick. By better understanding this new generation — many who are enrolling as freshmen in college — we will be better suited to create the next leaders of our community. And, we end this post with the anthem for how to deal with the upcoming generation – treat them right. Happy Friday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? As always, we hope everyone had a productive week and is enjoying the final weeks of summer and vacation season. As the GEOINT community knows, it was a very big week. Well actually a very big two weeks. General Clapper was confirmed as the new DNI and Letitia Long was inducted as the new Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), while breaking down major barriers by being the first woman to head an Intel agency. So, this week’s FFT post is all about breaking down barriers and the major strides that women have made. Happy Friday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? As always, the weeks are flying by and before you know it, the dog days of summer will be behind us. So, hopefully, you find time to read our popular FFT posts that will help you slow things down a bit…perhaps a little time for reflection? Not necessarily a bad thing in today’s fast-paced world. So, for this week’s FFT post theme, we thought we would analyze Senator McCain’s strong-arming method for holding up the Clapper nomination. But something just came off of the presses late in the day yesterday that trumped everything: Presidental nominee James R. Clapper was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to become the next Director of National Intelligence. Huge, huge, huge news! Read on to learn more and happy Friday!

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Welcome to the ever famous Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Hmmm…so what is the big IC story this week? Oh yes, the little story about the leaking of 91,000 secret documents about the Afghanistan war on WikiLeaks. Of course, this made realize that the ideal theme for this week’s FFT post would be all about the leaking of confidential information? Does our human nature make it difficult for us to keep secrets? We try our best to dive into this topic today. Hope you enjoy and happy Friday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? As we highlighted yesterday, it has been a very interesting week for the Intelligence Community. In many ways, the Washington Post story — and the Russian spy story — raised the level of awareness of the IC. One part of the IC that has caught people’s attention is covert intel and the concept of people not fully disclosing who they work for (i.e, an intel agency) — an often romanticized part of the IC. So, if your are wondering if Bob, your neighbor who is always vague about working at the “state department,” is a spy, he most likely is…well, more so if he lives in Chantilly.

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Welcome to the illustrious and critically-acclaimed “Friday’s Food for Thought” post from got geoint? How many DC-based folks out there were woken up in the early morning hours by the earth quake? Yes, that is right…we had an earth quake. And, last month, the New England area experienced a 5.0 magnitude quake. So, what is up with all the earth quakes hitting the east coast? We hope to explore this further in our earth quake-themed FFT post. Happy Friday and we hope you enjoy.

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post on got geoint? As our faithful readers know, we like to feature a theme each week that ties into the GEOINT world in this post. While we could have very easily made this post about the record heat wave that hit the east coast this week, we decided to make this theme about GEOINT jobs and the concept of working in general. Why? Well, because working in the GEOINT community is very cool and USGIF is hosting its first career fair next week. So, strap on your boots, as we discuss working, jobs and GEOINT. And, try to stay cool!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? We hope everyone is excited for the long weekend, which marks the birth of our great nation. Each year, we typically do a July 4th-only post on the Friday before this holiday weekend, but with the sensational Russian spy story happening, we decided to make the theme all about “old school” spying techniques. So, before you head out to enjoy a weekend of BBQs and fireworks, please read and enjoy.

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