Took Shaun along, went to a few security and app classes as well as hitting the expo floor. It was good to see CodeRed was still doing nicely, and that David digiacomo is now president.

Lots of nifty tech developments to see, from security cameras,bomb sensing and defusing drones, super hollow point ammo, auto detection ID devices and automated machine gun nests to stand up tricycles for  beat cops. Knife fighting and k9 made for some trade show niftiness on the govsec side of the trade floor. On “my side” we had more Korean vendors, cloud systems,tiny low power consumption computers,  contractor training booths, Lexis nexis reference, swag bags and pens then you could point a stick at. Allison now has plenty of post-its and pens to keep her in like Flynn for a year.

The days of the booth babe are officially over, thank goodness. Nice to be able to get more than cursory info from folk, and not have to deal with goggle eyed dudes mobbing a region just because it has a hottie parked there.

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Sprint
Planning
Scrum
What today
What tomorrow
What blocking you
All events timeboxed
Artifacts

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Web access
Setting up new project demo
SharePoint for doc collaboration

Structuring epics that span multiple sprints
Effort level , numeric, size etc
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Assorted, the dove, the skunk, in-laws, the rose, confederate prison memorial, flowers

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Happy mothers day!

Thanks for not giving up on us, mom!

Iron man 3 in 3d, only 3 of us here, we strangers had a brief nerdmeet after. Enjoyable impromptu moment of camaraderie. A 40 something scotto in Hawaiian shirt, skinny black bespectacled teenager guy possibly skipping school and a 20ish gal in semi-1983 fashion fedora pre work at the nearby Wal-Mart. The movie was good, but I wish there had been an AIM beekeeper tech somewhere and less kid. — at Cambridge Premier Cinemas.

Much better day today. Noshing on a doughnut at Bay Country Bakery, and it Is delightful.

Allison found me some new keenes size 17 for $32! Not bad, I got two pair for the 2/3 the cost of one. I like the style a lot and they are very comfortable. Test wore them most of the day today both walking and driving and I didn’t turn an ankle or worry too much about my drop foot.

Serious anxiety day, I seem to especially dread prep and packing even for a day trip. Things build to a point where I can’t even think straight. Once out and about it’ll be fine. I just get overwhelmed.