Day 26 – Auxano Sprint 4 & Scrum Mastering
Today is the first day of my week as a the project Auxano Scrum master. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity to see how I perform in the role pretty much since day 1. I started the day off by...
I solve problems and build things. One cup of coffee at a time...
Auxano Sprint 3 Review & Retrospective
We wrapped up our third 1-week sprint for project Auxano today, and I wanted to show off some of our work. Check out some of the screenshots below, and watch our demo/review with feedback from Improving’s Gary McCants! Project Auxano...
Day 24 – Auxano Sprint 3
I can feel where my brain has stretched to fit all the new things I’ve learned today… or maybe that’s just a headache from not having any caffeine and staring at a computer screen for 14 hours. I can’t really...
Day 23 – Auxano Sprint 3
Got a bit more sleep last night fortunately, but I’m still a bit worn down due to the blocks set in my way by the Time Activity view. Gonna get that knocked out today (or as close to knocked out...
Day 22 – Auxano Sprint 3
Whew, today was slow. I got a requirement clarification last night when I actually read to the bottom of an email sent out to the group and discovered that what I thought was done was not really done. I created...
Day 21 – Auxano Sprint 3
This weekend was a good weekend! Probably the best one since starting boot camp which is encouraging. I finally made some time to go out to eat at a local sushi place, and went to see X-Men: Days of Future...
Day 20 – Auxano Sprint 2 Review & Retrospective
It might just be me, but the past four weeks have been a roller coaster ride. Highs, lows, plenty of turns, getting flipped upside down… but hey – we’re halfway through the boot camp, and I’ve experienced some major breakthroughs...
Day 19 – Auxano Sprint 2
Today I fiddled around with @Html.ActionLink(string.Format(“{0} {1}”, very, doge), “Place”, “Thing”, null, null, null, null, null, null, null… hashThingy, new { @stuff = “more stuff”}), and made some new “dynamic” links that update when the values of an Improver’s reported...
Day 18 – Auxano Sprint 2
Days go by quickly when you’re enjoying your work! Scrum: Yesterday, Jon and I worked on setting up the passport controller and view. Today we’ll continue working on those and exploring the MVC framework. I hope to watch the whole pluralsight...
Day 17 – Auxano Sprint 2
This week was the week I’ve been waiting for. We’re finally getting into building a UI over the code we’ve written, and I couldn’t be happier! I’m used to being able to see what I’m building immediately, and the MVC...
Memorial Day Weekend 2014
Greetings! I hope you had a pleasant and restful Memorial Day weekend. The office was closed today, but I still wanted to write a short blog to keep my daily streak alive. I spent most of my time trying to relax and...
Day 15 – They Did Call It “Boot Camp”
…and after three weeks I’d say that’s a fair statement. – Auxano Sprint 1 Review & Retrospective – Given my state of mind by 6pm on Friday, I decided to take some time over the weekend to reflect on our...
BC Day 14 – Auxano Sprint 1
… aaand I’m another year older. The past 365 days of my life were pretty important and eventful. Hopefully the next 365 will be the same! Daily Scrum: Kevin and I worked a lot on the Week Streaker tests and...
BC Day 13 – Auxano Sprint 1
We went over some new (to us) things today, and while I felt like the information flew at us pretty quickly, I think I’ll like what we ‘learned’ and I hope I can get comfortable using the new stuff quickly....