Doing a little preparation for travel to #AONW in Portland. Bob's Red Mill has their name on packaged snack bars, I see.

It occurs to me that checking my Flo mask filters and foam condensation collars counts as pre-exposure protocol.

Not the first time a picture of me with a drum has been spotted in the wild, but perhaps the first time while at a technical conference.

https://www.agileopennorthwest.org/blog-posts/april-2024-were-back

#AONW #agileopennorthwest #djembe

I went to the #AONW conference last week, and I've got a whole jumble of feelings in response to it.

Success! I went to a whole conference (roughly 23 hours over three days) with a bunch of other humans and had an overall positive experience!

It was AONW's first in-person conference since the pandemic hit, so I wasn't alone in my *just now crawling out from under my rock* feeling.

It was reassuring to see some familiar faces, and refreshing to make new connections with other like-minded folk.

And yet, a feeling of disconnect too. It's been a while since I've been a part of the kind of team that people talk about here. Some of these things I have a hard time relating to *any* organization I've been in. And I'm not sure I left with a better picture of next opportunities than I arrived with.

Agile Open Northwest was loads of fun. Met some great people. Saw some familiar faces. And, finally met some folks I’ve followed for a while in person(h/t @qcoding).

Evening coding sessions were also interesting to participate in.

Good feedback on the session I did on The 5 Ps and the one Becca and I did together as The Irreverent Agilists: No Spikes in the Mosh Pit.

https://joshbruce.com/essays-and-editorials/the-5-ps/

https://the-irreverent-agilists.com

#Agile
#MobProgramming
#AONW

At #AONW this year, we discussed variations on Lean Coffee in a Lean Coffee session.

I invented a new variation that we decided to call Brazillian Lean Coffee. Or, the Quinton Brazilian. I'll let you decide which name you prefer ;)