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• Rolling off of a project at a local client
• Kicking off a project in Obtiva's Wheaton office
• Moving out of a flood-prone house and into a house up the road
• Brian Tatnall joining Obtiva as hour first full-time software apprentice

Working in the Wheaton office has been a most excellent transition. While there are some mundane details to take care of, it's all in the name of establishing a Software Craftsmanship Studio we can call our own. Like any software company that does consulting and training, there will always be some of us at client sites or running trainings in exotic locations. But there will also always be a sub-set of us in the office delivering full-fledged projects from our Studio.

And that is what Brian and I (and soon Victoria will be nearly full-time with us!) are establishing. A place where apprenticeships flourish, where footwear is optional, where collaboration is dialed up to 11, and where we deliver top-notch software to our customers on a daily basis. It's been intense thus far, and I anticipate some great times ahead.