Sprint #4: I Couldn't Compile for 12 Days!

Sprint #4 went off track when I created a bug that prevented me from compiling the AltBrains Workshop capsule for 12 days. (More about what happened and why in the Retro). That meant that I couldn't test changes and I couldn't demo to prospects. This was extremely painful as it coincided with the deepening of the coronavirus crisis and I really, really wanted to have the outlet of completing and sharing work! Nevertheless, I made good use of the downtime by working on the content database. And fortunately, on the day before my birthday, the #Samsung team came through with a diagnosis, which enabled me to celebrate my 59th birthday with a renewed sense of forward momentum. 

 (Incidentally, I learned this week that after a lifetime spent mostly as an undistinguished political pamphleteer, Daniel Defoe spent his 59th year writing "Robinson Crusoe.")

Once the bug was fixed I moved swiftly to submit AltBrains Workshop for its first production release. The latest version 3.7.16 includes the following enhancements:

* Users can now request the creation of new Altbrains by providing info including topic, key people, detail level wanted 1-5, and relevant twitter hashtags and handles.

* AltBrain and Content result dialogs are more conversational and include some Random variation

* Zero result Content searches are now handled gracefully

* The AltBrain detail page now includes copyright owner image 

* AltBrains can now be marked as private (working, but not visible in the catalog)

I expect the AltBrains Workshop capsule to be available in the Bixby Marketplace mid next week.