As a contractor of a contractor of a contractor of a contractor (I discovered there was an additonal layer in the last few days), much of the work I do on this TriMet fare card project has been on a need-to-know basis. Many important pieces of information about the project never make it to me. I'm perfectly happy with things being that way, by the way. Most of that stuff, I don't want to know about, but in some cases it does help me with job.
For example, I learned on Thursday that the Wednesday launch of the Hop card system was in fact the official launch, but it was a "soft launch," meaning that it is indeed up and running for the public, but the launch was without any publicity by TriMet. This is actually a very smart thing to do, in case something goes horribly wrong, or the deployment has to be rolled back. It hasn't needed that kind of thing so far. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
I learned moreover that the public launch of Hop card, with all the hoopla that TriMet can muster, will be on the 17th of July, a week from Monday.
I just got an email invite to the official launch party at the TriMet headquarters, and I am thinking strongly of going. My collaborators at the design firm, who originally hired me, are also having their own party with other folks involved. I haven't seen them in almost a year, so it will fun to drop by the offices in Albina while I am in town.
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