diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 91cd9d3..072a814 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  todo
 
+1. assignees
 1. choose primary+secondary(ies) in UI
 1. host @ Q
 1. manual full sync primary->replicas
@@ -7,11 +8,14 @@
 1. how to map to-from JIRA?
 1. how to map to-from Odo?
 1. SSO google/jira
-1. assignees
+   * https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/sign-in
 1. auto assign last editor as assignee if none
-1. default oneline
 1. description panel
 
-# done
+#  done
 
 1. multi: read from CACHE, write to PRIMARY+CACHE, replicate to REPLICAS
+
+#  cancelled
+
+1. default oneline
diff --git a/nullboard.html b/nullboard.html
index e981b8f..7ea4abb 100644
--- a/nullboard.html
+++ b/nullboard.html
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@
    {
       pushAllNamespaces(namespace);
       $('#page-title').html(namespace);
-      return new Local().set("namespace", namespace);
+      return getSessionDatabase().set("namespace", namespace);
    }
 
    function popAllNamespaces(namespace)
@@ -3358,13 +3358,13 @@
 
    function setAllNamespaces(namespaces)
    {
-      new Local().set("namespaces", JSON.stringify(namespaces));
+      getSessionDatabase().set("namespaces", JSON.stringify(namespaces));
       updateNamespaceIndex();
    }
 
    function getAllNamespaces()
    {
-      var namespaces = new Local().get("namespaces");
+      var namespaces = getSessionDatabase().get("namespaces");
       if (! namespaces || namespaces == "[]")
          namespaces = "[\"initial\"]";
       return JSON.parse(namespaces);
@@ -3372,7 +3372,23 @@
 
    function getCurrentNamespace()
    {
-      return new Local().get("namespace") || getAllNamespaces()[0];
+      return getSessionDatabase().get("namespace") || getAllNamespaces()[0];
+   }
+
+   function getCurrentUsername()
+   {
+      var username = getSessionDatabase().get("username");
+      if (username == null)
+      {
+         username = prompt("Who are you?");
+         getSessionDatabase().set("username", username);
+      }
+      return username;
+   }
+
+   function getSessionDatabase()
+   {
+      return new NamespacedDatabase("session", new Local());
    }
 
    setGlobalStorage(getCurrentNamespace());