Five for Friday – January 8, 2021

Not a bad week – not a great week – but it was a week. Here are some things new to me that you may like. I’ve talked (I think) about Pat Lencioni’s idea of Working Genius before, but the book arrived recently, and I read the entire thing in two sittings. Business fables aren’t…

It’s the beginning of a 4-day weekend – Now that the weather is more manageable in the Seattle area,I’ll probably go on a hike or two this weekend. The Hike Finder Map from wta.org is a great way to discover new trails. The TestBash Home 2021 talks are up (including mine), on the “future” of…

While cleaning out some boxes my Mom had packed away, I came across a yearbook from my freshmen year of high school. I hated my freshmen photo. I had skull surgery a few months earlier (long story for another post), and needed to have my head shaved. As I remember it, by the time school…

On Thursday, November 11, at 4:00pm PST, I’ll be delivering another free web cast thing using Microsoft Lync (pre-setup instructions here). Signin information here: https://join.microsoft.com/meet/alanpa/37MWC1GQ Join by Phone: +18883203585     +14257063500       Find a local number  Conference ID: 86935295 The talk will be a re-hash of my PNSQC talk (shortened a bit and…

If you can believe it, it’s been 4 months since I left the big M. I miss a lot of people there, but I can’t say I’ve missed working there. Sure, I’m still in the honeymoon phase here at Unity – but so far, it’s been fun, challenging, and most of all, just plain refreshing….

The days are all blurring together – but I still found some things worth sharing. I’m presenting at the Online Test Conference – it’s free, it’s well run, and it’s happening May 19th-21st.. Gregory Paciga had a nice post recently on naming tests – Don’t “check” or “verify” in your tests I stumbled across Deadlock…