Year End Clearance

The background: I posted some thoughts on how I approach test strategy and what the term means to me a week or so ago. The Rat Pack had some questions on the post and I answered them. But the conversation made me realize that it may be beneficial if I take some time to talk…

Well this is weird. Due to some other appointments, I am writing this from a Unity Office. It’s been just under two years since I’ve worked from an office, and…I’m just not sure what to make of it. Anyway – here’s some stuff to read while I ponder this strange setting. Cool article from the…

I took an internal training course last week where we heard lectures from a bunch of MS execs (I don’t do it justice – it was far more interesting than I anticipated and something I’d do again in a heartbeat). Anyway, one of the lecturers was talking about software markets and showed a diagram that…

Here’s a story I hear often. The names have been changed to prevent the guilty. Jake had barely taken a sip of his steaming coffee when he saw that thirty-two of the automated tests failed in last night’s test pass. “Crap, I’m slammed today”, thought Jake, “I don’t have time to look at thirty-blanking-two failures”….

I’m taking a vacation. usually people say a “much needed vacation”, or a “long overdue vacation”, but in my case it’s just a vacation. My new job is keeping me interested, engaged and I’m having fun – truthfully, I can’t wait to get back, but it will be nice to spend some time with the…

I remain frustrated with the world, but distracted by the internet. Here’s some stuff that may help in your own quests for distraction. I kinda dug this article on Open Source Employee Surveys. It’s worth checking out. Google have a free PDF of their Enterprise Roadmap to SRE Speaking of SRE, I’m hiring a lead…