A Little Q & A

That light I thought I saw at the end of the Covid tunnel just a few months ago seems to have disappeared. Please vax up, stay safe, and chill out a while and see if things settle down. Here’s some stuff to read while we’re waiting this one out. Let’s start off with a relevant…

Before the bullet points, I want to remind everyone that the 100th episode of AB Testing will be done live (via Zoom) at 8am PDT next Friday (April 12). If you want to listen in or participate, drop me a note (on twitter – @alanpage, in the comments, or email alan at <the domain where…

We made it to September. I’ve been going to the office a bit more, doing a small bit of traveling, and hoping the world can get to a better state. Here are some interesting articles I found this week. Some offices are back at work at almost pre-pandemic levels – while others are still ghost…

Originally, I was supposed to join the Communicator team today, but a cancelled day of vacation pushed my start date up to yesterday…but there was a meeting I wanted to attend on Monday, so I’ve basically been out of building 21 (EE land) and in or near my new office since Monday afternoon. So, let…

We’re less than a week away from the sixth anniversary of How We Test Software at Microsoft (some chapters were completed nearly seven years ago). Recently I was considering a new position at Microsoft, and one of my interviewers (a dev architect and also an author) said that he had been reading my book. I…

My last post (from what I’m told) ruffled some feathers in my old team. I actually find that odd given how well known the types of actions I mentioned are among that team. I live my life as if everything is a learning experience. I mean that – everything. I don’t regret my time on Teams for…