Five for Friday – May 24, 2019

For those of you who missed it on Twitter or in the AB Testing Podcast, my unemployment lasted (as planned) just a bit over week. On January 30, I started work at Unity, heading up quality for their various services. I spent most of last week trying to learn as much as I can and…

I’ve been in my new office for nearly a month, so I thought I’d share a tour. For the most part, it’s a typical Microsoft office – about 100 square feet with a window, desk, door and …stuff. Here’s what you see when you walk in the door. I have three computers. A HP Z400…

A few weeks ago, I talked about some presentations I was involved with for internal audiences at Microsoft. Joe Strazzere asked if I could share slides or elaborate, so here goes (on one topic at least). I’ve never met Joe – but I feel like I know him a little. I interact with testers regularly…

Yet another view into what I found and liked this week. I’ve been a fan of singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding (nee Wesley Stace) for a few decades (he played at my 40th birthday party!). He did a remake of his own song (Scared of Guns) for an Appleseed compilation – which you can hear here….

In case you missed it (because I only mentioned it on twitter), I have another article up on Sticky Minds this week. Here’s the abstract: Many testers have been involved in post-ship decisions about bugs that "got away"–bugs that escaped testing and found their way into customer’s hands. Often, these post-mortem discussions end up with…

Purely random non-testing info here, but important if you ever need to pick me out of a crowd. I’ve been having hair issues recently, and it’s been pointed out that I’ve become difficult to recognize. This blog post is your clue to finding me should I ever fall off the grid. Once upon a time…