Five for Friday – January 14, 2022

Last week I came across this article about Samsung fixing an SMS bug in their software. For the most part, it’s the typical “we found a bug and we’re fixing it” story that are just a bit too common in the news these days – but I was struck by this line: Another annoying bug…

I’ve been playing with the Thematic Framework for WordPress a bit over the last few months. I like it because it’s simple, easily extendable and massively tweakable. I’m not much of a designer, but I was having fun making my own child theme for Thematic when I came across Child’s Play theme from scottnix.com. I…

I thought I could raise a bit of controversy by announcing that I’ll be spending a reasonable chunk of my time working on certifications.I teased the twitter-verse with a few hints, wondering if the wolves would pounce on me, but 1) I don’t have that many followers, and 2) since I’m always pissing people off,…

I’d like to elaborate on something from a previous post on SDETs at Microsoft. One thing that is perhaps a bit different about the test role at Microsoft is its tie to the career path. We are, for better or worse, big believers in career growth and expect growth in scope and impact from all…

The wikipedia entry on test automation troubles me. It says: Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized testing process. I can’t decide whether it bothers me because it’s wrong, or because so many people believe the statement is true. In fact, I know the approach in some…

I ranted a bit on twitter last week about this book excerpt from Capers Jones. I’ve always had respect for Jones’s work (and still do), but some of the statements in this writing grated on me a bit. This could be (and is likely) because of how I came across the article (more on that…