Five for Friday – October 7, 2022

This one goes out to the one I love. This one goes out to the one I left behind -REM Relationships are both challenging and rewarding. As adults, we’ve all gone through dozens of relationships – some short, some long, some very long. They all have their ups and downs; their ebbs and flows; and…

Wow – it’s October already. Here are some things I found interesting on the internet this week. Thanks for reading – see you next week!

This was a tiring week – don’t know why, it just was. Here’s some stuff I found between naps that I thought was worth sharing. The latest Teatime With Testers has an interview with me where I talk about…the things you’d expect me to talk about Jesper Ottoson mentioned my recent TestBash presentation when he…

  I try to read a lot about testing in blogs, articles, books etc. A few days ago, I came across this quote, and it struck me in an odd way. “Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized testing process” The source doesn’t matter, as it turns…

In a recent talk on test design (link), I discussed the concept of "useful tests". In my definition, useful tests are tests that provide new information. Almost every test is useful…once – typically the first time it’s run where it shows that the underlying functionality is working. From that point on, many tests function primarily…

Inspiration for my blog posts often comes from whatever’s evoking emotion in my life (annoyances, victories, gripes, etc.). Three things happened today that ensured that I’d write this post. Here’s the story of a question from a seven year old, a phone call, and an email. The first incident was a common one. My son…