Five for Friday – April 24, 2020

Another week where I’m really not happy with the state of the world. Between the war in Ukraine, ridiculous questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson, weirdness in general, I’ve needed the Internet to distract me more than ever. Here are a few of the things I’ve distracted myself with. I read Maidens by Alex Michaelides this…

The “Test This” game pops up frequently in testing circles. Sometimes it pops up in the “How would you test a …” variety – e.g. How would you test a stapler. Participants in the game are expected to come up with functional tests (can it staple), as well as “out of the box” tests like,…

I’m back at the job after a long break (including a month vacationing in Australia – trip report coming). I spent a chunk of time after the Xbox One ship figuring out what the next step in my software career was going to be. In the days up to the Xbox One launch, I hinted…

I recently re-read (skimmed) Steve McConnell’s Software Estimation, Demystifying the Black Art. When I met with Microsoft Press to pitch HWTSAM, they gave a hot-off-the press new copy, and while some of the book feels “old school”, it’s still filled with foundational estimation knowledge. I work at home, and absolutely need a quiet PC –…

I hate to be cliché and talk about the weather, but it’s freaking hot here in the pacific northwest. I hope everyone is staying cool and safe. Here’s some stuff to read while you melt. Going to lead off this week with two links on Modern Testing. First is a great article from Laura de…

I’m well over the one-year mark in writing these weekly posts. I’ve enjoyed doing them, but pleasantly surprised on the positive feedback. In fact… Rainforest QA said that this blog was one of the top 6 QA blogs to read in 2019. I better step up my game and see if I can fulfill that…