Five for Friday – April 29, 2022

I thought it would be worth writing this up and sharing. Last week was, for me, at least, time for another Windows update. With this one, my mouse stopped working – or to be clear, it started becoming unusable. The x coordinate speed was 1/3 of what it should be. With three monitors, it was pretty…

I am always frustrated and somewhat sad when I hear testers whine or complain that they are not treated fairly; or that they are not respected; or that their development peers look down on them. I’ve been sitting on this post for many months wondering if I should post it or not when this thread…

Working from Europe this week, and time (and jet lag) got the best of me. I will make it up for you with an extra link in this exclusive six-pack of stuff I found on the internet. I have successfully passed my covid re-entry test (meaning that I didn’t catch the cooties in Denmark). Turns…

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…

This post isn’t really testing related, so skip it if that’s what you’re looking for. Late Saturday night, I returned from my first trip to Israel. I was invited to present at the Intel Software Professional’s conference in Tel Aviv a few months back, and I gave an updated version of my STAR East 2010…

As you may have noticed, I’ve had to take a bit of a break from blogging. I’ve kicked out at least a post or two a week for a few years now, but I’m not dry on ideas, and I definitely want to follow up on my recent Test This post (before a follow up…