Five for Friday – January 24, 2020

49 days until the US Presidential election. If you’re reading this in the US, make sure you’re registered – and double check your registration frequently. You can register, and confirm that you’re registered on vote.org I guess code for Windows XP leaked somewhere on the internet. I doubt it’s helpful (or interesting) given that XP…

I had a burst of traffic on my blog last week when 10’s of eager internet users stumbled across my little rant fest. I try to avoid traffic for traffic’s sake (past experiences tell me that I could merely comment half-heartedly on any of the sacred subjects of the testing world and generate a significant…

My interlude is over, and I’m back to blogging – at least that’s the plan, and I don’t see any reason why I won’t be back on the blog-waves on a semi-regular basis. My summer was crazy with work. I probably let myself get spread too thin, and I paid the price of context switches…

It’s been a long time since I wrote a post that wasn’t a Five for Friday, but this may be my last chance to write a decade-end post. Ten years ago, at the beginning of the decade, I was wrapping up a tour of duty in Microsoft’s Engineering Excellence group where I was a Director…

Chris Mcmahon once (I think after reading this post) described me and my test role at MS as being like a “tenured professor” – that I have the freedom to choose what I do and choose how I go about it (as long as I show value). I enjoy this role, and think I’ve been…

I’m taking a vacation. usually people say a “much needed vacation”, or a “long overdue vacation”, but in my case it’s just a vacation. My new job is keeping me interested, engaged and I’m having fun – truthfully, I can’t wait to get back, but it will be nice to spend some time with the…