Five for Friday – June 11, 2021

I’m a big fan of exploratory testing. I’ve used the approach long before I knew what it was called and think it’s the core of good testing. it’s so ingrained in the general approaches I’ve used in my career that I often don’t differentiate between exploratory testing and plain-old-testing (I’ve gone as far to say…

I am almost completely recovered from my bout with coronavirus. Only thing remaining is a lingering cough, and that I now need about two more hours of sleep a night than I have in decades. I’m still planning a long hike in a few weeks, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. In the meantime, I’ve…

Last summer, I posted a short rant on multitasking. If you don’t want to read, it was my normal type of rant where I complain about people taking an already generalized statement and apply it even more widely. This week, in response to that post (some responses take longer than others), I received a pointer…

I just put together a collection of my published works (it’s not a long list). I also have an article coming out in a Korean testing magazine – I’ll see if I can get a link once it’s out. I’ve been writing less lately while I turn my attention toward my often neglected day job….

Chris McMahon (who has an extensive music background) recently gave a wonderful presentation at SoftwareGR where he stated: The work of a performing artist is exactly the same as a functioning agile team. He goes on to explain that it isn’t a metaphor – it’s exactly the same thing. And I believe him. Later in…

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…