Five for Friday – June 5, 2020

At a recent internal forum, I hosted a panel discussion comprised of “senior” level testers at Microsoft. The panel was evenly split between managers and non-managers and we took random questions from the audience on career paths in test. The testers in the panel had experience ranging from 11 to 24 years in test. Some…

This year has been a great ten years. Here’s some stuff to share. Probably a repeat from a few years ago, but this site (and ABTesting) are hosted by chemicloud (affiliate link). Nearly 3 years into using them for hosting, and they haven’t dropped a step. I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes for support.I’ve…

I’m sure by now that most people who want to have seen the webinar I gave last week on test design (if not,the recording is here and slides are here). I had a few goals in this presentation. One I stated clearly – this presentation was primarily about the how of Test Design – not…

I’m back working again – or I guess I should say je suis de retour. I took a few weeks off in southwestern France, one thing led to another, and I decided to stay a bit longer than I originally planned. I’m working remotely for a week or two before returning stateside. It’s nice to…

So. Much. Stuff. Going. On. Here are some things I found interesting and exciting over the last week. I finally got around to reading Michael Lopp’s The Art of Leadership: Small Things Done Well, and as expected, it’s filled with great ideas and fantastic advice. I’ve pointed to the WTF just happened today website in…

Friday again – and it’s a beautiful day in Seattle. Here are some things I found today that maybe you want to know about too. …and yes, I do feel bad about those two puzzles where I couldn’t solve the word. Anyway, I thought this analysis on wordle letter usage was really well done –…