Five for Friday – May 7, 2021

This was a tiring week – don’t know why, it just was. Here’s some stuff I found between naps that I thought was worth sharing. The latest Teatime With Testers has an interview with me where I talk about…the things you’d expect me to talk about Jesper Ottoson mentioned my recent TestBash presentation when he…

Many of you know that I’m a big fan of the five orders of ignorance (link is to my interpretation – the author’s original paper is here). I especially like the concept of “unknown unknowns” those bits of knowledge that are critical – despite the fact that we didn’t recognize those bits until they fell…

That light I thought I saw at the end of the Covid tunnel just a few months ago seems to have disappeared. Please vax up, stay safe, and chill out a while and see if things settle down. Here’s some stuff to read while we’re waiting this one out. Let’s start off with a relevant…

Here’s a few interesting things to read this week. Unity has made Juneteenth a yearly company holiday. Here’s some history of the day. A former colleague of mine, Sue Loh, has an evil plan to save the world. I’ve read the book, and it’s a fun read (even for an adult). Please check it out….

I have some random stuff to share – most of it not worthy of a post, so I’m consolidating. I’ll be heading to Toulouse in a few weeks for a bit of a vacation. Looking forward to the time off, as well as food, wine, and warm weather. At one point in my life, I…

On request from Adam Goucher – another excerpt from How We Test Software at Microsoft.  BTW – Adam wrote a review of HWTSAM here – although Linda Wilkinson beat him to the clever title. This is from a section on quality in chapter 16. It’s something I believe strongly in and would love to hear…