Five for Friday – September 8, 2023

I mentioned on twitter that Barack Obama and I both left our old jobs on the same day. The world has been a very different place for both of us since then. Twitter is full of politics – and I’m completely ok with that, and happy to join in with my own opinions and thoughts….

I remain frustrated with the world, but distracted by the internet. Here’s some stuff that may help in your own quests for distraction. I kinda dug this article on Open Source Employee Surveys. It’s worth checking out. Google have a free PDF of their Enterprise Roadmap to SRE Speaking of SRE, I’m hiring a lead…

Although I’ve tried to avoid writing about test automation since publishing The A Word four years ago, I suppose I should probably take some time soon to add a few more chapters before the book (like my last one) becomes largely obsolete. Not too long ago, I posted some predictions. In those predictions, I said: Testers writing…

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….

Should you automate everything, or nothing? Should you test everything, or nothing? How about leadership – should you dictate every detail of what your team should do, or give them no guidance at all. The answer for all of these questions – as you’d expect, is “somewhere in the middle”. In my experience, most people…

In just under 5 days, I’m giving a presentation on Technical Testing at the Online Testing Conference – http://www.onlinetestconf.com/ If you’re wondering, “WTF is technical testing?” I’ll give you my opinions (as well as some examples) along with the usual angry weasel rants. Here’s the twitter preview if you missed it.