I forgot to mention this before, but on Thursday, Jason Arbon from applause and uTest will be giving a practically free ($99) course on mobile application quality. Jason is a great teacher, and really knows his stuff in this area.
More information at the SASQAG web site (scroll down a bit on the home page)
There’s a light at the end of the oh-my-work-is-so-crazy train, and I look forward to ranting more often both here and on twitter. But first, a few minor anniversaries to acknowledge. Monday was my 21-year anniversary at Microsoft. It’s not a nice even number like 20, but it’s weird to think that people born on…
Here are a few (five, actually) things I saw this week and liked. This quote from Jim Whitehurst is good leadership advice. “People working in today’s information-rich, dynamic contexts don’t need leaders who think they know everything about prescribing the “best” paths forward. They need leaders who help them sit more comfortably (and sleep more…
Yesterday, I read a mail sent to an email alias I’m on, where the author was asking why tool X wasn’t enabled on his latest build. The mail looked something like this (genericized to protect the innocent). foo.service doesn’t appear to be working Repro: I installed the build from <build_path> I verified the binaries existed…
Last night I dreamt about the worst presentation ever. Sometimes I was presenting, sometimes I was watching, but it was frighteningly bad. Fortunately, my keynote this morning went well – and now that it has, I’ll share what happened (including some conscious editing to make sure I cover all of the bases). It begins… Moderator:…
I had a fantastic week skiing in Whistler, BC. Heading home today, but still have a few things to share. Don’t know if I ever mentioned it on this blog, but ~4 years ago, I took the Kolbe A index. It’s yet another how-do-I-work test, but I like this one and think it’s worth checking…
I read this article over the weekend about five emerging trends in software testing – Test Automation; Rise of mobile and cloud; Emphasis on security; Context-driven testing; and More business involvement. I fully acknowledge that I work in a software development environment that isn’t like many others, but while reading the article, I really didn’t…