More thoughts from me on testing

Five things on my mind – or interesting this week: I recently re-read a chunk of The Lean Startup, and highlighted yet-another-quote-about-failure-and-learning. “When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.” — Eric…

Just got back from a long bike trip, so didn’t see a lot of the internet this week. Here are a few things I ran into that may be interesting. Washington (state) is going to require that all new cars sold in 2030 or later are electric It’s last year’s prank, but a write up…

Happy New Year FfF readers. I had a nice little break from posting, but the random links of random things are back. It’s good to be back – thanks for reading (and thanks internet for an endless supply of interesting articles)

Anyone who reads this blog has probably also read about, or heard of the recent policy from Marissa Mayer at Yahoo recalling home-office based employees back to the office (Bing search here in case you’ve been under a rock). Most of the reactions I’ve seen to this policy are correctly identifying this as a management…

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…

Oh my – it’s been a while, hasn’t it. I had a good time off – in that I did nothing except play some games and read and sleep for almost 3 weeks. Here are a few things worth sharing. One book I read was Hacking Growth – which is an odd title for a…