Testing Smarter

The first half of the year comes to a close, and I have five more things to share. And that’s that. Note – I’m taking next week off while I go on a walk in the woods. See you on July 12.

I had a burst of traffic on my blog last week when 10’s of eager internet users stumbled across my little rant fest. I try to avoid traffic for traffic’s sake (past experiences tell me that I could merely comment half-heartedly on any of the sacred subjects of the testing world and generate a significant…

I’m back for another FfF earlier than I expected. Hope you find something interesting in these links. I enjoyed this article about the perils of SAfE. I found a few articles this week on learning from incidents – the first is on retrospectives at Inded The second is a few years old (but new to…

Another week gone, and I’m still frustrated with the world around me. Trying to stay positive, but…sheesh. Here’s some stuff worth reading. I’m cheating, but this is worth it. Here is a post highligting seven must-reads for women in tech. I don’t often highlight AB Testing podcasts here, but we had Anne-Marie Charrett on a…

I’m a huge soccer fan, and I’m happily following the MLS Cup even though the local team was eliminated last week. Last night’s match between Real Salt Lake (RSL) and the Chicago Fire went to penalty kicks before one team finally prevailed. After the game ended, I went to mlsnet.com to watch the highlights and…

I gave a short talk to an internal MS community this week. The topic of the day was “influence”, and I thought it was appropriate to talk about the value of building (and maintaining!) an informal network – and the impact of that network on influence. The advice to have an informal network isn’t new…