here<\/a>), and originally intended for the blog to be a place to interact with customers of the product I was working on (at the time Windows CE). Over time, I began to write a bit more \u2013 honestly, what I wrote was mostly crap, but before too long, I recognized that blogging was a great chance to practice writing, and I\u2019ve spent most of my blogging time since then trying to get better.<\/p>\nSometime not too far after that, I submitted a talk on metrics for a STAR conference and Lee Copeland asked if I was interested in writing an article for Better Software. Never being one to turn down an opportunity, I said sure and took another step in my attempts to write something meaningful.<\/p>\n
So, I kept blogging, and wrote a few other Better Software articles. Then, in a story I’m sure I have told before, I sort of stumbled into writing How We Test Software at Microsoft \u2013 I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow made it through the process and remain (mostly) proud of the work. Of course, I continue to blog (which is obvious if you\u2019re reading this \u2013 right?), I\u2019ve also made a recent effort to write more \u2013 mostly in an attempt to explore my thoughts to see if they go anywhere.Several months ago, I began writing at 750words.com (almost) every day. I passed the 100,000 word mark yesterday. I continue to be challenged by the practice of writing and constantly experiment with ideas on how to get my ideas across clearly.<\/p>\n
As you can tell, I’m still working on that.<\/p>\n
The point is that writing is never something I planned to do. Now that I think about it, testing was also something I never planned to do. Yet I do both every day and love both. I\u2019m somewhat afraid to to discover the next thing I’ll love that I never planned to do.<\/p>\n
I probably won\u2019t blog from WAT, but will definitely share some thoughts next week. Hopefully (for all of us), I learn something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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