Five for Friday – January 24, 2020

Here we go again “In lockdown, Zoom expands to fill all of the manager’s available time.”I’ve been feeling the Zoom fatigue, and I’m not the only one. This article makes a valid (!) claim that the above quote is the third amendment to Parkinsons Law. I’m not very fond of scrum. Not because it’s necessarily…

I love reading twitter after I give a talk, because I can review what I said and make sure I agree with it (I never know what will come out of my mouth when I’m on a stage in front of people – it’s part of my presentation style). At TestBash in Philadelphia, I (apparently)…

It’s been a pretty remarkable 2017 for me – so much so, that it’s worth (for me) a little reflection. This time last year, I had made the choice to leave Microsoft (but hadn’t told anyone yet). I went into work the week after Christmas (when nobody is there), and quietly cleaned out a bunch…

  Earlier today, Ron posted the following about the Microsoft Tester Center: So Long, Tester Center. There’s nothing I can say that Ron didn’t say – it was a fun effort – just hard to do without any full time support (and as our individual jobs got more complex and demanding). The good news, is…

Chris Mcmahon once (I think after reading this post) described me and my test role at MS as being like a “tenured professor” – that I have the freedom to choose what I do and choose how I go about it (as long as I show value). I enjoy this role, and think I’ve been…

Not only are we smack in the heat of summer, but for the first time in nearly four years, Seattle will actually look like people live there when 70,000 Taylor Swift fans, combined with 30,000 baseball fans all try to get downtown at once. Should be a blast. Meanwhile, here is some stuff worth sharing….