As I type this, I realize I have a mildly embarrassing gap in my testing career. I don’t recall ever writing any automation for mobile applications. Maybe that’s not exactly true – nearly 20 years ago, I wrote some automation in C++ to test Windows CE, and some applications that ran on it…and technically that…
Jerry Weinberg passed away earlier this week, and I’ve taken some time to re-read parts of many of his books, where I’ve been constantly reminded of his leadership knowledge. I grabbed this quote from Becoming a Technical Leader to share“People don’t become leaders because they never fail. They become leaders because of the way they respond…
I posted this other places, but forgot to put it here. If you, or someone you know is interested an capable of embracing and driving Modern Testing principles with a fantastic group of developers, producers and other technical staff, and are in (or open to moving to) Austin, Texas, check out or share this position…
I wrote an article on the perils of Test Automation (Something’s Rotten with Test Automation) for TestProject last year. I’ve had a bit of time since then to look into their product since then (currently in beta), and thought it was worth sharing a bit about it, as I think it’s a pretty good product….
A few episodes ago on AB Testing, we talked about the Theory of Constraints and related topics. A lot of us frequently see “QA” or “Test” as a bottleneck, even on Agile teams – where several changes may be waiting for signoff from the designated quality or testing specialist before being deployed or marked as…
Time again to share a few things I found interesting this week. I’ve been reading Bad Blood (currently about 30% of the way through). So far, it’s a pretty damning investigative review of Theranos, but I’m still waiting for the plot twist :}. Wikipedia tells me that Jennifer Lawrence will star in the film adaptation….
It was a busy week, but my list of potential links was long. Here are 5 of the things I came across this week I felt were worth sharing. First off, PNSQC published a small interview with me in promotion of my talk at their conference in October. Alan Page on Tools, Technical Skills, and Modern…
Another Friday list to share: I finished off a few books while flying this week, including Lean Change Management, which is one of those books that makes you want to read a bunch more books. It’s full of models and references, and, given that so much of my role is about leading change and helping others lead…
I try to remember that a big part of my job is growing leaders – and that I need to always try to improve as a leader myself. Most times when I need a little inspiration for reflection, I turn to Simon Sinek, and re-read Together is Better. Here’s one of the quotes that caught my…
Summer’s here, but good stuff keeps on happening. Here are 5 things I found interesting this week: Chris George wrote a great article on how he’s applying Modern Testing at his job. Not a new article, but new to me. Why being right doesn’t matter. Also not new, but something I watched this week and…
Here’s what I found interesting this week: I’ve been thinking a lot about change recently – and I’m reminded of this quote from Peter Drucker: The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic I’m big on change models – and while I’ve known about…
Once again, here are five things I found interesting this week. In preparation for the webinar I’m co-presenting Monday morning (see last week’s five for details), I wrote a blog post for Perfecto on continuous testing. Speaking of webinars…I’m excited to be doing an AMA for Ministry of Testing, where I’ll be answering as many…
A few points of interest from my week. My quote to ponder is from Jerry Weinberg – “Unless and until all members of a team have a common understanding of the problem, attempts to solve the problem are just so much wasted energy.” Take a moment to reflect how often you’ve seen this yourself firsthand….
I’m back from a quick trip to New York City where I managed to give two workshops and a keynote without boring anyone to death. Here are five of the things I found interesting between talking, working, and learning. A lot of news recently about depression and its long impact has put this quote from…
Some interesting bits from the week I took a pause on reading Why We Sleep (great content, not my favorite writing), but will continue to plow through it between more readable books. I’ve moved on to something I bought a while back, but finally just started – Accelerate, by Forsgren, Humble, and Kim. I’m fifty…
I thought it would be worth writing this up and sharing. Last week was, for me, at least, time for another Windows update. With this one, my mouse stopped working – or to be clear, it started becoming unusable. The x coordinate speed was 1/3 of what it should be. With three monitors, it was pretty…
Wow – where did that week go? Here are few things I found worth pondering this week. There will be a full blog post with details, but I had one too many pieces of hardware fail after an ill-timed Windows update, and a few too many settings changes after the same, and I flipped out…
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…
A while back, inspired by Roy Rappaport’s manager readme, I created my own. Unfortunately too late for most of my Unity hires, but a fun reflection exercise anyway. I originally had this on our internal wiki, but I recently moved it to my github site as a more permanent location. A few of you already…
It’s time for the weekly visit inside things going through my head (and browser) this week. A bit of self-promotion in the last two bullets, but I hope you find these interesting anyway. I’ve been thinking a lot lately (on many fronts) about change – and resistance to change, and I’m reminded of this quote…