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After my last post, I thought I was done commenting on stack ranking (for at least another year), but two things inspired me to write just a bit more. First, a few people flat-out asked about my opinions for alternatives; and secondly, a consultant added some ignorance to the discussion that gave me just enough…

I am going to take the rest of the year off from bullet points (and computers as much as I can) while I catch up on rest and other odds and ends. That said, here’s the final five for 2018. A huge, HUGE shoutout to heytaco – they have a fun “reward” system for slack…

Last week I came across this article about Samsung fixing an SMS bug in their software. For the most part, it’s the typical “we found a bug and we’re fixing it” story that are just a bit too common in the news these days – but I was struck by this line: Another annoying bug…

Michael Bolton noticed my last blog post and wrote a nice follow up outlining several factors that lead to testers getting lost in the weeds vs. finding great bugs. I had my own ideas when I wrote the post, but the breadth of suggestions from Michael, as well as from commenters on the original post…

It’s been an interesting week (aren’t they all these days?). Here are a few things you may (or may not) like. And that’s a wrap for this week!

After my presentation at PNSQC in October, I was giving away copies of How We Test Software at Microsoft, and Michael Larsen said that if I gave him a copy, he’d review it on his blog. I figured that was better than giving it to someone to sell on ebay, so I took a shot….