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I made a quick trip to Iceland this week, where I still had time to come across a few interesting things to share. First off, today is the last day for early bird pricing for PNSQC – which will be the last conference I present at for a while. It’s a great conference, and if…

There are many clear examples of dichotomy (mutually exclusive or contradictory categories) in the world. A light switch is on or off. A gun may have fired, or not fired. A software program is running, or it is not running. But many things we deal with are not dichotomous, but continuous. A person can be…

It’s been six years since James Whittaker proclaimed that test was dead (and many people still haven’t figured out what he really meant), and since then testing has continued to change dramatically.   For some of us.   But not for others.   Earlier this week, I linked to an article titled “Stop Hiring Testers”. The title,…

It’s Friday, and there’s a lot going on in the world. I am finding the latest (and current) Trump trial interesting, and there’s big news in the Swifty world this week – but I’ll keep my links this week to the tech and leadership adjacent topics I usually try and stick with (just kidding –…

PNSQC is still going strong (although it may be over by the time I post this). Sadly, my North American test conference tour forced me to miss the second day of the conference in order to make it to Toronto in time for the QAI Testrek conference. My opinion of PNSQC is the same as…

It’s Friday again already, and the end of 2022 is in sight. As usual (and expected), here are a few interesting things I found worth sharing. Feedback is something I’m always working on improving. This article really nails home some of the nuance needed for effective feedback. Speaking of good advice, this article on 16…