Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Tuesday, August 11, 2009
I remember as a young lad working construction for my uncle one summer. The hours were long, it was hot, and I would much rather have been somewhere else. But, I was saving up for my first motorcycle, so I did whatever jobs I could find. Perhaps it was because [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Wednesday, July 22, 2009
This week, I will keep this post quite short and redirect you to my answers to an interview by the great folks at What Is Testing. The questions covered various topics from the book How We Test Software At Microsoft, to my current role at Microsoft, to my perspectives on [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Friday, April 17, 2009
This week I came across a discussion [regarding test design] in which a tester wrote, "…the main goal is having something that is ‘good enough’." Every time I hear a tester utter the phrase "good enough" my head wants to explode!
Wrapping duct tape around a splint on the broken [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Friday, March 27, 2009
I often find discussions about quality to be hypothetical, and in fact unless you define your specific context the word itself is nebulous, vague, or simply meaningless philosophical psycho-babble. For a while now, I previously posted my opposition to the simplistic notion that quality is value to some person. [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Friday, February 06, 2009
I am an avid fly-fisherman, and I am spending a few of these last winter evenings tying flies in preparation for the new year. The lakes are still too cold so the trout are deep and lethargic, and many of the rivers are closed and too damn cold and swollen [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Friday, January 30, 2009
Last week I discussed the fallacy of the minefield analogy misrepresented by some people to suggest regression testing as uninteresting or unlikely to reveal new or important information. Their premise is that executing the same test is similar to walking in someone’s footsteps through a minefield. While this argument [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Monday, January 19, 2009
In my studies at university I studied anthropology. Several courses I took surveyed folklore and its relevance in modern society. Many people mistakenly believe that most folklore (folktales, legends, myths, ballads, etc.) are purely fictional and simply fanciful tales. However, folklore is usually based on some grain of truth, or [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Wednesday, December 24, 2008
I have a library of books and white papers on software testing, engineering processes and management, and software development that I have read and reference quite often. For new testers I generally recommend A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design by Lee Copeland, and How to Break Software: A [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Monday, November 24, 2008
I just returned from a business trip to Israel. I was a long time on the road (a week at EuroStar followed by a trip to Israel to teach at our 2 R&D centers there). So, I really lucked out because I got the opportunity to go sailing this past [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Originally Published Wednesday, October 08, 2008
As a young lad growing up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay I would often spend part of my summer vacation from grade school helping my grandfather work the crab pots on the north shore. Now, don’t think “Dangerous Catch,” crabbing in the Chesapeake is much different than crabbing [...]