Comments on: New Headquarters

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:23:41 +0000

That is a seriously awesome view. I remember you talking about the possibility of the move a few years ago, and am glad it came together. I look forward to visiting.

[James’ Reply: I wish you would visit, Dave. I miss you terribly. We could hold our own SEM meeting up here.]

By: John Baxter

John Baxter — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:20:49 +0000

Happy for you James!

What a beautiful, peaceful setting in which to think, teach and write!

We look forward to future classes - the learning to date has proven incredibly valuable (boy I do have a gift for stating the obvious sometimes!)

All the Best!!!
-john

By: Stu Grater

Stu Grater — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:57:14 +0000

James, I have recently found you via your book “Lessons Learned in Software Testing”. Thanks for inspiring me to be a tester who’s a cut above. Pushing free thought in a huge corporation who’s life (until recently) has been hardware is not an easy task. Your status as an expert will help me convince others that testing is not a trivial unimportant part of our development process. Anyway, I’m quite sure you deserve such a wonderful office and I hope to be a neighbor some day. My wife and I are vacationing there in a week. Wahoo!

[James’ Reply: Thanks, Stu. I can’t wait to get back home. I have sailing lessons set up next week.]

By: Rahul Mirakhur

Rahul Mirakhur — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:11:29 +0000

“and demand $1 MILLION or else you’ll launch that earth-destroying missile from your hidden launchpad…oh wait! its 2007, demand $1 TRILLION”

wonderfully scenic picturesque…can imagine how stimulating this view would be to you and your thought process. of course, the more stimulated you are, the better it is for testers like us out there, hoping that this makes you write a sequel to my bed-time read “lessons learnt in software testing”.

don’t you want a herman miller (Aeron) chair to go along this wonderful setup!

[James’ Reply: I don’t want to spend money on a chair. I have to save for a pickup truck and a generator.]

By: TestyRedhead

TestyRedhead — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:31:48 +0000

Beautiful place! Welcome to the Evergreen State. Glad to have you here keeping thoughtful human testing alive.

By: Ben Kelly

Ben Kelly — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:22:17 +0000

“I want orca whales in the big tank underneath the trap doors”

With frikkin laser beams?

Fantastic view. I’m wondering if we can get the standards nazis to advocate views like this as standard. That might get my vote.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:01:27 +0000

Are you sure you are going to be able to get any work done? Heh. Well, now that you are in the northwest, I hope you can make it to PNSQC in Portland more often. If not as a speaker, then as an attendee.

-Mark in Beaverton, OR

[James’ Reply: Yeah, I’ll probably be focusing more on doing work and attending conferences in the Northwest, from now on.]

By: Chris Struble

Chris Struble — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:05:30 +0000

Welcome to the Northwest, James. Great time to be in the San Juans, my wife and I took a sailing cruise there last August.

Enjoy your new home.

By: Debasis Pradhan

Debasis Pradhan — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:23:22 +0000

Simply wonderful! Well, I was not talking about the office room; rather the backdrop, where it is setup!

On a serious note, congratulations on your new headquarter. I was wondering if it could have been any better! I am a nature lover and looks like you have got your office at a place where nature and wild/marine life are at their best! Would have loved to have my own office in such a location.

By: Tanmay

Tanmay — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:47:33 +0000

Great view James - work is fun if you love what you are doing - and is more fun if done from a place like this. Excellent! Specially loved that mild sunlight on the glass panels. Awesome view too!