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Archives for May 2009

Pradeep Pulls The Tail of the ISTQB

Published: May 29, 2009 by James Bach 21 Comments

Pradeep Soundararajan got threatened with lawyers when he criticized Testing Experience magazine for being under the thumb of the ISTQB (for those who don't yet know, the ISTQB are the guys who want … [Read more...] about Pradeep Pulls The Tail of the ISTQB

Filed Under: Certification, Testing Culture

Tawney Gowan: A New Colleague is Born

Published: May 29, 2009 by James Bach 15 Comments

I'm well known for promoting philosophy. By philosopher, I mean someone skilled in the exploration, analysis and clarification of meaningful ideas and the processes by which we arrive at those ideas. … [Read more...] about Tawney Gowan: A New Colleague is Born

Filed Under: Testing Culture

Nervous About Wolfram

Published: May 17, 2009 by James Bach 9 Comments

Take a look at the screen shot, below. This is from my first five minutes of playing with Wolfram/Alpha. Do you see what's wrong with it? I'll tell you in a minute... Wolfram/Alpha is the new … [Read more...] about Nervous About Wolfram

Filed Under: Buggy Products

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