Matt Heusser wrote an interesting post about "boutique testers." I like the idea of boutique testers (boutique intellectuals of all kinds, actually, which is why I wrote my new book.) And I am an … [Read more...] about Have Internet, Will Test
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Putting Subtitles to Testing
I've released a new video, which is a whimsical look at a serious subject: explaining exploratory testing. In the video, my brother and I independently test an "Easy Button" for 10 minutes. Neither … [Read more...] about Putting Subtitles to Testing
Reclaim Your Personal Method
(Since this pertains to both self-education AND technical work, I'm posting this on both of my blogs) Randy Ingermanson has an interesting approach to writing fiction. It's called the Snowflake … [Read more...] about Reclaim Your Personal Method
Pradeep Pulls The Tail of the ISTQB
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
Tawney Gowan: A New Colleague is Born
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
Nervous About Wolfram
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
Michelle Smith: True Test Leadership
I'm delighted to read Michelle Smith's play-by-play description of how she is coaching new testers. Take a look. Let me catalog the coolnesses: 1. "The team I work with was previously exposed to … [Read more...] about Michelle Smith: True Test Leadership
Quality is Dead #2: The Quality Creation Myth
One of the things that makes it hard to talk about quality software is that we first must overcome the dominating myth about quality, which goes like this: The quality of a product is built into it by … [Read more...] about Quality is Dead #2: The Quality Creation Myth
James Tam: Customer Service that Works
After Adam White's test of of Rypple.com, I decided to try it myself. I soon ran into a fairly serious problem. I was able to try the service without registering, but when I tried to register, the … [Read more...] about James Tam: Customer Service that Works
Yaron Sinai Says Stop Thinking, Stupid Tester
The Factory School is that community of process people who believe testing benefits from eliminating the human element as much as possible. They wish to mechanize testing, and to condition the humans … [Read more...] about Yaron Sinai Says Stop Thinking, Stupid Tester