October 2011
23 posts
I also learnt my strengths are pragmatism, enthusiasm, and no fear of making mistakes and learning from them. Well, in work sense anyway :)
RT @sbarber: Testers - before deciding how much to care about a bug, consider how much your CEO would (not should) care about the bug.
He has his finger on the pulse of the nation :) RT @emmafreud: RT @Queen_UK: Text from Nick Clegg: “What’s happening with Ghandi??” #gadaffi
“Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time,but don’t point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?” #peterkay
Sadly, I can empathise :) RT @usabilitycounts: Emptyage: Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It http://t.co/8p0MkifQ
Agile Business →
There are some good articles around at the moment about Agile and Business. The business approach to risk needs to change, avoiding Waterfall type check-points (milestones) to measure risk. An Agile…
What a great idea - looks good too! RT @AliLowell: I SO love this house made of shipping containers - http://t.co/GBHQzym7
Awww, just brilliant :)RT @HuffPostComedy: Toddler has perfect reaction to Angry Birds http://t.co/ZP1fyxyF
Always welcome :) RT @LDN: Free and cheap things to do this week http://t.co/3qnogZ7Z
Scrum with Kanban →
Good demonstration of how well Scrum and Kanban can work together – most adopt a Scrum vs Kanban appraoch, which totally skirts round fact they can exist together. Scrum for the project management…
Test environments →
What happened to the test environment? Now considered a luxury more than necessity. What I find largely is a development environment, and sometimes a UAT environment. Having test environments does…
People who malign #Agile should remember that you need to use principles and processes as guide, not as a user guide. That isn’t possible.
RIP Test Manager (Role) →
The Test Manager’s role, as traditionally defined is becoming less and less relevant. As more testers are expected to plan and scripts, test manager’s role has devolved into coordination and more…
The last 2-3 years, I’ve seen a sharp increase in work on Brownfield (abandoned/underused) projects. Could be result of less blame culture?
Anyone remember this from 4 years ago? http://t.co/3xlf5YSV Same yr as banking crisis. Hmmmm … #digitalfootprint #occupywallstreet
Less haste, more speed →
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
– Richard Buckminster Fuller
With the news that one of…
Answer to the “well, at least we dont have android” smug iphone users - 3 yrs on trouble-free android devices -don’t know what u r on about.
http://t.co/qSCj1Lvx So young, yet so patronising -and v funny :) see if u can find what the plan is
MDD →
Well, I wanted Specflow to be magic, but sadly it is at best a good-looking text editor. It constriction to .NET makes the pseudo-code generation easier for the product, but it failed spectacularly…
UX – doesn’t the lazy acronym say it all →
User experience or UX as its annoyingly known as these days, is disappearing up its own rear end. As usual, a very good concept has been taken and butchered/tailored according to the…
Screen reader emulator →
Screen Reader Emulator Developer is a Firefox addon that does a decent job of rendering webpage, as a screen reader would see it. Accessibility is yet to be enforced in this country, though it…
I love the music I love - because those artists understand how to use the web and don’t get paranoid :) http://t.co/12Tzqedd
Interesting,tho not sure how many would buy concept :) RT @hogfish: A software paradigm shift prediction from @marlenac http://t.co/3Hx0m2xM
March 2011
1 post
Just seen Mark Heap in near Royal London hospital - thanks for all the man-in-psychosis entertainment you have given us :)
January 2011
3 posts
RT @inspir_quotes:Henry Ford “It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” http://bit.ly/gbljTQ
England by photo http://twitpic.com/3oiwmg
became a proud father again on 2nd january - 7 weeks earlier than expected, but mother and baby doing great!
December 2010
4 posts
The ghostly vocals make this track so sublime ♫ http://blip.fm/~104pka
Test Manager … anyone? →
With the ascent of Agile/SCRUM, and its development/client focussed approach, QA made way for simply testers – testers who remit was solely driven by development. A double-edged…
Extend JIRA to helpdesk/support →
JIRA as heldesk system
1. Use Email to JIRA feature. Limited, as will
The subject of the email will become the issue summary.
The body of the email will be the issue description.
A bug…
Extend JIRA to test management →
Simple but effective – store your test scripts on JIRA, then process them like any other issue. The main advantage is though JIRA not designed for storing test scripts, the powerful issue…
November 2010
3 posts
Irrational fear of documentation →
The subject of project issues documentation (be it bug, tasks, features, improvements) usually generates overreactions to sensible QA audit approach. Issue tracking systems are is not intended…
You tube 500 error →
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Youtube 500 Error :)
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August 2009
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May 2009
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April 2009
4 posts
Maybe not the best response to lawyers, but funny... →
Example of paranoia-spreading by tablod media →
WatchBBC - Newsbeat - Technology - Inside the ‘house of the future’
March 2009
30 posts
