Last week I suggested the readers call into the stack overflow podcast and ask testing questions. And Joel and Jeff answered them – or, at least, they answered Adam Goucher’s […]
August STPEdia is out!
Hey folks, the August STPEdia is online: Go to www.stpmag.com and click on “Download now!” in the middle-right. This month Chris and I cover load testing, but our column was […]
The Meme’s the thing
At the very end of yesterday’s post I mentioned Yo Dawg. Yes, Yo Dawg is important, in that it’s a meme. So what’s a meme(*)? It’s an idea – a […]
Let’s overflow the stack
I’ve previously mentioned StackOverFlow.com – a website with answers to technology questions. It is a joint venture of Jeff Attwood and Joel Spolsky; two of the most popular bloggers on […]
Beautiful Testing – III
What, you haven’t purchased an advance copy of Beautiful Testing yet? I can’t blame you. How do you know if it’s going to be any good? Well, one way is […]
Of "Jelled" Teams
I’ve been at Socialtext for about a year and a half now, and I just realized that so has everyone else on the engineering team; our two short-timers are Jeremy […]
Cargo Cult Everything
ScrummerFall. Cargo Cult Scrum. Big Agile Up Front. Cargo Cult Extreme Programming.Fake Lean. For some reason, there seem to be a lot of people who “just don’t get.” What’s that […]
A year of columns!
When I came to Socialtext, I heard of number of voices that said the company had a history of problems; but the guy who was trying to bring me in […]
A brief, unfair, and wrong history of developer-testing in the 21st Century
Step 1 – Be frustrated with the process heavy and skill-free testing done on most projectsStep 2 – View testing as a clerical process to be automatedStep 3 – Ignore […]
Speaking in Ann Arbor – July 22nd – Evening
I just signed up to speak on Agile Testing in Ann Arbor July 22nd, 2009. The event starts at 6:15 and includes dinner for just seven bucks. Here’s my abstract: […]
Meaningful Metrics
Recently, a few people have pointed to me as completely opposed to metrics in software development or testing. I wouldn’t say completely opposed – for example, when the technical people […]
Beautiful Testing – II
Here’s the first bit of my chapter of Beautiful Testing. I’d be interested in your thoughts … Peeling the Glass Onion at Socialtext“I don’t understand why we thought this was […]
The Trick (A Rant)
If you are working within one company, doing internal development, getting user adoption is usually pretty easy. The Vice President of operations says something like: “We wrote some software you […]
Beatiful Testing – Part I
My chapter on the book Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software is nearly complete. In fact, you can pre-order the book from Amazon right now. But before […]
On Business Maturity
I just posted this to a private discussion list, and thought it was worth repeating here: Chris McMahon wrote:>For every company whose expensive Six Sigma project yields>them no benefit at […]
Corey Haines on Metrics
Corey Haines is more a pure developer-type who does test automation, and he is heavily involved in the “Software Craftsmanship” movement. He’s made a bit of a name for himself […]
So prove it!
When you are listening to a software development guru, do you ever get a strangle, niggling feeling in your mind? Something like “if this guy is so awesome, why doesn’t […]
Um … what? – II
(Bear with me, it’s worth it) Recently, on the Agile-Testing List, I wrote: I’m afraid we’ve gone so far afield that I can’t remember the entire initial question. I believe […]
Er, Um … What?
//Meta: Unlike most of my blog posts, which I try hard to have concrete, detailed, and well explored before posting, this idea is not fully-formed. I wanted to throw it […]
The Boutique Tester
Generations ago, craftspeople lived in the center of town, owned the building, and lived upstairs. They generally owned their own tools. Independent craft was such a part of their being […]