I’ve been giving Google’s streaming-music, the somewhat awkwardly-named Google Music All Access service, a try ever since the announcement at IO. For the most part I like it, and I’ll likely move to it full-time (especially given the news of an iOS app soon), though I haven’t really figured out the dual nature of it, […]
Specification By Example (ATDD at AQAA and ATLScrum)
Note: Andrew presented this workshop a second time last night. As with any presentation or workshop, it has evolved slightly over time. I’m incorporating my additional notes into this post. -Sjv 23-May-2013 Over the past week or so, Andrew Fuqua (@andrewmfuqua) has given workshops on Acceptance Test Driven Development for both the Atlanta Quality Assurance […]
Book Recommendations by a Dozen
I was fortunate to spend two days last week with some very smart people as my company hosted a completely non-company-specific, non-tool-specific, non-technology-speicfic peer conference; twelve people in a room discussing the craft and profession of software testing, what changes we see happening and would like to see, and how we might be able to […]
Why not sleep?
In my last post, about test automation, I wrote about using sleep : “Bad, bad, bad. Don’t do this.” But why not? Well, the way I was doing it there — until d.exists? — really wasn’t that horrible. What you really want to stay away from, and what I’ve seen people start out with, is […]
Web Automation, A First Start
written a while back, not posted until today; this was about a year or so ago My software testing (QA) team has grown over the years, often at a frantic pace. Like many others, I’m sure, there’s always been more work to do than time to do it in, and so saw sharpening has never […]
Moored Once More
Forms have been completed. anchors are down, and the next phase of my career has begun. This week, I signed aboard my new post as part of telerik’s software testing tools group. The department I’m joining is in Austin Texas. No, we’re not moving. I’ll be working out of my home office (and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson […]
Casting Off
My exit paperwork is done. My laptop is wiped. My email account is disabled. My badge is turned in. I have cast off the lines, set sail, and await the wind. I’ve left a company I’ve known for almost five years. The product is a good one, being built and sold by good people. As […]
How To Watch
Sean W. writes: I’ve been busy working on a new business: How to Watch. This new business aims to help people find where a movie or TV show is available via online streaming (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant or iTunes). I got sick of having to search on each of the platforms to find “my […]
Watchlist, a Wishlist for Instant Video
So you’re talking with a friend, or overhearing a conversation in Twitter, and someone mentions a TV show or movie that sounds interesting. What’s a good way to remember it for later, in a service that’s easy and relativly inexpensive? Enter Amazon Instant Video’s Watchlist feature. Hop over to Amazon and search for a movie, […]
TDD is a Habit
Up-front admission: I am not “a software developer.” I dabble in software development. I work with software developers; I test and support their code and, though I write some code (and some of that has even shipped to customers as part of various products) I am not “officially” a developer. I don’t even play one […]