notes and rants

A few years ago, Eric Sink posted the following obviously accurate statement. The six billion people of the world can be divided into two groups: People who know why every good software company ships products with known bugs. People who don't. Anyone Read More...

Adam asked me to elaborate a bit on the test talk series that I host and coordinate for Microsoft. There's not too much to it, so this should be a short post. YMMV. If you have ever attended a test conference, the analogy is easy. Take any conference Read More...

I have a few follow ups to my last post. Adam Goucher, who incidentally has a great blog of his own) emailed a few questions and told me it was ok to answer here if I thought the info could be interesting to a larger audience. I can't guarantee that the Read More...

We have an opening on our team, and because of this, I've been spending a bit of time talking to interested parties around the company about the position. There are specifics to this position that aren't important for this conversation, but so far, everyone Read More...

Many who know me - either through this blog or personally - know that I've been spending some time recently thinking about careers, personal visions / brands, etc. and what directions I should be driving my own career in. Part of the thought process revolves Read More...

When I talk about bug data - or potential uses for bug data, there are two things I typically mention. Both are strong opinions of mine, and while the first is now becoming more accepted, the second is less so (as far as I know). The first opinion I share Read More...