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November 2008 - Posts

An inverse to Parkinson’s Law?

Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 7:28 PM by alanpa
I asked in a previous post if Parkinson’s law ( Work expands to fill the time available ) also worked inversely – i.e. Does the work get done more efficiently given less time to complete it. The answer, like the answer to most questions I ask, is “It Read More...
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Some Trip Statistics

Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 6:13 AM by alanpa
I'm on my way home, and thought I'd share some statistics from my trip to Denmark Nights away from home 13 Number of different restaurants I ate at ~15 (dinner every night, plus some cafe's for lunch on the weekend) Number of train rides 18 (not including Read More...
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A Special Company

Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 6:11 AM by alanpa
I spent a few hours on the last day of my trip visiting Specialisterne , and meeting with the founder of the company. I don't think I could have been more impressed. For those who didn't click through to see what Specialistene are about, they employ people Read More...
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Travel Notes - part 2

Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:10 AM by alanpa
I travel frequently for work, but I rarely have much time to check out much more than restaurants. This is a long trip (which has several drawbacks as well) and I've had the luxury of a weekend to do whatever I want. On Saturday, I decided to take a day Read More...
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A letter to installation programs

Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:55 AM by alanpa
Dear Installation App, I'm sure you are happy that I invited you for a visit. I know that the product you belong to would like to be used by as many people as possible. I know I only see you for a brief time before the product installs, but our time together Read More...
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Travel Notes

Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 5:52 AM by alanpa
Travel notes below, but first, I have a question for you . Parkinson's law states that "work will always expand to fill available time" - that the lengthened schedule encourages procrastination or inefficiency. Is the inverse ever true? I.e. Read More...
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One more music post

Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:03 AM by alanpa
I think I've mentioned before that I'm on the alumni board for the school of arts and humanities at my alma mater. I'm one of the few people on the board, however, that isn't still working in the arts - I think I was invited, in fact,because working at Read More...
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Travel time again

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:25 PM by alanpa
If you’ve been paying attention, you would have noticed that I haven’t been travelling as much recently. I think my last trip was a short trip to Fargo a few months ago, and to Vancouver in June. I’m overdue for a long trip I guess, so I’m off to Copenhagen Read More...
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Computer Music and Testing?

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:53 PM by alanpa
After my last post on music, a reader emailed me and asked me about computers and music. They drew an analogy of midi files as scripted tests, and live well-interpreted music as a much better alternative. This is an analogy that doesn’t work too well. Read More...
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Jamming on Testing

Posted Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:07 AM by alanpa
Over the last 15 years, on far too many occasions to count, I've explained to various people how software testing, and software engineering relate to music. I know other testers have made somewhat similar analogies, but I think I have a different take Read More...
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