When I lived in Japan one of the many memorable experiences was ascending Mount Fuji. I started in the afternoon from the Kawaguchiko station to reach the 8th station to sleep over before the final ascent at 4:00 am to watch the sunrise. On the way up...

Anyone who has listened to me talk about automated test design knows that I loathe hard-coded strings in test automation. Yes, I know that static test data is important, but it is almost never a good practice to hard-code strings or other test data in...

In April I hosted a session at the Software Testing and Performance conference entitled Why Test Automation Fails . I actually tried out a new delivery style for me similar to a town hall format where I attempted to elicit participation from the attendees...

Rahul Verma invited me to read several very well-compilled posts discussing various views on the 'schools' of testing. I previously expressed my personal views on the topic and in a comment on the EuroStar blog . Rahul researched multiple resources to...