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135 2011/Jul/31 Trainlines and discovery
134 2011/Jul/26 On game design
133 2011/Jul/20 Musings on bookstores
132 2011/Jul/19 Musings on ebook readers
131 2011/Jul/18 Introducing Trainlines rail routes and google maps ftw
130 2011/Jul/17 New Blog and a perfectly cromulent one at that
129 2011/Jan/19 Road Maps A plan of what is to be learnt
128 2011/Jan/18 A fundamental discipline a change from a concept of fundamentals to another discipline
127 2011/Jan/12 Eight Disciplines A set of specialisations that reflect the diversity that exists in the profession
126 2010/Nov/30 Tangible Giving Now saving a life is can be funny
125 2010/Nov/25 Learning Objectives Guidance in developing our careers
124 2010/Nov/25 Very Early Thirties So many years left to go, thirty is irrelevant.
123 2010/Nov/23 Three things To overcome three problems we need a framework that does three things
122 2010/Nov/22 It begins with a sad story An anecdote about struggling in software testing and the research it started
121 2010/Nov/22 It never ends futures in software testing redux...
120 2010/Nov/15 Futures in Software Testing – Beijing! Speaking at B' QConf 2010
119 2010/Oct/30 Post Iqnite Thoughts soft skills and improved articulation
118 2010/Oct/05 Fluid Role Definitions is how we classify things important in the grand scheme of things?
117 2010/Oct/03 I’m Back!
116 2010/May/28 the waterfall of defects because throwing it over the wall is fun
115 2010/May/27 Copying tests between HP Service Test Projects adding tests is still too much work
114 2010/May/26 Bulk Test Creation using HP Service Test a sorely lacking feature... solved!
113 2010/May/25 Testing For Odd Perfect Numbers because testing for even perfect numbers is too easy
112 2010/May/24 A Brief Update the times they are a changing
111 2010/May/17 Lint Free Tests no fluff
110 2010/May/17 Business Engagement Models don't change for you, don't change a thing for me
109 2010/May/12 Survey Complete to be continued...
108 2010/May/10 Traffic Lights vs. Ticks and Crosses an anecdote regarding the benefits of tester specialisation
107 2010/May/07 Getting to the real issue sometimes the first solution isn't for the current problem
106 2010/May/06 It’s the little things… implicit dependencies make bugs hard to find
105 2010/May/05 Why don’t we test our own processes? I’ve always done it this way regardless of quality so why should I change?
104 2010/May/04 It is still a coincidence but it has trend potential more test managers are heading back to testing
103 2010/May/03 Software Testing Research 75% of people know that surveys result in bandy-able statistics
102 2010/Apr/30 Breadth first approach to service testing a lesson learnt in service testing
101 2010/Apr/28 Games for Testers – Sudoku more games for testers
100 2010/Apr/27 Project vs. Enterprise Services enterprise services are the waterfall model of the SOA world
99 2010/Apr/26 Games for Testers – Logic Puzzles another game for testing relaxation
98 2010/Apr/24 The Most Awesomest Thing Ever testers; they are awesome and they help you be more awesome
97 2010/Apr/23 Failure Evident Systems should software systems too big to fail be failure evident?
96 2010/Apr/22 Futures in Software Testing a new approach to software testing education and development
95 2010/Apr/21 Futures in Software Testing – Story #2 how Andy decided that user interaction and the business domain knowledge disciplines were right for her
94 2010/Apr/20 Futures in Software Testing – Story #1 how the disciplines in software testing model saved one tester from a career in management
93 2010/Apr/19 Futures in Software Testing – Futures and Present Self planning a future in software testing
92 2010/Apr/18 Click here to ignore this message in future… automating one off tests in the UI
91 2010/Apr/17 One time offer on defects integration issues that only occur once
90 2010/Apr/16 Futures in Software Testing – Measuring Competence Pt 2. an updated approach to the self assessment classifications
89 2010/Apr/16 Software that is too big to fail The impact of defects is much bigger when the software impacts society
88 2010/Apr/15 Futures in Software Testing – The Security Tester introducing the security tester discipline
87 2010/Apr/14 Futures in Software Testing – The User Interaction Tester introducing the discipline of the user interaction tester
86 2010/Apr/13 Futures in Software Testing – The Infrastructure & Integration Tester introducing the discipline of infrastructure and integration testing
85 2010/Apr/12 Futures in Software Testing – The Behavioural & Functionality Tester introducing the discipline of behaviour and functionality testing
84 2010/Apr/11 Regression Tests as a Test Smell aimless testing because we don’t understand the change or business is bad practice
83 2010/Apr/10 ISupport Contracts with Behaviours in PHP reusable behaviours with interaction contracts
82 2010/Apr/09 Futures in Software Testing – Test Lead & Test Manager introducing the discipline of management
81 2010/Apr/08 Futures in Software Testing – The Business Domain Knowledge Tester introducing the business domain knowledge tester
80 2010/Apr/07 Futures in Software Testing – The Performance Tester the technical discipline of performance testing
79 2010/Apr/06 Futures in Software Testing – The Automation Tester introducing the discipline of automation
78 2010/Apr/05 Games for Testers – Find a Word illustrating techniques using puzzles
77 2010/Apr/04 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Find and Replace find and replace for Vanilla C and HP Service Test
76 2010/Apr/03 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Windows Event Log Checking the event log using vanilla c
75 2010/Apr/02 Futures in Software Testing – Assessment Model measuring competency in software testing
74 2010/Apr/01 Futures in Software Testing – Fundamentals core competencies in software testing
73 2010/Apr/01 NATA – nada free tip: if you represent testing authorities don't have bugs in your homepage
72 2010/Mar/31 Futures in Software Testing – Disciplines eight directions for professional testing development
71 2010/Mar/30 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Trimming Strings Using one simple function my strings are much more trim
70 2010/Mar/29 Futures in Software Testing – System Testing Sucks developing futures in software testing
69 2010/Mar/28 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Useful String Functions making your life easier with basic string functions in vanilla c
68 2010/Mar/27 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Windows Registry Fun! checking the windows registry using vanilla C
67 2010/Mar/26 QC Service Test Cleanup a job to cleanup the ridiculous number of files generated during a service testing run
66 2010/Mar/25 Useful HP Service Test Results generating metrics from Quality Centre and Service Test
65 2010/Mar/25 The writings on the paper paper is stoopid and we should only use it for benefit
64 2010/Mar/24 Quality Centre Cycle Changer automating cycle changes in QC
63 2010/Mar/23 HP Service Test & Quality Centre Nightly Test Runner automating service test execution
62 2010/Mar/22 Structuring Service Tests in Quality Centre using a folder structure to service test information
61 2010/Mar/19 An approach to software testing automation automated tests that don't break constantly; say it ain't so
60 2010/Mar/18 If you’re not testing, you’re not testing a motto for testers with work to do
59 2010/Mar/17 Automating the passing of a failing test annotating tests to detect changes in behaviour
58 2010/Mar/17 Epic fail how not to publish a blog post
57 2010/Mar/16 Testing Cross Cutting Concerns in HP Service Test auditing, exception reporting and data persistence testing, oh my!
56 2010/Mar/15 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – file existence and content checking file existence and whether a file is empty using Vanilla C
55 2010/Mar/12 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – remote file fun deleting and renaming a file remotely
54 2010/Mar/11 Vanilla C with Sprinkles – file reading reading a UTF-8 file
53 2010/Mar/10 Improving HP Service Testing Summary collected wisdom
52 2010/Mar/10 UX Addendum and another thing...
51 2010/Mar/08 finding bugs with luck user testing is not a replacement for actual testing
50 2010/Mar/05 HP Service Test – Protocols Configuration bug the bug that stops you from using different protocol configurations in the same iteration against the same service
49 2010/Mar/04 Improving HP Service Tests Part 8 being executed as!
48 2010/Mar/03 Improving HP Service Tests Part 7 fixtures for validation
47 2010/Mar/02 Improving HP Service Tests Part 6 validating fault behaviour
46 2010/Mar/01 Improving HP Service Tests Part 5 great fault expectations
45 2010/Feb/26 Service Testing – What are we checking? for every service outcome there exists some validation we have to do
44 2010/Feb/25 Improving HP Service Test Part 4 surfing the pipeline
43 2010/Feb/24 Improving HP Service Tests Part 3 configuring service tests for use
42 2010/Feb/23 Finding the Minimum Set a workflow for service testing new operations
41 2010/Feb/22 Improving HP Service Tests Part 2 focus on the delta!
40 2010/Feb/19 Automated Data Integrity Testing trust me; it's freaking sweet
39 2010/Feb/18 Pre-Integration Environments function test and system test are old fashioned, out dated and finally, stoopid names.
38 2010/Feb/17 Passing the failing test identifying change in regression tests
37 2010/Feb/16 Process Improvements Learning from those who are learning
36 2010/Feb/15 Quality Assured Google Buzz and why it probably passed testing
35 2010/Jan/28 The Great Australian Internet Blackout a look at the complexity of testing nationwide web filters
34 2009/Dec/10 Changing the Service Location in HP Service Test a workaround for stoopid behaviour
33 2009/Dec/09 Improving HP Service Tests – Part 1 one small step for writing less code
32 2009/Dec/08 all aboard the failboat how to miss the basics of testing and usability in a very simple web application
31 2009/Nov/26 Finding bugs is not always fun why I waited 35 minutes at 2 in the morning for a taxi
30 2009/Nov/11 Shorthand Methods in HP Service Test
29 2009/Nov/10 Local Parameters and HP Service Test
28 2009/Nov/09 Parameterisation and Strings in HP Service Test
27 2009/Nov/06 The Microwave Free Lifestyle
26 2009/Oct/27 Better default run time settings for HP Service Test
25 2009/Oct/19 Data Dependant Service Testing
24 2009/Oct/17 Peculiar Bugs…NetBeans IDE 6.5.1
23 2009/Oct/14 Floriade 2009
22 2009/Oct/12 Identity Specific and Anonymous Data
21 2009/Oct/10 Washing Machine Usability
20 2009/Oct/07 Does Remote Directory Exist?
19 2009/Oct/03 Peculiar Bugs…Nokia N95 redux
18 2009/Oct/02 Speeding Up Test Development in HP Service Test
17 2009/Oct/01 Structuring HP Service Tests
16 2009/Jun/05 Test Execution Peer Reviews
15 2009/Jun/04 The How of Testing
14 2009/Apr/11 Melbourne, F1 and Donations vs. Taxes
13 2009/Apr/10 Performance Testing the Cache – The Point of it all
12 2009/Apr/09 Load Testing the Cache – User Quantities and Expected Behaviours
11 2009/Apr/07 Testing the Cache – Forcing Cache Collisions
10 2009/Apr/06 Testing the Cache – Auditing
9 2009/Apr/04 Testing the Cache – Shared vs. User Level Caching
8 2009/Apr/03 FeedDemon bug report
7 2009/Apr/03 Testing the Cache – Multiple Caches
6 2009/Mar/31 Testing the Cache Priority Policy
5 2008/Feb/27 An unusual bug i'm confuzzled
4 2008/Feb/27 Who says you can’t have good cheap fun? how to gamble for five hours and not lose a penny
3 2008/Feb/15 Default Parameters and how to waste time debugging your application
2 2008/Feb/03 Test Case Structure write more tests in less time
1 2008/Jan/09 1st! we all gotta start somewhere