I often ponder the question ‘should we care about what we call things in the software development world?’ One could argue that as long as everyone has a common understanding, then it shouldn’t matter right? […]
Software Testing World Cup – An Experience Report
After much anticipation, myself and three of my colleagues embarked on the Software Testing World Cup journey in the European Preliminary. We had prepared, strategised, booked rooms/monitors, bought supplies and all the other (actually quite […]
The Fallacy of the Single Point
Ever heard of the ‘Fallacy of the Single Cause?’ It refers to the rarity of single causes resulting in particular effects, it turns out the world is more complex than that. Many different inputs […]
Reviewed – The Testers Pocketbook by Paul Gerrard
I had heard a great deal about this little book. Some who had read it appreciated its premise, some were in fairly fundamental disagreement. If a text generates polar opposites of agreement, then that immediately […]
Lets celebrate! Anyone still out there…..?
Pyrrhic victory. I was reminded of this term a few days ago. It is when winning decimates *almost* everything, so winning is basically not worth the cost exacted to achieve it. I believe I have […]
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