‘Surely its just a case of doing X and creating a Y, then we’ll obviously get to Z. I’ve done this lots of times before.’ This is an example of Shallow Statement Syndrome, one I […]
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The Fallacy of Omniscience by Proximity
I was reading about President Hollande’s apparently complex love life, and a journalist who used to live in France was asked his opinion on the issue. He responded that although he used to live there, […]
I was wrong and we missed out
So, it was the office Christmas Party on Friday. A few beers and laughs were had, much discussion on our testing world but on reflection I missed a great opportunity. I need to be vague […]
API Testing Mnemonic – ICEOVERMAD
Fairly early in my testing journey, I attended (and interacted with) the Rapid Software Testing course, showing me the power of consciously introducing mnemonics into your testing (and life) toolset. After this initial […]
Sometimes you know how but you can’t say how…..
I was once asked to create a ‘Sprint Diary’ for how to be an ‘agile tester.’ That’s right, on the first day do this, on day two say this, on day three create that. […]
