Archive for April, 2006

Can the words that we use affect our thinking

Can the words that we use affect our train of thought? How do the different words we use to describe a system, change the way that we think about that system? Can we describe the Application Under Test differently and change the way that we think about it?

Some Definitions of Fix and Defect

Note to Self: Be careful about definitions and the words I use. What is the real definition of a fix?

Impact of Initial DocBook experiments

I created the recently released Compendium-TA case studies using DocBook because I am so attracted to the idea of write once – present in multiple formats.

How to cope without MS Project

MS Project is the project schedule tool that I encounter more on site than any other tool, and the one that I personally prefer to use on sites. But sometimes things don’t go as planned and I recently found myself without MS Project on a site with many MS Project Plans. Sadly Microsoft do not [...]

Get maximum value from a second laptop

If you want a multiple monitor setup and don’t have a spare monitor, but you do have a second laptop, then you need Maxivista.

Free Program Launchers

Two useful free progam launchers that I have running in the background are: Launchy and SlickRun

25 April 2001

Articles: A J2EE Testing Primer Scott W. Ambler The Testing Pyramid, Linda Hayes Uncharted Territory: Introducing QA in a Web Startup, Lisa Crispin Forget Testing, Prevent Defects, Bruce Boes A Roadmap for Software Test Engineering, Len Dimaggio

02 May 2001

Magazines: Software Testing And Quality Engineering Magazine

17 May 2001

Press Releases SD Times Rational Tests in RealTime CodeTest 3.0 Rewritten in Java Articles: Does Test Automation Save Time?,Linda Hayes

21 May 2001

Articles: IT Salary Tracker: Quality Assurance Testers, Susan Leger Testing Solution for e-Biz Application Frameworks, Ronen Lamdan