notes and rants

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A shell only a geek could love

There’s a bunch of stuff not about testing that I wanted to share or comment on. This is the first...

Author: Alan Page Date: 08/10/2006

Catch up...catsup...ketchup...?

Not that there's anyone eagerly anticipating my next entry, but anytime I don't blog for a while,...

Author: Alan Page Date: 08/10/2006

Test case design using patterns

I’m still thinking about test case design, and I am liking the idea of test patterns more and more....

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/25/2006

Designing Tests

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about test case design. How can we, as professional testers, write...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/24/2006

More on testing for testers

I meant to follow up right away on the last post…but life and work got in the way. I wanted to...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/24/2006

Unit Testing and Testers

Don’t think for a second that I’m going to recommend that testers write unit tests for someone...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/21/2006

“Big names” in software testing (ummm… I mean consulting)?

Recently, I was talking to one of Microsoft’s Technical Fellows about senior engineering roles. He...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/19/2006

What do you use code coverage for?

I have noticed that the act of measuring code coverage is pretty much standard (even outside of MS...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/13/2006

Yet another bookshelf post (part 1)

For “part 1” of this post, I’m not going to mention focus on great engineering books and leave books...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/03/2006

Yet another bookshelf post (prequel)

I’ve been meaning to post a recommended book list for at least a year now, but it seems that every...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/02/2006

Another metrics post

I’m in the middle of preparing a talk on effective use of metrics for an internal audience. I love...

Author: Alan Page Date: 05/18/2006

The post that will never happen

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I like being a "d-list" blogger. I know I don't post often, but I...

Author: Alan Page Date: 05/09/2006

PSQT

I'm on my way home from PSQT. McCarran airport in Vegas has free wireless, so I was able to find an...

Author: Alan Page Date: 05/02/2006

Pictures of jack girls in synthesis

Only a few will know what the title of this post is. It has nothing to do with this post, but it was...

Author: Alan Page Date: 04/28/2006

Back again

Once again, the beast called work has taken me away from blogging. The good news is that I thought...

Author: Alan Page Date: 04/12/2006

Measuring Quality

A former colleague of mine sent some email last week thanking me for a book suggestion I had given...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/17/2006

Spaces after sentences

I "learned" to type about 25 years ago in high school. The truth is that I went to typing class, but...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/14/2006

More on PSQT

I don't think I ever mentioned that I decided to go to PSQT as a standby presenter. Of course, this...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/14/2006

QA vs. Testing - Part 4: Let's wrap this up.

If you've read the previous posts, you see where I stand on the topic. If you haven't read the...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/08/2006

Interlude: Random bits

Ever have one of those periods of time where you work your butt off all day long and at the end of...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/28/2006

QA vs. Testing - Part 3: What is the role of Quality Assurance?

Obviously, I have a silly peeve about mixing QA and Test. They're not the same thing. I'm certainly...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/26/2006

Part 3 coming up...

I forgot when I posted part 1 & 2 that I was booked solid (literally 9-5 every day) teaching...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/26/2006

QA vs. Testing - Part 2: What is the role of testing?

Answering this question may be where the core of the ambiguity lies. If I were to ask ten random...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/17/2006

OK - here goes...my rant on QA vs. Testing - Part One: Who Cares?

I have started and stopped writing this post at least a dozen times. The mis-use of the QA term is a...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/14/2006

PSQT Conference, here I come...or maybe not

I heard last week that my presentation was accepted for PSQT...kind of. I received a notice that my...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/12/2006

This is not an excuse

I wanted to reflect a bit on why my posting has dropped off so much since I changed positions at...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/06/2006

I feel guilty

...not very guilty, but definitely guilty. I've never worried much about the gaps in my posts over...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/06/2006

Two months off

Two months away from blogging, and a two month old daughter at home. It doesn't take too much...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/02/2006

Proposal Time

No, not that kind of proposal. It's the time of the year when proposals for several testing...

Author: Alan Page Date: 11/26/2005

Metrics that Matter

I'm on a plane returning from STAR West (testing conference - I'm offline and too lazy to look up...

Author: Alan Page Date: 11/18/2005

What is a tester?

It sounds like a silly question, but lately I've been in a lot of conversations where the topic of...

Author: Alan Page Date: 11/10/2005

Everything and Nothing

I have no more excuses on why I haven't posted - nor do I have any promises of returning to...

Author: Alan Page Date: 11/04/2005

Cruising around

One of the last things I ever thought I’d end up doing in life is going on a cruise. I like to...

Author: Alan Page Date: 09/18/2005

What do senior testers need to know?

I tried three or four variations of the word "senior" in the title (and leaving it out) before...

Author: Alan Page Date: 08/19/2005

Ack! What happened to my blog?

"Ack", of course, is a quote from my favorite fictional cat, Bill. The problem with my blog is the...

Author: Alan Page Date: 08/13/2005

Feeling Nostalgic - Life as a contractor (part 2)

I've established that I was hired as a "button pusher tester", but at least the work was...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/13/2005

StarWest

I forgot to mention that I was accepted to speak at STAR (software testing analysis & review) in...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/07/2005

Feeling Nostalgic - The Beginning

Before coming to MS, I worked for a small Redmond based software company (Unlike most employees, I’m...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/05/2005

Feeling Nostalgic - Prelude

A few posts ago, I mentioned that I just hit my 10 year milestone at MS. In my current position, I...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/05/2005

More on EE

As others have mentioned, many Microsoft engineers have spent the last three days attending talks...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/24/2005

What's the deal with Ruby?

I read a lot of testing blogs. TestingReflections aggregates a lot of these. I've been seeing a lot...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/16/2005

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