August 2010
2 posts
You are NOT like any other QA or tester I’ve ever...
In my 20 year career, I’ve only met a handful of testers. And those, almost all in the last 5 – 10 years. Prior to that, I spent a lot of time alone, trying to make heads or tails of this testing thing I was doing. I did some development early on back in the day, but was so issue-focussed that it just didn’t feel right. I’m not creative like that by nature…and I break better than I...
QA and testing crowdsourcing, remote work and...
So, the more I work with companies, the more I’m starting to see that companies of all sizes could use a QA/testing SME for testing during ramp up time, process tweeking, training, helping hire, tool assessment, documentation, and more. All this and not having to pay for a full-time employee. You can call last minute and we’ll fit you in, you can need 5 hours, or 50, and we’re...
March 2010
2 posts
Corporate vs Passion...is it possible to inspire...
Recently, I was lucky enough to enjoy an evening with former co-workers. I am very grateful for this, as I very much respect and admire a great number of the individuals that were there. They are, by far, the most laid back, funny, intelligent, and just plain awesome people I have had the pleasure of working with over the past 20 years. I’ve been away from the corporate environment for going...
Books I Have Read in the last 20 Months
I have never been one to read much. I have always been in love with the sciences and maths. English classes were so confusing for me. I needed cut and dry facts. Things that were subjective really threw me for a loop. Reading between the lines was painful (and still is). Possibly another reason I don’t get along with people who speak in double entendres. If I have to try and figure...
December 2009
1 post
"Treat others as you would have them treat you"...
Let me explain…..
I think I read something in an S Covey book at some point that said something about treating people as THEY would like to be treated, not as YOU would like to be treated. For the first time in my life, that made sense. What a self centered thing it would be to treat people as you want to be treated. As if they are all like you? Have your needs? Have your experiences...
November 2009
8 posts
Excitement, Passion, and Hard Work
I certainly had excitement for my work in the past (whilst employed by others). I had passion and worked hard as well. Deep down though, I couldn’t wait for lunch, the end of day or Fridays. I detested Mondays as much as the next guy and it seemed to take forever to get down to business on a Monday after everyone caught up on the weekends events. Friday afternoons were also a wash. Not to mention...
Lots of eye openers and aha moments this week.
Trying to put together the testing in an agile environment thing in my head. I have a much clearer view of what I want to do for biz owners. Also, incredibly clear on the fact that I love start-ups. Wow….didn’t really expect that, but it’s really nailing it in with each start-up I speak with. My first client really opened my eyes, then the AC and today just pretty much...
Agile Testing...So many things to learn now that...
Keeping up with work, the kids & family, nutrition, health and trying to learn more and more about testing in an Agile environment….yikes! Thank goodness we’ve cut out time wasters like t.v., etc. Need to revisit Covey’s four quadrants and keep pushing to only work on quadrants 1 and 2. Need more time to work on Agile testing, marketing, and more social networking type...
Just contacted a naturopath in town for...
We still have a way to go. Must kick dairy products, get the kids off of turkey/chicken (they’re actually not liking it lately, so yay!), and kick our weekly ice cream fix. The dairy is just an irrational fear of not getting nutrients, etc. (which is a crock logically), especially for the baby. The ice cream is a horrible habit that seems almost as powerful as the alcohol and cigs (way...
Software QA, Health, Life....?
I’m not sure what I’ll be rambling about here. I have in mind to keep it to Software QA and health/fitness ‘stuff’. I’m pretty outspoken and strong willed with my opinions, but that in no way means I’m right! In fact, I love to be challenged, and a debate. It’s the only way to learn, grow and expand. Present me with facts and prove I’m right or...
Our Company - web site needs some work, but no... →
Checkin' it out
Sigh….another thing to update :) Do I really need another excuse to sit here at mylaptop? Yeah, sure….why not!