Five Blogs – 31 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity
Written by: Sara Robinson

Making Self-Organization Work
Written by: Jim Highsmith

Security Testing Checklist for Web Application
Written by: SanthoshTuppad

Fewer Is Sometimes Better
Written by: Catherine Powell

Lightweight Performance Testing
Written by: Rikard Edgren

Quote of the day:
“You can do it if you believe you can!” -Napoleon Hill

Five Blogs – 30 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

I am a Business Analyst. Where do I fit on our SCRUM team?
Written by: Michael Caspar

Implicit thought process made explicit
Written by: Martijn de Vrieze

The Tough Life of a Games Tester
Written by: Jimmy Thang

Three Rules for Innovation Teams
Written by: Harry West

The Cloud – Trend, fad, reality? Yes.
Written by: Eric D. Brown

Quote of the day:
“It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. All that matters is where you are going to.” -Stephen Covey

Five Blogs – 29 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Testers Learning To Code
Written by: Rob Lambert

Planning is good, Execution is better.
Written by: Mike Sutton

Procrastination Adrenaline
Written by: Michael Larsen

Software Quality Assurance Engineer… Happiest job?!?
Written by: Scott Barber

The Risks of Risk Aversion
Written by: Michael Clarke

EXTRA:

Why Magicians Are a Scientist’s Best Friend
Written by: James Randi

Quote of the day:
“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Five Blogs – 28 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Where You’re Insecure
Written by: Catherine Powell

Elevator Optimization Challenge: Part 2
Written by: Tim Western

Functional testing heuristics – a systems perspective
Written by: Joris Meerts

My First Workliday Abroad
Written by: Rosie Sherry

18 challenge statements from Santhosh
Written by: Markus Gärtner

EXTRA:

The Happiest Jobs In America
Written by: Jacquelyn Smith

Quote of the day:
“The hardest part of any journey is taking that first step.” -Unknown

Five Blogs – 27 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Testing the Limits with Gerald Weinberg
Written by: Mike Brown

ISTQB Advanced TM – My thoughts…
Written by: David Greenlees

Checking as an enabler for testing
Written by: Henrik Andersson

On Responsibility
Written by: Pawel Brodzinski

A kind word changes everything—especially when you’re learning something new
Written by: David Witt

EXTRA:

Writing maintainable unit tests
Written by: Andrew Jutton

The Four Disciplines of the Heart
Written by: Michael Hyatt

Quote of the day:
“Getters don’t get–givers get.” -Eugene Benge

Five Blogs – 26 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Silent Evidence in Testing
Written by: Simon Morley

Coaching Personas
Written by: Phil Parker

Gridin’it again
Written by: Tim Koopmans

Questionnaires
Written by: Bob Marshall

Build a Cache, not a Stash
Written by: George Dinwiddie

Quote of the day:
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” -Unknown

Five Blogs – 25 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Set Course For Awesome (as a ‘Career Tester’)
Written by: Adam Goucher

A piece of paper that’ll improve your team
Written by: Russell Smith

Learning from Tenali Raman’s crows …
Written by: Shrini Kulkarni

The Plight of the Introvert [A Rant]
Written by: Edward Amsden

Corner (of the Eye) Cases
Written by: James Thomas

Quote of the day:
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” -John F. Kennedy

Five Blogs – 24 March 2012

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More randomness
Written by: John Stevenson

Trust is a Cornerstone to Delivering Business Value
Written by: Scott Barber

Sympathetic testing
Written by: Ajay Balamurugadas

Are You Agile or Iterative?
Written by: Jason Little

Getting It Done, By Any Means Necessary
Written by: Michael Larsen

EXTRA:

Nine misconceptions about statistics and usability
Written by: Jeff Sauro

Quote of the day:
“Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.” -Oswald Chambers

Five Blogs – 23 March 2012 : EXTRA

More blogs (five) I read today. Check them out.

TestBash: Visualizing Quality – A Random Walk of Ideas

TestBash: The Evil Tester’s Guide to Eeevil

TestBash: The Tale of a Startup

An 8-layer model for Exploratory Testing

TestBash: Survival of the Fit-Tester

All written by: Markus Gärtner

Quote of the day:
“We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge.” -Rutherford D. Rogers

Five Blogs – 23 March 2012

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

James Bach and how I Enjoyed his Visit to Switzerland
Written by: Ilari Henrik Aegerter

The impact having an online presence makes to an author
Written by: Adam Goucher

Hollow Visions, Bullshit, Lies and Leadership Vs. Management
Written by: Bob Sutton

Death of the White Board – A Parable
Written by: Adam Knight

The Main Performance Problem
Written by: Alex Podelko

Quote of the day:
“Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.” -Jim Rohn