Five Blogs – 31 January 2014

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

Why I am writing so many blog entries
Written by: Markus Gärtner

What does the spec say again?
Written by: Tim Hall

Pen-And-Paper Notetaking Superior To Typing On A Laptop
Written by: Annie Murphy Paul

Decision Making and Decision Management
Written by: Payson Hall

Building your moments of ‘Doing’
Written by: David Torné

EXTRA:

Passing Test Cases
Written by: Michael Bolton

Quote of the day:
“In God we trust. Everyone else brings data.” -W. Edwards Deming

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Five Blogs – 30 January 2014

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Riffing on the Quadrants
Written by: Alan Page

The Fallacy of the Ideal Team Size
Written by: Pawel Brodzinski

You Can Better Manage What You Can See
Written by: Jim Benson

The Four Freedoms
Written by: Matt Mullenweg

On the Testing of Normative Theories
Written by: Joris Meerts

Quote of the day:
“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” -Chili Davis

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Five Blogs – 29 January 2014

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Measuring Exploratory Testing
Written by: John Stevenson

I was a lousy student
Written by: Mark Miller

The Increased Complexity of Testing in Agile Environments
Written by: Prashant Chambakara

Generalizing Your Skills Will Never Make You a Design Specialist
Written by: Addison Duvall

The product you test can make or break you as a tester
Written by: Rob Lambert

Quote of the day:
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” -Jim Rohn

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Five Blogs – 28 January 2014

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Professional testing organizations
Written by: Markus Gärtner

Why I Write Blog Posts: A Really Short Note
Written by: Pete Walen

No KPIs: Use Discussion
Written by: James Bach

…different people differently
Written by: Set Godin

Stop Procrastinating and Start Getting Things Done
Written by: Joe Scherrer

Quote of the day:
“You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind” -Timothy Leary

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Five Blogs – 27 January 2014

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How to Create a Shared Vision That Works
Written by: Jesse Lyn Stoner

A Sustainable Mission for Context Driven Testing?
Written by: Anders Dinsen

Say “No” to Innovation-in-General
Written by: Maxwell Wessel

How Inactivity Changes the Brain
Written by: Gretchen Reynolds

My EPIC Process ASS
Written by: James Thomas

EXTRA:

Relating military patrol planning and techniques to testing
Written by: Danny Dainton

Quote of the day:
“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.” -Charles Kettering

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Five Blogs – 24 January 2014

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5 Morning Rituals to Keep You Productive All Day Long
Written by: James Reinhart

Why Curiosity Makes for an Excellent Software Tester
Written by: Beth Romanik

6 Powerful Communication Tips From Some of the World’s Best Interviewers
Written by: Courtney Seiter

Learn How to Program and 21 Days (or so)
Written by: Markus Gärtner

Does Agile Really Lead to “Amateur, Untrained, Unmotivated” Testers?
Written by: Joe Strazzere

Quote of the day:
“Every solution is the source of the next problem.” -Jerry Weinberg

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Five Blogs – 23 January 2014

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Purpose matters
Written by: Mark Miller

Questioning My Expertise
Written by: Michael Larsen

Performance Reviews Are Not Useful; Feedback Is
Written by: Johanna Rothman

A leader must be a “people person”
Written by: Mary Jo Asmus

5 Actions That Help Create Stability in the Midst of Uncertainty
Written by: Gwyn Teatro

Quote of the day:
“Quality Assurance is about processes. Testing is about the product.” -Carsten Feilberg

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Five Blogs – 22 January 2014

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8 Reasons to Seek Out Ambiguity
Written by: Michael McKinney

Why Leaders Need A Beginner’s Mind
Written by: LaRae Quy

Closing Leadership Gap
Written by: Pawel Brodzinski

What if…
Written by: Markus Gärtner

What is QA?
Written by: Richard Bradshaw

Quote of the day:
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” -Bertha Calloway

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Five Blogs – 21 January 2014

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The Line Between Persuasion And Manipulation
Written by: Jonathan Fields

DRE: changing reality so we can count it
Written by: James Christie

The Right Way to Answer “What’s Your Greatest Weakness?”
Written by: David Reese

Steps toward Becoming Context-driven in the Netherlands
Written by: Joris Meerts

How To Use Your Memory The Way Actors Do
Written by: Annie Murphy Paul

Quote of the day:
“It’s really not the method that counts, it’s all in how you use it.” -Julie Hendry

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Five Blogs – 20 January 2014

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Breathing In vs. Spacing Out
Written by: Dan Hurley

On Managing Teams, Personality Traits and Hiring
Written by: Pete Walen

Write Down Your Failures. You Just Might Learn Something
Written by: Bill Murphy Jr.

Test Jumpers: One Vision of Agile Testing
Written by: James Marcus Bach

Thoughts around Test estimation
Written by: Aaron Hodder

Quote of the day:
“Planning is everything. Plans are nothing.” -Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke

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