Five Blogs – 30 April 2014

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

Changing How We Think About Change
Written by: Jason Little

5 Things Anyone Can Do to Be More Self-Confident
Written by: Geoffrey James

The Value Of A Conference
Written by: Dean Mackenzie

Talk Is Cheap… Change Is Hard
Written by: Mark Miller

Mapping the user experience
Written by: Torbjörn Ryber

Quote of the day:
“Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom” -William James

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Five Blogs – 29 April 2014

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The Zen of a Morning Person: How to Love 6.00 a.m.
Written by: Vincent Nguyen

On the Quality of Qualitative Measures
Written by: Cem Kaner

How a Software Tester Helps During Product Discovery
Written by: Karen N. Johnson

Do you trust a test that you have never seen fail?
Written by: David Burns

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Communication?
Written by: Naomi Karten

Quote of the day:
“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” -Douglas Ivester

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Five Blogs – 28 April 2014

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Talent Is Overrated
Written by: Greg Satell

About Agile Testing and Nonsense
Written by: Alex Podelko

Ditch the 10,000 hour rule! Why Malcolm Gladwell’s famous advice falls short
Written by: Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel

Forget the Strategy PowerPoint
Written by: John P. Kotter

How are you spending your 24 hours?
Written by: Michelle Kirsch

Quote of the day:
“An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame” -Sam Ewing

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Five Blogs – 25 April 2014

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TDD is dead. Long live testing
Written by: David Heinemeier Hansson

Striving For Early Feedback
Written by: Aleksis Tulonen

A Tale of Four Projects
Written by: Michael Bolton

Tested Leader or Inspiring Leader: What Is the Right Blend?
Written by: Jon Mertz

Communicate Vision – A Case Study
Written by: Mike Henry

Quote of the day:
“Good words are worth much, and cost little” -George Herbert

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Five Blogs – 24 April 2014

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What Is A Unit Test?
Written by: Gil Zilberfeld

Are you Playing to Your Strengths?
Written by: Susan Ritchie

Heartbleed and the five-year-old’s guide to fixes
Written by: Davey Winder

How to Disagree without Being Disagreeable
Written by: Andy Lester

People Skills: The Secret Within Every Great Communicator!
Written by: Kate Nasser

Quote of the day:
“Be free where you are” -Thich Nhat Hanh

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Five Blogs – 23 April 2014

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Heartbleed: All you need to know
Written by: Huma Hamid

Test Strategy Retrospective
Written by: Katrina Clokie

What Does Your Interviewing Reveal About You?
Written by: Johanna Rothman

My Fear of Public Speaking
Written by: Nicola Owen

No Managers? No Hierarchy? No Way!
Written by: Steve Denning

Quote of the day:
“Good thoughts inspire us to engage in good actions” -Atharva Veda

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Five Blogs – 22 April 2014

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On Test Results and Decisions about Test Results
Written by: Simon Morley

In The Real World
Written by: Michael Bolton

Positive and Negative: a Matter of Perspective
Written by: Heather Vale Goss

Really, Can You Be Agile and Not Disciplined?
Written by: Jurgen Appelo

How to Identify a Future Leader
Written by: Les Hayman

Quote of the day:
“We cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.” -Max DePree

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Five Blogs – 21 April 2014

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Refusing to do bad work…
Written by: Huib Schoots

How Depersonalizing Work & Managing Flow Can Humanize the Workplace
Written by: Adam Yuret

How to Keep From Feeling Like a Failure
Written by: Josh Christophersen

On Testing and Wars of Religion
Written by: Pete Walen

How to Become a Person of Value
Written by: Adeleke David

Quote of the day:
“It’s a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.” -Andrew Jackson

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Five Blogs – 18 April 2014

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Using Exploratory Testing to Drive Automation
Written by: John Stevenson

How to Lie with Data Visualization
Written by: Ravi Parikh

The 4 Hardest Words You’ve Never Said
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Behavior follows system follows mindset
Written by: Flavius Stef

Welcome to the Age of Work/Life Integration
Written by: Matthew Kosinski

Quote of the day:
“If you doubt the power of focus, try riding two bikes simultaneously” -Tim Fargo

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Five Blogs – 17 April 2014

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3 Questions to Ask Before Making Any Purchase
Written by: Joshua Becker

Role of Managers in Agile Retrospectives
Written by: Ben Linders

Can You Use A Scrum Master?
Written by: Bob Marshall

Can we Put an End to this ‘Estimate’ Game of Fools?
Written by: Nicolas Frankel

3-Signs You’re An Insulated Leader
Written by: Matthew T. Fritz

Quote of the day:
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” -Thomas Jefferson

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