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Category: QA

  • Book Review: Lean UX

    Work book review! I grabbed this one for its relevance to what we’re currently working through. It builds upon the principals from Lean Startup, which I haven’t yet read. In hindsight, I probably should have read that first, but this book stands up pretty well on its own. Who would I recommend it to? Anyone […]

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  • Book Review: Exploratory Software Testing

    I’d heard of the subject before, vaguely knew some things about it, thought it was the type of testing I had naturally evolved to, and vowed to really find out by reading Exploratory Software Testing by James A. Whittaker. As it turns out, my weak understanding was mostly wrong. The entire strategy is based upon […]

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  • Book Review: Don’t Make Me Think – A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

    A book review? Yeah, sure, kinda. I tend to highlight the crap out of professional books that I read. I rarely go back and look at the highlights so this exercise is as much for me as it is for you. Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. Not yet […]

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  • I Have No Bugs

    Yesterday marked the two-week mark since I last saw/killed a bug in my apartment. Over the past few months, we’ve come a long way; I was killing 10-20 in the first few weeks.<br/><br/>I had some traps out, and I had maintenance come in to spray, but I have to think me squishing them incessantly is […]

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  • The Writing Was On the Wall

    Nearly three years ago to the day, I resigned from my fairly comfortable position at <a href=”http://www.anystream.com/” target=”_blank”>Anystream</a>. I loved the people, I loved the work, but the company was being steered into a direction I didn’t particularly care for, they were top-heavy, and management was pretty poor. It was a VC-funded business with a […]

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