Alice was crossing the street, lost in her iPod, unaware of traffic. Bob was in his Toyota Prius driving towards Alice. Unknown to both of them, the traffic signal had a bug causing the walk sign to overlap ever so slightly with the end of the green light. Bob saw Alice and slammed the brakes. Unfortunately, the Prius’ braking system […]
Add ‘all’ to questions
Over what time frame?
Takeaway: Ask “Over what time frame?” When to use?: As always, it depends. I usually ask “Over what time frame” when I seem to be agreeing with multiple sides of an argument. “Over what time frame?” is a powerful question to set context, especially in early stage software and/or recently formed teams. Why? Because the quality of a solution is […]
Dropbox: Symbolic links on Windows
Dropbox is a neat little tool for automagically storing your data on the cloud and accessing them across different machines. At Qxf2 Services, we use a combination of Dropbox and Evernote to store and backup non-confidential data. I personally would use FolderGrid when I really *need* to share confidential files. All files stored under your designated Dropbox folder are synched […]
Sign up: ‘State of testing’ survey
Wondering what the current state of testing is? Want to identify trends in our profession? Do you know what testers around the world identify as their top challenge? Joel Montvelisky (PractiTest, QA Intelligence) and Lalit Bhamare (Tea Time with Testers) are conducting a survey on the current state of testing. They plan to conduct a yearly survey – please join […]
Dear Google, I am NOT on a mobile device
Qxf2 uses Google Apps for Business for our email, calendar, collaboration, documents, etc. I like the Google suite of products – nearly hassle free to setup and maintain for a small company. For the past couple of days, I notice that the calendar prompts me to download their mobile app even though I am NOT on a mobile device. Dear […]
Punjab National Bank – how about correcting your ad??
I saw this ad at the Jayanagar 4th Block branch of PNB. It drove me …. it drove me … ummmmm … lets say to blog about it. The ‘silver’ tier is represented by a rook, the ‘gold’ tier is represented by a knight and the ‘diamond’ tier is represented by a bishop. The problem is that the rook is […]
Latest software testing blog posts
Stay in touch with the latest software testing blog posts: http://www.news.qxf2.com WHY? Its been a pet peeve of mine that testers do not read enough. The biggest and brightest names in the software testing space regularly share their thoughts and only a motivated few follow them. I have interviewed a hundred plus software test engineers. Only a handful of them […]
Coming soon
I’m suffering from writer’s block. In the meantime read this 6 word short story by Ernest Hemingway. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” —Qxf2