{"id":1942,"date":"2014-10-19T06:09:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T10:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2014-11-14T04:26:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T09:26:38","slug":"cool-things-read-week-12-oct-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/cool-things-read-week-12-oct-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool things I read this week (12-Oct-2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. This week features IE8, remote teams, security and testing.
\n1. IE8 disables redirects when security setting is set to high<\/a>
\n2. Joel Spolsky on remote engineering teams<\/a>
\n3. What managers think they know about automation (58 minutes)<\/a>
\n4. People literally give up crucial personal data for a cookie<\/a>
\n5. This funny tweet by Jason Huggins<\/a><\/p>\n

My notes<\/h3>\n

1. IE8 disables redirects when security setting is set to high<\/a>
\nSigh IE8. I discovered this nugget when I successfully traced down why users in specific physical location were unable to access our product on IE8.<\/p>\n

2. Joel Spolsky on remote engineering teams<\/a>
\nLever documents the key takeaways from Joel Spolsky’s visit. I am thrilled that we do so many of the listed things at Qxf2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. What managers think they know about automation (58 minutes)<\/a>
\nI watched this Dororthy Graham talk. Lot of good arguments against common misconceptions around automation.<\/p>\n

4. People literally give up crucial personal data for a cookie<\/a>
\nThis study depresses me. Its no wonder that most security hacks are likely to happen like this XKCD cartoon<\/a>. <\/p>\n

5. This funny tweet by Jason Huggins<\/a><\/p>\n

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On an Agile project, right now, the manager would be asking if we can ship, since it's not a customer-facing feature. pic.twitter.com\/4moMSU12DP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jason Huggins (@hugs) October 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n