{"id":2145,"date":"2014-12-07T05:14:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T10:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2014-12-07T05:14:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T10:14:48","slug":"cool-things-read-week-30-nov-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/cool-things-read-week-30-nov-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool things I read this week (30-Nov-2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include Internet comments, working remote, CERN, rands on the QA mindset and funny tweet.<\/p>\n

1. Comments on Selenium going open-source (2004)<\/a>
\n2. Yet another piece on working remote <\/a>
\n3. CERN AMA<\/a>
\n4. rands and the QA mindset<\/a>
\n5. Funny tweet that hit home<\/a><\/p>\n

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My notes:<\/h3>\n

\n1. Comments on Selenium going open-source (2004)<\/a>
\nApparently, these were the 4 comments for the 2004 blog post that announced Selenium was being released. My favorite comment has to be <\/p>\n

\nDamn, starting to find testing technology more interesting then other technology these days…
\n— Mic\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n2. Yet another piece on working remote <\/a>
\nIf you have not yet realized it, I read a lot about the workplace of the future. I think remote working is here to stay. The most frequent question people have when they hear Qxf2<\/a> encourages remote work is “How do you know work is getting done?”. The Atlantic piece speaks to this question and touches upon some other concerns I have heard from my relatives and friends in Bangalore.
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\n3. CERN AMA<\/a>
\nCERN, in my mind, is undoubtedly going down in the history books for revolutionizing Physics. This past week, some CERN folk behind their Open Data Portal did an AMA on reddit. The AMA was surprisingly not very geeky. For Physics and\/or data geeks, they answered a question on crowd-sourcing<\/a>.
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\n4. rands and the QA mindset<\/a>
\nrands wrote about testing and testers. I have so many points to make that it will take an entire post. I’ll limit myself to the plus points here. rands highlights that “understanding what is right” is a key skill for testers. Alan Page replied in the comments with his thoughts. My profession is going mainstream and receiving attention.
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\n5. Funny tweet that hit home<\/a><\/p>\n

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'Could you fax over a copy?' 'No, I can't fax because of where I live' 'Where do you live?' 'The 21st century'\u201d – A lesson for doctors.<\/p>\n

— Toffleresque (@Toffleresque) November 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n