Category Archive for ‘Education’

Well, this turned into an interesting evening!When we found out that Shmuel Gershon was coming in from Jerusalem to visit the U.S. for testing conferences and presentations, Adam Yuret decided to come down to the Bay Area from Seattle to meet with him, and invited me to come along as ...

This was a bit of a departure from normal, but I think well worth it. Adam Yuret, who is a regular weekend testing participant, also works with VolunteerMatch.org. The idea behind Volunteermatch is to have individuals who want to help with a good cause, and for those self same good ...

So last Saturday, I had the chance to bring to a close my first AST BBST Foundations class with me as the Lead Instructor. This was a cool experience in the sense that, while I've been part of this class for five iterations, this was the first time where I was ...

<p><p>ok Review</p></p>Wow, three book reviews in one week?! Well, not really. The Selenium one was written a couple of months ago, but I definitely have two for this week. It’s been awhile since I’ve done a retro review, and I’m in the process of clearing the deck of some titles ...

Last Saturday I had a chance to do a “double dip” with Weekend Testing. I facilitated the WTAmericas session at 11:00 AM, but prior to that, at 8:00 AM, I joined up with the European contingent to be a participant in their event.This time out was interesting because we were ...

OK, you are probably scratching your head, because, wait a minute, where’s the book review?!Well, this time, I’m going to encourage you to go elsewhere! The book review was written for The Testing Planet, Issue 4, and that’s where you will find it (on page 8, to be exact)!So if ...

First off, let me set the expectation here. I’m a software tester by trade. I’m fan of science (as opposed to being a scientist). I’m also a huge fan of Japanese animation, which is commonly referred to in America as “Anime” in its video format, and “manga” in its illustrated ...

Today from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT, I had the chance to facilitate another Weekend Testing Americas session. Today, I must admit, I was a little concerned, since there was a European Weekend Testers even held just thee hours earlier (which I participated in as well) and prior to ...