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Observation, or How to Steal Like an Artist, Testing redux
I came across a citation the other day for the blog post “How to Steal Like an Artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)“, by Austin Kleon. Given my feeling that some artists get way too possessive of any … Continue reading
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Part 2 of our TWiST podcast now posted
SoftwareTestPro.com has posted part 2 of the interview that Matt Heusser did with Heather and I for the TWiST podcast. This time, I talk more about the automation I’m working on and about what was then my upcoming Selenium Conference … Continue reading
Posted in Automated Testing, Business Analysis, Fun, Testing Tagged Cucumber, dark side, Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen, Selenium, value of testing Leave a comment
How the Study of Art informs my Testing
I study art in my spare time, including perusing art related blogs and attending classes. The thing that intrigues me is how much overlap I find between some of those topics and several aspects of what goes in to thoughtful, … Continue reading
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Heather & Andy interviewed for TWiST podcast
A few weeks back, Heather and I spent a wonderful hour talking to Matt Heusser, the host of the This Week in Software Testing podcast. Our conversation covered all sorts of topics, and the time flew by. Both Heather and … Continue reading
Posted in Automated Testing, Business Analysis, Fun, Testing Tagged Cucumber, grad school, Matt Heusser, Microsoft, podcast, Selenium, testing Leave a comment