Eklectic Software Testing

• February 2, 2012 - How will the NFL's 2011 Season End?

Posted By jstrazzere in Sports

Patriots preseason rainbow - a pot of gold at the end of the playoffs?

With Super Bowl XLVI fast approaching, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the predictions some sports writers made before the season started.

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• January 23, 2012 - According to Google, Glitches Are...

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Glitches are...

According to Google (and Google knows everything), glitches are:

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• January 20, 2012 - Perhaps They Should Have Tested More - Fisker Automotive

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon... you come and go, you come and go...

Fisker Karma needs Fixing?

Fisker Automotive is recalling their electric "Karma" sedan due to bugs in the software controls.

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• January 18, 2012 - Want to add some Quality to your Blogroll?

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Improve the quality of your blogroll in one easy step!

Quality Blogroll Links!

Have you added All Things Quality to your Blogroll yet?

Yes? Thank you!

No? Why not? What are you waiting for, a special invitation? Well, here it is!

Ten reasons you should add All Things Quality to your Blogroll...

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• January 17, 2012 - Some Interview Questions YOU Should Consider Asking

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Any questions for me?

Interview questions that YOU should ask

For most of the time during interviews, you are answering questions. But at some point during most interviews, you will be asked "Do you have any questions?" This is a critical time, since the interviewer will use your questions to find out what is important to you, and to see if it matches what is important to them.

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• January 10, 2012 - Want Your Kindle To Feel Special?

Posted By jstrazzere in Life

Kindle Special Offers

Everyone wants to feel special!

Special Offers are advertisements displayed on your Kindle. You can purchase a subsidized version of a Kindle at a discount if you are willing to accept these Special Offers. But at first you couldn't view these offers on a non-subsidized version (like my Kindle Keyboard 3G). Now you can.

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• January 6, 2012 - How You Can Find Quality

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Finding your way to Quality

How can you find Quality?

As part of my review of All Things Quality for 2011, here were the top ten search terms folks used when they ended up on this blog...

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• January 5, 2012 - Countries That Like Quality

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Quality Countries!

Benvenuto!

As part of my review of All Things Quality for 2011, here were the top ten countries with the most visits to All Things Quality, according to Google Analytics...

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• January 5, 2012 - Top Ten Blog Pages

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Top 10 for 2011

You're the top!
You're the Coliseum.
You're the top!
You're the Louvre Museum.

Aside from my home page, these were the top ten content pages for 2011. They received the most visits according to Google Analytics...

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• January 3, 2012 - Perhaps Some Companies Should Have Tested More in 2011?

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Abend, Anomaly, Blemish, Bug, Complaint, Defect, Deficiency, Deviation, Err, Erratum, Erroneousness, Error, Failing, Failure, Fault, Flaw, Glitch, Imperfection, Inaccuracy, Inadequacy, Incident, Incorrectness, Irregularity, Issue, Lapse, Miscue, Misplay, Misstep, Mistake, Mixup, Noncompliance, Oops, Oversight, Problem, Shortcoming, Slip, Slipup, Stumble, Tripup, Typo, Weakness, or Wrongdoing?

Perhaps they should have tested more in 2011?

2011 saw more "interesting" bugs show up in the news. Perhaps these companies should have tested more?

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• December 15, 2011 - Get Some SQAForums Swag in 2012!

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Swag! We got swag!

Join me and my 190,000 good friends at SQAForums.com

The good people over at SQAForums.com are giving stuff away! Yes, stuff for free!

All you have to do is actively participate. copyrightjoestrazzere

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• December 14, 2011 - Perhaps They Should Have Tested More - Windows Phone

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Mango, Mangled!

A Mango Oh-Oh!

A recent flaw in Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 allows certain SMS messages to cause the phone to reboot and come back up with the messaging hub disabled.

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http://www.allthingsquality.com/2011/12/perhaps-they-should-have-tested-more.html

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• December 6, 2011 - According to Google, Requirements are...

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Requirements are not required...

What are the Requirements?

According to Google (and Google knows everything), requirements are ...

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http://www.allthingsquality.com/2011/12/requirements-are.html

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• December 1, 2011 - Five Books I Really Like

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Like books? Here are five!

Top 5 Books about QA and Testing

A while back, I posted a list of Testing and QA books I have on my bookshelf. http://www.allthingsquality.com/2011/11/my-testers-bookshelf.html

A few folks commented that the list was good, but too long. They wanted to know a short list of books I would recommend. It's tough, because there are so many good ones worth reading. But for those who want to start with just a few, here goes. In no particular order:

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• November 30, 2011 - For Testing Circus Magazine - My Book Recommendations

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

It's fun at the Circus!

Last month, I received an email from the good folks at Testing Circus Magazine. They recently started a monthly feature on "Testing book recommendations by testing celebrities", and asked if I would help.

Specifically, they wanted: copyrightjoestrazzere

A list of 2 books that you would recommend for other testers
2 lines on why you'd recommend that book

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• November 28, 2011 - Practice Your Web Testing Here

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

If you make a mistake, I'll hit you with this stick! Now, begin.

Practice, Practice, Practice...

As the old joke goes: "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice."

And how do you get to be a good Web Tester? Practice, Practice, Practice.

Here are some web sites that might help.

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• November 22, 2011 - I'm Master Of My Own Domain!

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

~~strazzere.blogspot.com~~

is now

AllThingsQuality.com

After six years of posting, I've decided that this little blog might actually have a chance to stick around a bit. So I purchased the domain AllThingsQuality.com. copyrightjoestr

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• November 17, 2011 - Tester's Library - Dead Tree Version

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Testers Library

Books!

While I've been reading a lot using my Kindle in the past year, most of my technical books are still of the paper variety.

Here are some of the books I currently have in my bookcase that are either directly related to Testing, QA, or Technical Management, or have influenced my life as a Software Professional:

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http://strazzere.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-testers-bookshelf.html

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• November 16, 2011 - Keeping Up With Your Busy Test Team

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

Are we in synch yet?

How are things?

One of the challenges for a busy manager with a team of busy testers working on multiple projects is keeping in touch, knowing what's going on, where help is needed, how to unblock obstacles. It's difficult (for me at least), and takes some work, but it's well worth it.

Here are some of the things that I do...

For more, see:

http://strazzere.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-do-you-keep-in-synch-with-your-test.html

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