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• May 4, 2012 - New Maniacs!

Posted By jstrazzere in Life

 

Our new vacation home in Cape Neddick, Maine


I haven't written much recently. Pretty much all of my free time has been taken up completing the selection and purchase of a vacation home in Cape Neddick, Maine.

My wife and I have been vacationing in York, Maine on and off for around 20 years. We had always imagined what it would be like to own a place near the beach, but with our busy lives, the time was never right. This year, it was finally right. We have been very busy the past few months searching, finding, funding, purchasing, and moving. copyrightjoestrazzere

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• April 11, 2012 - Updated Nursery Rhymes for Testers

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

Nursery Rhymes for Testers



Inspired by Anne-Marie Charrett at  http://mavericktester.com/archive/mary-mary-quite-contrary , here are some updated Nursery Rhymes for Testers.


London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
But it works on my machine. copyrightjoestrazzere

 

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• March 23, 2012 - Google Says That Failure Is ...

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

pollice verso



According to Google (and Google knows everything), failure is: copyrightjoestrazzere

 

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• March 15, 2012 - Don't Fake Your Results!

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

Of course the six years I blow off my test results, this happens


Hundreds, or even thousands, of drunk driving convictions could be overturned because the San Francisco Police Department had not properly tested its breathalyzers recently

 

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• March 8, 2012 - Want to try your hand at Beta Testing?

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

Be better - be a Beta!



 

A while back I posted about being a Beta Tester

Beta testing can be a nice way to enhance your skills as a tester, and perhaps add to your resume.
 
Here are a few more opportunities.  As always, be careful out there in Beta land.

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• March 6, 2012 - Perhaps Microsoft Should Have Tested Windows Azure More?

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

So we know it's Leap Day, but what time is it?


On Wednesday, February 29th, Windows Azure experienced about 8 hours of downtime for some of its critical services. The cause? Leap Day. copyrightjoestrazzere

 

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• February 28, 2012 - Have You Ever Taken The Crappy Path?

Posted By jstrazzere in QA

 

Take The Crappy Path

 

Wikipedia defines the Happy Path as "a default scenario that features no exceptional or error conditions, and comprises the sequence of activities that will be executed if everything goes as expected."

Alan Page calls it "Simple inputs that should always work."

 

But as a professional tester, you should consider the Crappy Path.

 

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• February 14, 2012 - Perhaps The Russian Space Agency Should Have Tested More?

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Not actually the Russian Mars Probe


The Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt launched on November 9th, 2011, was working immediately after launch.  But a command to start the engines wasn't successful. Instead, the spacecraft went into "safe mode" and was trapped in orbit until it splashed into the ocean two months later. copyrightjoestrazzere

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• 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...

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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

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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?

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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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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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

 

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

 

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

 

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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