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Welcome to the United States, we’re sorry but the system is down…

By on September 7, 2009 in Curious & Off-Topic, Test Process

I have nothing but the top-most respect for immigration officials at US airports. They sit all day quickly interviewing people who barely speak English, making sure no unwanted person is allowed to enter the US.  Not an easy task regardless how you look at it; and last week I was able to see how this [...]

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There really is a difference to CAST

By on July 20, 2009 in Conferences & Seminars, Curious & Off-Topic

I just got back (alive) from CAST2009 in Colorado Springs, where I did a presentation on Testing Intelligence. It was my first CAST and thus I wanted to share some of my observations and comments. My presentation itself went pretty well (I think) and many people agreed with the TI approach, no surprises there.  But [...]

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In the CAST conference this week

By on July 13, 2009 in Curious & Off-Topic

This week I am in Colorado Springs in the Annual Conference of the Association of Software Testing. I will be talking tomorrow (Tuesday) about Testing Intelligence. They even published and interview about my and the topic, so if you are not attending and want to read about it you can check it out here. I [...]

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Great testers, not so great CVs…

By on March 24, 2009 in Curious & Off-Topic, Management

Last week I wrote about the Project Guy Ariely from AQUA was organizing, where people from the Testing Community in Israel donated their time and experience, and gave short presentations (90 min to 3 hours) about various topics related to Testing and QA. I presented a session about QA Management Systems, and based on the [...]

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Initiatives for Challenging Times

By on March 15, 2009 in Curious & Off-Topic, Management

Times are tough, but in some cases this helps to bring out the best in some people. Like a colleague here in Israel, Guy Arieli from AQUA, who came up with an idea to help Test Engineers looking for a Job who want to expand their theoretical knowledge in Testing and QA. He organized a [...]

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Acceptance Tests in the Delivery Room

By on March 9, 2009 in Curious & Off-Topic

My wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl last Thursday at 6:18 am. Before I write another line I feel the need to say something to the women readers of these posts:WOW!!! There’s a reason God put you in charge of delivering babies, we men simply don’t have the guts to do it as [...]

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