By James A. Whittaker There are two communities who regularly find bugs, the testers who are paid to find them and the users who stumble upon them quite by accident. Clearly the users aren’t doing so on purpose, but through the normal course of using…
By James A. Whittaker “Testing is boring.” Don’t pretend for a moment that you’ve never heard a developer, designer or other non tester express that sentiment and take a moment to search your own soul for the truth. Even the most bigoted tester wou…
By James A. Whittaker Memory is supposed to be the first thing to go as one ages but in the grand scheme of engineering, software development can hardly be called elderly. Indeed, we’re downright young compared to civil, mechanical, electrical and ot…
By James A. Whittaker Let me be clear that these plague posts are specifically aimed at pointing out problems in testing. I’ll get around to the lore and the solutions afterward. But keep up the debate in the comments, that’s what this blog is all abou…
By James A. Whittaker Yes I am going to be speaking at GTAC, thanks for asking. Frankly, I can’t wait. I spoke at a Swiss testing conference and at the University of Zurich a couple years ago and I enjoyed the area and the people a lot. Excellent food,…
By James Whittaker One of the best parts about change is meeting new people and I’ve met a lot of Googlers in Mountain View and Kirkland over the past two weeks. There are many burning questions we’ve discussed but one has surfaced so much that it has …
By James Whittaker Here I am. Thanks for all the inquiries. Why the change to Google? I’ve been asked that over and over again. As I reflect on the whole process, I have to admit that I like change. I like the challenge it brings, the creativity it s…