In the delightful keynote “Insights from Happy Change Agents” from Fanny Pittack and Alex Schwarz, I learned a new way to share information with others. Rather than providing a recipe for success, or even a takeaway, we can offer “giveaways”. I shall offer you some giveaways that I received at Agile Testing Days. Sunday I […]
Read MoreMore Agile Testing Days Joy (part 2 of 2)
Here’s more on what I observed and learned during Agile Testing Days. I’m just going to brain dump the rest here, because otherwise I’ll never get it posted! Lean Coffee Janet and I had a great turnout for Lean Coffee all three mornings, despite the early hour. We averaged 20 – 25 people squeezed into […]
Read MoreImproving and Enjoyment
Warning, this post is going to be a bit touchy-feely. But it’s good for us to get that way every so often. In my previous post, I recounted how I’ve been working with my donkey trainer, Tom, to break old, bad habits and learn how to give my donkeys fast, clear feedback. I’ve been practicing […]
Read MoreFun with Easter Eggs
While searching around for 2012 tax records, I found a file with printouts of the “Easter Egg” my team put into our website back in 1999. This Easter Egg was on the error screen. If you typed a particular search value, you’d get a page that looked like our standard error page, with the text: […]
Read MoreA Reflective Mood
Tonight I’ve been going through a lot of old papers and photos that belonged to my dad. He passed away a few months ago, having lived 89 years to the fullest. I take after him in that I have many passions and interests. He was quite the record-keeper, and neatly organized mementos of all of […]
Read MoreAloha from the Big Island!
Learning is good, whether in your career, or when you’re having fun! We tried standup paddle boarding last year in Oahu, and loved it, but we knew our technique was bad. In Kailua, the Hypr board rental folks gave us a really helpful lesson in SUP plus pointers on the second day. We paddle boarded […]
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