http://www.oneofthewolves.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:46:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good news! The Association for Software Testing's scholarship SIG has just released their first scholarship. They will be giving out money, free registration to next year's CAST, and free memberships in AST to outstanding undergraduates who show excellence in software testing. Are you an undergraduate? Do you know bright students who ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/09/03/undergraduate-excellence-in-software-testing-award/ I'll admit I could be reaching a little far on this one. Even so, I think the relationship is there. I'm in Oregon new helping my dad recover from a broken hip. While chasing someone out of his backyard, he jumped a fence and broke his hip upon landing. Though the ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/09/01/quick-link-between-driving-and-scripted-testing/ Becky Fiedler is going to jump for joy when she reads this -- likely because I give her so much flak -- but due to work's Get Everyone a Laptop campaign, I am now the proud user of a Macintosh computer. ("Hi, my name is Tim, and I use a Mac.") Now, ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/07/27/ive-been-converted-kindof/ Author's note: This post is wildly overdue. I've been meaning to write this post for a while. I was thinking about how I'd write it -- how creative I could be while introducing it -- to the point where I never actually got to writing it. And you know what, ladies ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/07/24/best-conference-ever/ People have told me many times -- especially since I've been to New York -- that I look like Wolverine, or more recently, the actor known as Hugh Jackman. I'm not totally sure that's true. Even so, whenever I'm told I could be Hugh's stunt double, it's almost always followed ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/07/13/topps-got-a-new-do/ This is gonna be a quick one, because, well... I gotta go spend my Loonies! I'll be in Toronto tomorrow for CAST 2008. For those that don't know, CAST is the Association for Software Testing's annual conference. On the docket this year is Jerry Weinberg, Cem Kaner, RobSab and many others. ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/07/13/quick-update-eh/ I sent a small note to the software-testing Yahoo! group asking, "What are some iconic books in software testing that paint a good picture of its history?" I got a huge response, and figured it'd be beneficial to others to duplicate it here. (I'd link to the thread if there was ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/06/25/summer-reading-list/ I am happy to announce that my organization, The Open Planning Project, has released version 1.0 of the Livable Streets Network. The Livable Streets Network is a conglomeration of five websites: NY StreetsBlog, LA StreetsBlog, StreetFilms, StreetsWiki, and LivableStreet's Groups. All together, they help urban planners and community members alike work ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/06/11/livablestreets-release-date-today/ After two days of managing -- though one day of actually focusing on it -- I'm realizing that this time, I'm keeping my hands clean. It's different than before. Last time we did this, I kept a close watch of the people I was managing, had long and detailed debriefings, and ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/05/23/keeping-my-hands-clean/ Good news! It seems, for the next two weeks at least, I'm back managing a testing group here at TOPP. I won't be managing every day -- only two days a week, due to other work -- but the testing group will be going all five. Our context is a bit ... http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2008/05/20/back-on-testing-kindof/