Testing Bits – 5/3/15 – 5/9/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/3/15 – 5/9/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 10 Years is Not the Same as 10 Years – Hannes Lindblom – https://testinpeace.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/10-years-is-not-the-same-as-10-years/
• Bad Work – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2015/05/bad-work.html
• Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (28): Users vs. Use Cases – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/05/very-short-blog-posts-28-users-vs-use-cases/
• Collecting domain-specific test heuristics – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/05/collecting-domain-specific-test.html
• Cynefin & Software Bugs – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/cynefin-software-bugs
• Extensive post release testing is sign of an unhealthy testing process – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/05/04/extensive-post-release-testing-is-sign-of-an-unhealthy-testing-process/
• Hindsight at the office – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/05/hindsight-at-office.html
• It’s a Testing Blog Jim, but not as you know it – Jim Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2015/05/05/its-a-testing-blog-jim-but-not-as-you-know-it/
• Learning the Command Line Interface – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/05/learning-command-line-interface.html
• Little Tim and the messy house – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/little-tim-and-the-messy-house/
• Lucid Testing and Description Languages – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/05/lucid-testing-and-description-languages/
• Mobile App Testing – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/05/mobile-app-testing.html
• Mother’s Day online: Making your pages one second faster could increase conversions by more than 9% – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/the-performance-beacon/web-performance-mothers-day/
• Pair Testing—A Best Practice to Enhance Accessibility Test Coverage – Sunil Dangwal – http://www.techwell.com/2015/05/pair-testing-best-practice-enhance-accessibility-test-coverage
• People in Testing Q&A with Ryan Arsenault – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/05/05/people-in-testing-qa-with-ryan-arsenault/
• Security testing: Plane trains and cars – Jon Hagar – https://breakingembeddedsoftware.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/security-testing-plane-trains-and-cars/
• Successful Test Automation for Managers – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2015/05/successful-test-automation-for-managers/
• Testing Knows No Disabilities: Special Individuals Find a Niche – Deepika Mamnani – http://www.techwell.com/2015/04/testing-knows-no-disabilities-special-individuals-find-niche
• Thinking Positive In A Negative Testing World – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/05/thinking-positive-in-a-negative-testing-world/
• What to Do When You Find Yourself Overloaded – Timothy Western – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/what-do-when-you-find-yourself-overloaded

Tools

• Why You Need a Service like Sauce Labs – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/05/05/why-you-need-a-service-like-sauce-labs/
• Your Complete Guide to SoapUI – The Most Used Web Services Testing Tool (Tutorial #1) – Swati Seela, Karunagara Pandi – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/web-services-api-testing-tool-soapui-tutorial-1/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Ever Had Your Screen Talk Back To You? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/05/ever-had-your-screen-talk-back-to-you.html
• OWASP Boston Meetup – Crowdsource Your Security Testing with Bugcrowd – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/05/owasp-boston-meetup-crowdsource-your.html
• Software QA & Testing Meetup – May 2015 Meetup Scheduled – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/05/09/software-qa-testing-meetup-may-2015-meetup-scheduled/

StarEast2015

• At StarEAST, desktop takes a back seat to mobile – Dan Boutin – http://www.soasta.com/soastas-product-specific-blog/touchtest/mobile-no-desktop-stareast/
• Deliberate Application Testing in Agile with Dan North – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/agile-testing/deliberate-application-testing-in-agile-with-dan-north/
• Photos from STAREAST 2015 – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2015/05/07/photos-from-stareast/
• STAREAST Coverage: The Un-Spoken Job Description for Testers – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2015/05/07/stareast-coverage-the-unspoken-job-description-for-testers/
• STAREAST Coverage: ‘Tools Don’t Test’ and Other Themes – Linds Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2015/05/08/themes-from-stareast-2015/
• Tweet Bits from #StarEast 2015 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/05/09/tweet-bits-from-stareast-2015/
• uTest Catches up With Bach, Bolton and uTester Anna Momatava at STAREAST – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2015/05/06/utest-catches-up-with-bach-bolton-and-utester-anna-momatava-at-stareast/

Attention Ohio Testers:

5/20 – Columbus, Ohio – The Path to Agility and Path to Craftsmanship – http://www.thepathtoagility.com/

5/21 – Dublin, Ohio – COQAA – QA Roundtable: The State of Quality Assurance in Central Ohio hosted by John Shane – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

5/26 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Interviewing & Hiring for Software Testing Jobs – Part 2 – hosted by Matt Hutchison – http://bit.ly/1J03aLn

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Tacit & Explicit Knoweledge – What…? – David Greenless – https://martialtester.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/tacit-explicit-knowledge-wha/
• eBooks: Published New eBook: Practical Cucumber with Ruby Friends – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/published-new-ebook-practical-cucumber-with-ruby-friends/
• Podcasts: 6: Handling Technical Debt – Andy Tinkham, Ian Bannerman – http://www.testingbias.com/episodes/6
• Podcasts: 50: Charles Ramsey: CEO of Sauce Labs Why Sauce Is Boss – Joe Colantonio – http://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/50-charles-ramsey-ceo-of-sauce-labs-why-sauce-is-boss/
• Podcasts: AB Testing – Episode 21 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=67
• Podcasts: Test Reactor Episode 1 – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/test-reactor-episode-1/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Meet the uTesters: Milos Dedijer – Ryan Aresenault – http://blog.utest.com/2015/05/05/meet-the-utesters-milos-dedijer
• Microsoft rips old IE technologies out of its new Edge browser – Stephen Shankland – http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-rips-old-ie-technologies-out-of-its-new-edge-browser/

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