When All Seems Lost or Beating the Advance

We have seen projects run very well and succeed by any measure of succeed the team or the clients could choose to imagine.  We have seen projects fail so dismally that no amount of spin or explanation or anything else will convince anyone that it …

Talent Minus Hard Work Equals ???

During the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day that I spent at home, I mostly disengaged from other things. I spent the time spending time with my family, doing little hops to places around the Bay Area with them, visiting with friends, and doing…

Mr. Langella Never Does it the Same Way Twice

This is from the New York Times: Its other hallmark is that Mr. Langella never does the part the same way twice. This is partly because he’s still in the process of discovering the character and partly because it’s almost a point of honor. “The Brit approach is very different from mine,” he said. “There’s […]

[Yet Another] 2013 Retrospective

Over the past few days I’ve been inspired by other testers who blogged about their 2013 retrospective. Seems like 2013 was a great year for testers and testing everywhere. This inspiration was all I needed to get my creative writing juices flowing again. I haven’t blogged in ages and you’ll see why below. APRIL 2013 […]

Integrity 2: On Being Under the Radar [REVISED]

I have taken down the original text of this post at the request of my colleague who had the courage and audacity to let me post his detailed comment about how he works “under the radar” to change things in his company. I had posted his comment originally with his permission, of course. But, apparently, […]