Cross-posted from Is There A Problem Here? I first attempted to use HealthCare.gov to learn about options for covering my granddaughter, who is not covered by my employer-subsidized insuran...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2013/10/is-healthcaregov-security-fixed.html
I have discovered a number of issues with Healthcare.gov. I have blogged details on some of these on my other blog, Is There A Problem Here? These issues include, but are not limited to: ...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2013/10/healthcaregov-is-not-secure.html
As we design and test for performance, let's look beyond speed. Let's look beyond basic stability. Let's look at the many facets of performance. Consider in which ways you...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2012/05/what-is-performance.html
"Two major inputs are required to provide computer service: equipment and manpower. FOR DEVELOPMENT, employees such as programmers and systems analysts are needed; FOR...
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Update: I haz new job. I am no longer seeking work. (12 June 2012) You cannot be anything you want to be -- but you can be a lot more of who you already are. - Tom Rath , StrengthsFinder 2...
Computers empower us to create and manipulate things in ways that don't produce quite what we intended. This requires testing for what we don't expect. There is a problem with this advertisem...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2012/05/target-tested.html
Sometimes numbers that make no sense are presented in ways that seem to make sense... or not. :) Ben Simo QuestioningSoftware.com
uTest invited me to be interviewed for Testing the Limits series this month. They have graciously referred to me as "one of the most insightful and entertaining testers in the business". Pleas...
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Buying a computer has changed significantly in the past 25 years. Or not? From Melbourne's THE AGE , 18 June 1984 Some features that are really important to me: on-off switching (the most...
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“despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science. … Often the statistician must choose among methods, a subjective process, and find the one that he will u...
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Pullin' out my big black book Cause when I need a word defined that's where I look So I move to the L's quick, fast, in a hurry Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry I look again but ...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2009/11/talkin-bout-test-in-differrent-light.html
"Anyone who feels that he can precisely define the boundaries of his profession either possesses a skill of little importance or is incredibly naive." - William F. Sharpe, The Economics of C...
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* Image from the Economics of Computers, by William F. Sharpe. Cost of additional copies approaches zero ONLY IF no maintenance or customer support costs are associated with sales of additi...
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Shrini Kulkarni (@shrinik ) tweeted that a friend told him if exploratory testing finds bugs not found by scripted testing, it may be due to insufficient or incorrect test planning and review. ...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2009/11/if-scripted-tests-cant-find-bugs.html
> SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT ADA > MAY > BE THE LAST MAJOR HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE > THAT WILL EVER > BE DEVELOPED, since automatic program generation techniques > may be > ...
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Cool. Based on this slide deck, it appears that Netflix has a good understanding of developing and sustaining a corporate culture of Freedom & Responsibility. Culture View more presentations...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2009/08/freedom-responsibility-culture.html
F.A.I.L.U.R.E. A mnemonic for testing error handling & reporting. F.A.I.L.U.R.E. View more presentations from Ben Simo . Ben Simo QuestioningSoftware.com
Over the years, I have collected a number of examples of software failures in the wild -- some I've encountered myself, some were shared by others. I've had intentions to create a blog for sha...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2009/02/is-there-problem-here.html
A few months ago, I enlisted my 11 year old son to help me with some work around the house. After a short while, he was doing something other than what I had asked him to do. I told him, "Yo...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2009/01/im-helping-you-im-helping-you.html
> "... one usually encounters a definition such as, 'Testing is the > process of confirming that a program is correct. It is the > demonstration that errors are not�...
http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2008/09/antonym-of-testing.html
My fuel gauge is on empty. I don't want to stop, but pull into the gas station. I tell the children to stay in the car. I get out of the car. The children are asking me questions from inside the...
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> msn video > > To use this product, you need to install free software > > This product requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 with Microsoft > Media Players 10 ...
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