2011: A CAST Odyssey
Last week I had the chance to be in Seattle for CAST2011 and I think it was definitely worth the effort to apply for a US visa, travel for 30 hours to get there, and another 30 to get back.
The conference was fully organized by volunteers, people that gave up their free time to make sure that the others enjoyed the conference.
Two days before the starting of the event everything was on time. Please read: “everything that the organizers had thought of”, as…
BBST Foundations a.k.a my testing bass line
I have just finished the BBST Foundation course from AST and it has been such a powerful motivational booster that I have to tell the whole world (read “testing community”) about it.
I have been a tester for almost ten years now and I’ve always considered myself one of the few that are still very much enthusiastic about testing. But this course has been like a wake-up call. It felt like an “intervention” coming from well-intentioned friends, meant to remind me that sometimes you’re so focused on what you’re doing that you forget how to do it well. It basically blew my mind.
Let me try to explain: …
