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One can create software which is about Love&Results at the same time. It not need be either or.

Oct 1st

Can software increase our capacity for love? Ruby is like that for me. Makes me fall in love with...

Oct 1st

Busy busy busy

Oct 1st

Last 2 days made me realize I want family and work balance. Love and Results. They support each...

Oct 1st

I want my 3 y old to know Ruby when she grows up. And Chopin music too. And Mozart

Oct 1st

If software is not about increasing love then it’s probably about more text production, or...

Oct 1st

wendydevolder: RT @nicogiard: Zenika announce...

Sep 30th

skim: thanks for this wonderful post! RT...

Sep 30th

Loved visiting the Convio team today. Thanks @bpettichord @hmcgowan @brentlavelle et al

Sep 30th

Arrived in Austin TX. First stop coffee

Sep 29th

Gonna visit with convio test team. Yiippii.

Sep 29th

Spent weekend with family. No computers

Sep 28th

RT @sai_venkat Finally.. Finally.. ChromeWatir is in github now :)....

Sep 28th

RT @redsquirrel OH: “My greatest fear is not that I will fail, but that I will succeed at...

Sep 28th

Back from Beethoven piano concerto 3 and 4. Adam Neiman and Plano Symphony. Fantastic

Sep 27th

Woman next to me kept shuffling papers. Asks her twice to stop it. U just can’t do that to...

Sep 27th

QualityFrog: I'm thinking it may b easier 2...

Sep 26th

Listening to new Knopfler album, beautiful music

Sep 26th

Working late.

Sep 26th

can’t go to developer.facebook.com because ‘org policies prohibit visiting’...

Sep 26th

and now switching to Radiohead. work continues.

Sep 26th

skim: nice! RT @watir: RT @zeljkofilipin...

Sep 25th

RT @skim @zeljkofilipin #facebook recommends #watir for testing web apps! http://tinyurl.com/ycgjrrq...

Sep 25th

Yes! RT @QualityFrog The challenge is not to get more inside information, but to get OUTSIDE...

Sep 25th

RT @gojkoadzic RT @mhjort ..even more convinced now that the technical part of building software is...

Sep 24th

PlusQA: Received 2 spams already today from...

Sep 24th

The nil object in Ruby is like saying ‘nope’ or ‘nah!’ or like...

Sep 24th

I watched it but not with our kids yet.

Sep 24th

For the record. I miss ‘why the lucky stiff’. I’m reading the poignant guide...

Sep 24th

RT @cgoldberg newbie guide to setting up Selenium RC and Python: http://bit.ly/dpJTk

Sep 23rd

RT @jef I love deleting code.

Sep 23rd

mheusser: @adamgoucher - "Older than last...

Sep 23rd

want to use cygwin find instead of windows find.exe?rename system32/dllcache/find.exe to...

Sep 22nd

RT @testobsessed @aidy_lewis Yes, some believe in magic. Showing how it’s done either cures...

Sep 22nd

Object.kind_of?(Class) == Class.kind_of?(Object) #=> true, so true.

Sep 22nd

Module.kind_of?(Class) == Class.kind_of?(Module) #=> true, ha!

Sep 22nd

RT @chris_mcmahon blogged: against kanban part 3. and Im done, no more after this....

Sep 22nd

worthy point! @chris_mcmahon said “forged from managing factories, fitted into a culture that,...

Sep 22nd

Obj.kind_of?(Array)

Sep 22nd

Yes. Usually fits on a napkin RT @cgoldberg @testertested just pointing out the fact that good ideas...

Sep 22nd

http://pgg7y.tk sweet! there is textile plugin for #vim. Yiiippi!

Sep 22nd

RT @adamgoucher new post: ‘exploratory software testing’ - a cheat of a book -...

Sep 21st

Dear #lazyweb Is there a book on Python written in a style like David A Black in Well Rounded...

Sep 21st

Is it watir or beer on ur hand? RT @zeljkofilipin Was I at Terry Fox Run? Yeah....

Sep 21st

Aye! Morrree Rubiess! Morrre gems! RRRuby! Ruby! Rrrrrruby! a Rrreal Pirate treasure!

Sep 20th

RT @QualityFrog To err is human , To Arr is Pirate

Sep 20th

Aye! Ich liebe Priaten tag! Rozmawiam jak Pirat! Pirates Del Mundo unite!

Sep 20th

chacon: the new @jimweirich git preso...

Sep 20th

Arr. Me and me lads did us sum swim lessons tis morn. Like them youg pirates em’rrr.

Sep 19th

Me daughter she swam’ike a shark arrrr b’etter then ‘em boy pirates arrrr.

Sep 19th

Day 8 of rain in Dallas.

Sep 18th

RT @jhuggins The only thing that should be advertised as a turn-key solution is a door lock.

Sep 18th

RT @patrickwelsh @lisacrispinLisa, you rock so hard. You are just the last to know. Someone RT that.

Sep 18th

WooHoo! RT @lisacrispin @rubytester @patrickwelsh y’all made my week! :->

Sep 18th

Good! RT @KentBeck silly me. it took me 25 years to figure out that skills investments don’t...

Sep 18th

jasongorman: In both cases, the key is in...

Sep 18th

jasongorman: If exploratory testing revealed...

Sep 18th

Pair with some1 RT @aidy_lewis Does anyone have any tips on fully absorbing and remembering what...

Sep 18th

RT @bluegrasscoder running 2k+ tests using a distributed test runner client i wrote in ruby and the...

Sep 18th

RT @alisterscott My new blog post about dynamically calling ruby methods: http://wp.me/p98zF-5e...

Sep 17th

RT @pekkaklarck Great summary of the latest AA-FTT workshop at InfoQ by @mlevison:...

Sep 17th

RT @skim reading @lisacrispin @janetgregoryca agile testing book. i can’t believe i set this...

Sep 17th

http://zy1ui.tk I hope I wasn’t off my rocker when I was writing this.

Sep 17th

RT @atestguy if “what tools do we need to do exploratory testing” is your first thought,...

Sep 17th

RT @sai_venkat My thoughts on choosing language for functional tests. http://tinyurl.com/nzasam ....

Sep 17th

“Product development is fundamentally about learning, about...”
— InformIT: The Poppendiecks...

Sep 17th

Day 7 of rain in Dallas

Sep 17th

Chopin Prelude No. 24 in D minor. Awesome code reading music.

Sep 17th

WardCunningham: On craft, language and...

Sep 17th

.@michaelbolton depends who is speaking

Sep 17th

You don’t use language. Language uses you #armchairphilosophy

Sep 17th

Best one yet! RT @GeePawHill Agile Coaching: Four Kinds Of Coaching Story http://bit.ly/U9zMF

Sep 17th

RT @jhuggins Just discovered http://www.howcast.com. My God, it’s full of win.

Sep 17th

Thanks. And btw : acknowledgement as value (though a longish word) is missing from Agile...

Sep 17th

RT @skim .@zeljkofilipin here are my software testing blogs in my google reader http://bit.ly/3G1UTK

Sep 17th

RT @unclebobmartin http://bit.ly/p4edl. Great article about git vs svn.

Sep 16th

Brilliant approach RT @jmspool Inherent Value Study: http://bit.ly/T0XvH - a method for discovering...

Sep 16th

dear #lazyweb I set #vim for windows IE view source editor but how do I set html syntax on that...

Sep 16th

http://gn72k.tk reading #vim docs on syntax (more than I need to know now)

Sep 16th

When hammer is the only tool everything looks like a nail some say. I’m afraid some use...

Sep 16th

.@estherderby building Courage of the Agile kind builds feedback naturally me thinks

Sep 15th

Any vim ninjas coming? RT @dallasruby Hacknight tonight 7-9 at @fatstraws in Addison...

Sep 15th

RT @estherderby Posted: Build Feedback into the System http://bit.ly/2D229F

Sep 15th

.@estherderby Feedback wrapped in abstract package does damage to feedback mechanism. Real and...

Sep 15th

RT @aidy_lewis Pair testing is as important for quality as pair programming.

Sep 15th

RT @flowchainsensei A newly-mapped value stream often looks labyrinthine – exposing heretofore...

Sep 14th

Day 5 of nonstop rain in Dallas. Mold grows. Allergies up.

Sep 14th

RT @marick If certification doesnt go well, will begin certifying ARxTAians. (more)

Sep 14th

I hereby certify myself ARxTAian. I would not pass any other certification. I will build my own...

Sep 14th

Oops. Not a hint of scorn in that last tweet. I think I fails the certification

Sep 14th

Oh No!!! RT @skim intuit (quicken) buys mint

Sep 14th

Wheelchair Hacking RT @jeneane Why isnt DIY disability hacking more popular? - @lizhenryvia...

Sep 14th

but why PDF format? why? RT @estherderby Reading @gdinwiddie : Using User Stories...

Sep 14th

http://6fct1.tk Entropy Plague and Entropy Gradient Reversal http://u3vh7.tk

Sep 14th

Having one of those “throwness” days today. Failure everywhere. Oy!

Sep 14th

rablewis: @rubytester BDD gets interesting...

Sep 14th

First week of Ubuntu and Vim as primary interface. Relearning everything. Bit clumsy. Great feeling...

Sep 14th

. @rablewis thanks. at 36min http://bit.ly/ls7Gz he says “Tester is the core to this...

Sep 14th

Same here RT @markhneedham need to start taking notes for all tech videos I watch. I never remember...

Sep 13th

My 3.5yo and I play Wiiplay cow races and recently boxing training. 2 older siblings at home too.

Sep 13th

http://wmrxh.tk watching agile2009 Cockburn’s keynote. Thanks to infoq.

Sep 13th

http://amq7x.tk Tester as an Obundsman. Love it. (in Q&A session 56 min mark)

Sep 13th

and testers can’t be in front of a car. they will be driven over. They ride in the same car as...

Sep 12th

testers can’t be ‘headlights of the project’ if they ride in the last car.

Sep 12th

so what if instead of “devs ask testers to test” the “testers ask devs to...

Sep 12th

aha! RT @bpettichord @rubytesteri ask devs to develop all the time. i do this with bug reports.

Sep 12th

confused. I have fresh machine and my #watir framework starts in 4 sec. on regular machine 32 sec....

Sep 12th

ok, running ruby-prof gem. This will show me the bottleneck maybe. Running from netbeans takes 32...

Sep 12th

Must nourish mind with books!: reading Funke’s Inspell by. Next on list: Baroque Cycle by...

Sep 12th

help- looking for a ruby gem that tell me graphically where performance bottlenecks exist in my...

Sep 12th

Thanks for hosting @dallasruby monthly RT @jef @improving makes the 2009 list for SMU’s Dallas...

Sep 11th

and 26% can’t accept feedback so they get fired RT @estherderby http://tinyurl.com/qwbhq7

Sep 11th

RT @michaelbolton Posted: “When Do We Stop A Test? ” 11 stopping heuristics...

Sep 11th

http://g1r3g.tk cool graphical keyboard #vim cheetsheets

Sep 11th

I love the Law Of Crappy Systems RT @estherderby Posted: Perfomance without Appraisal Part III...

Sep 11th

RT @sai_venkat #Watir Podcast with Angrez Singh done.. Thank you @zeljkofilipin for making me a...

Sep 10th

RT @adamgoucher ‘d like to see something like Se value chain http://bit.ly/klsO7from #watir ....

Sep 10th

http://5voa7.tk uber metal velcro invention. neat

Sep 9th

. @flowchainsensei yes ‘firehose’ ====+<[;;;;;;;;;;;

Sep 9th

RT @mmmerf …Staring wide-eyed at this beautiful life.

Sep 9th

Brilliant analysis! RT @siracusa Wrong is evil, and it must be defeated.http://bit.ly/2gJYz

Sep 9th

Must build better villans and heros RT @aidy_lewis The are still major literary gaps in the...

Sep 9th

and I love this “when IT pros stop complaining to you. It means you are no longer worth...

Sep 9th

http://rmn5d.tk yay! #vim has snipmate.vim

Sep 9th

#vim question on Win. Do I keep _vimrc in ~/ or in c:/vim where installed? and custom files in...

Sep 9th

I manage UseCase, Feature, Page tests RT @mheusser on test management tools - http://bit.ly/13FLc4

Sep 9th

#vim is cool, #vim is good, #vim is so misunderstood. (molecules banging together to grasp #vim)

Sep 9th

switching to gvim. Everything is sooo slooow. Fingers need new training. Need help. Send...

Sep 9th

http://r5qgn.tk RT @scudco “Tab and Esc are my WIN buttons” and I would add...

Sep 9th

http://3sdmh.tk on “cognitive entropy” Try it for UX design

Sep 9th

http://zabxv.tk “Write More and Smaller Classes” by @GeePawHill (reminds me of that...

Sep 9th

“There’s one thing that I like to call cognitive entropy,...”
— Andrea Gandino | Cognitive...

Sep 9th

mostly amusing RT @fredberinger Diffs Waterfall, Iterative Waterfall, Scrum, Lean (In Pictures!)...

Sep 9th

Characterization tests are crucial when ‘domain knowledge’ is ‘lost’ on a...

Sep 9th

http://hxg4q.tk ha! writing tests before as TDD and after as Charcterization Tests

Sep 9th

Subject Oriented Tests, Character Driven Tests. Roles and Personas as context for Software...

Sep 9th

RT @aidy_lewis Trashy novels are about what the customer wants ( ha! good metaphor (if software is...

Sep 9th

Looks like UX fail! RT @helenroper In the doctors waiting room. It has has a red makeover. Blood...

Sep 8th

RT @rich_kilmer Crafting a DSL is like sculpting clay. Sometimes you think it looks almost right...

Sep 8th

RT @bpettichord RT @alisterscott: My new blog post: “Creating a Watir framework using...

Sep 8th

RT @gdagley Having fun learning a domain model using techniques learned from @rich_kilmer at @lsrc.

Sep 8th

many conversations once started unfold over time into stories and novels. Software is like that, no?

Sep 7th

Manning 50% off books today! Coupon code pop0907 http://bit.ly/EI3Ps (just got @david_a_black...

Sep 7th

I think calling it “avoidable rework” in software calls for corrective action. calling...

Sep 7th

RT @david_a_black Leave the Bach cello suites the hell alone, American Express’s ad agency.

Sep 7th

Lazy weekend with family. Loving it

Sep 6th

RT @josephwilk Working on encoding Cucumbers Gherkin grammar in BNF. #cucumber

Sep 5th

.@GeePawHill kinda. readers should display ‘playful seriousness’. Plain vanilla serious...

Sep 5th

semantic reprimands of ‘testing’ vs. ‘checking’ don’t have a high...

Sep 5th

RT @GeePawHill blog-flog 1/4: “The Ass Arrives” http://anarchycreek.com (post not...

Sep 5th

twitter between test sessions is like pickled ginger between sushi bites. ok, back to test session....

Sep 5th

RT @jmspool .@agilebench Actually, what I said was, Once you remove quality as a requirement,...

Sep 5th

http://94q6r.tk “Crappy people have no problems with producing crappy products.” and...

Sep 5th

Congrats! RT @fredberinger Just got invited to #gtac2009 ! I hope to see some of you...

Sep 4th

RT @jarib …and Celerity 0.0.7 is out the door!

Sep 4th

Found iPhone bug: test condition: phone rings while plugged in. actionp: Unplug and answer at the...

Sep 4th

Ha ha! RT @cory_foy He asked the classic question, “So, why don’t you all just give...

Sep 4th

I can’t believe it took me years living with CapsLock on Windows. Just changed it to Ctrl key....

Sep 4th

stumbling a bit with ubuntu laptop. so many innate almost windows gestures don’t work on...

Sep 4th

and virtualbox compiled and installed. setting winxp guest. it’s been years since I installed...

Sep 4th

installed gvim ubuntu. moving with caution. feeling like an invalid

Sep 4th

marick: No one told me it's International...

Sep 4th

WardCunningham: Dirty code is to technical...

Sep 4th

RT @lisacrispin A tester on my new giant team wants the “test team” to go off (testers...

Sep 3rd

But not Dallas RT @fcohen free Open Source Test Workshop in Prague next week and Paris week after:...

Sep 3rd

crap. I forgot if I installed 32bit or 64bit ubuntu on this laptop. how do I find out? #lazyweb

Sep 3rd

ok so ‘uname -a’ gives me 32 bit answer. So what VM server should I use. VirtualBox or...

Sep 3rd

can’t sleep. time to read technical manuals for the sleep FTS!

Sep 3rd

.@marick in my praise of your book I said “swaps” but of course I mean...

Sep 3rd

Did homework with our 3rd grader about Sentence made of Subject and Predicate. My xplanation: Draw...

Sep 3rd

o joy, remapped capslock to ctrl key. more ergonomic. less left hand contortion and keyboard...

Sep 3rd

marick: “The most successful ideological...

Sep 3rd

http://4l7j1.tk and @ipivotal looks open source. fork away

Sep 3rd

discovered @ipivotal , iphone app for pivotal tracker (rename to P.T. Cruiser in the works)

Sep 3rd

having one of those hate windows moments. picked up my ubuntu laptop I’ve been ignoring for...

Sep 3rd

RT @cgoldberg anyone looking for a QA or Test Automation (full time) job in Boston area? Hit me...

Sep 3rd

Started reading Ruby Cocoa book from @marick - I like how he guides me and points to “there be...

Sep 3rd

Good stuff RT @skim The 7th Plague and Beyond (via Google Testing Blog) http://bit.ly/D1p8S

Sep 3rd

http://qymac.tk “testing” vs. “checking” smells of false dichotomy a bit,...

Sep 3rd

good read RT @lisacrispin Thanks @elara003I hadnt seen this & its great. Scrum vs. Kanban from...

Sep 3rd

Nice crowd of almost 30 @dallasruby meeting. @marshall_law presented on titanium from @appcelerator

Sep 2nd

RT @GeePawHill .@mfeathers “just try harder” ruins companies.

Sep 2nd

RT @chris_mcmahon @GeePawHill yet another danger from Lean: play is not waste.

Sep 2nd

.@mheusser J.S. Bach has that cadence #musictotestby any Baroque music as backgroud will do

Sep 2nd

http://78h96.tk Hurl looks awesome for learning public APIs with restful hurls

Sep 1st

Today is 70th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland. On that first day of school in...

Sep 1st

RT @hmcgowan Released Roo 1.3.11 to support anonymous access of published Google spreadsheets

Sep 1st