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A tester?s screen saver
2007-05-07 08:43:00 Pradeep created some time ago this screen saver “Heuristics and Testing” (download here). I like the idea very much and here is now the opportunity to judge yourself. BTW: it “… has been officially installed on all testers machines in 2 organizations in India so far.” (Pradeep Soundararajan) needed OS: Win2K or XP Here you can find the ... More About: Screen , Este , Screen Saver , Cree
What do you find out if you search for a translation of a German word ?
2007-05-03 23:59:00 After Ben asked here if ?square? and ?Spießer? have the same meaning, I asked some online translation services. The translation of the German term “Spießer” revealed following: I present the not-winners of the day for this specific term (I do not use term loser with purpose): IATE (result) Google Translator (result) and Babelfish (result) (or could be said following ... More About: Word , Search , Find , Translation
Can you guess a product - only with the text slogan - without additional pi
2007-05-03 00:26:00 Below you will find some German slogans. And ? Where is the relevance to testing ? Well, do you agree, that during testing we arrive at situations where we do not have always every info ? Why is this ? One explanation could be: Information transmits faster, if there is included pictures/sound or it is packed meaning into ... More About: Product , Text , Guess , Slogan , Prod
Mirror, mirror on the wall: who can tell me what is a picker-upper ?
2007-05-01 13:03:00 I was reading Ben’s article “Slogans are models“. And there appeared the term “picker-upper”, which I did not know. I used my favorite service LEO first. But this did not help much (I could have worked me up from the verbs, but …). Then I used dictionary.com and I got an explanation (I hope it ... More About: Wall , Mirror , Tell , Tell Me , The wall
made to stick (why some ideas survive and others die)
2007-05-01 00:08:00 At the moment I am reading Made to Stick (why some ideas survive and others die) from the two brothers Chip and Dan Heath (I got this input from Frank). (this is not the books cover - I am to blame for this selection) So, you might now think: “What has this to do with testing ... More About: Ideas , Survive , Vive
testing baton
2007-04-27 01:45:00 I send this baton to blogs which cover the topic testing. (this picture is by Mullenkedheim and is licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License, source: Flickr) Testing in my view is not limited to software testing - for me testing involves asking questions. And everybody can ask questions (not only software testers). Here are now ...
You want to know more about Erkan ?
2007-04-25 08:32:00 Start with reading the blog and the questionnaire with my answers. BTW: if this is not sufficient for you (e.g. for me this would not be sufficient), the most important thing - just ask. Erkan YILMAZ
introducing the new category: ?playing and asking questions?
2007-04-22 21:51:00 Today I created a new category: playing and asking questions Here you will find my test reports - actually more correct - my game reports. Now you are certainly going to ask, why I then don’t call it “test reports” ? Well, I want to show with this, that testing for me involves the aspect of ... More About: Questions , Category , Tego
Does your customer smile when (s)he is confronted with an error? No - why n
2007-04-22 20:15:00 I am not so happy with my web provider. Seems, always when I want to post something, there happen problems - hm, or are there always problems? . I just had this error 500 message: “In case you have the opinion this is a failure due to the server, contact the webmaster.” Of course they are right ... More About: Customer , Smile , Error , Custom
a few questions for the great firewall of China
2007-04-22 17:27:00 Yesterday I asked the ‘great firewall of China ’ a few questions. And the answers were interesting. Have a look HERE ! And today I wanted to check for a long domain name, but could not input it, because there is a limit of 75 characters in the input field Well, I shortened it then to ... More About: Firewall , Questions , Great , Great Firewall of China
very short use of swift browser and ?
2007-04-22 14:55:00 I read about the safari browser for mac. Since I do not have a mac, I am trying now Swift (which uses Apples Rendering Engine WebKit). First experience: I could not download swift from the swift site: Ok, the web is big and I found version 0.2 somewhere else. I installed swift and then wanted to ... More About: Browser , Short , Browse
Do you realize what comes out of your mouth?
2007-04-19 01:01:00 A friend told me that I use one certain word (let?s call it xyz) very often. This would generate a certain kind of feeling for him. Since the communication is not face to face, I had no chance to see his mimic in these situations. Of course people perceive things different and pay attention ... More About: Mouth
I want to excel in testing - so I do not read ?classic? software testing bo
2007-04-14 20:36:00 I have returned all of my software testing books to the library. Since I am not reading them any longer. Please don?t confuse this now that I am not interested anymore in software testing ? on the contrary: TESTING MEANS A LOT TO ME. With the benefit of hindsight now ? I would associate ... More About: Software , Testing , Classic , Read , Excel
try to draw a cat
2007-04-07 13:13:00 I wanted to draw a cat. But when trying this caused a problem. So, here is the picture, so you can judge for yourself: As I see the problem is: I know what a cat is, but I could not imagine a cat. Could be because normally I do not have contacts to cats. So, I ... More About: Draw
translation of some greetings and proverbs
2007-04-07 10:20:00 At the moment the Languages of Europe group is collecting some greetings and proverbs in different (European) languages: see here. So far the list contains 15 languages (sorted alphabetically) - 3 languages with sounds (marked with green color): Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish Chilean, Turkish. If you ... More About: Proverbs , Rove , Rover , Translation , Greeting
Fairies can not do everything - can others?
2007-04-06 16:25:00 At the moment I am reading Peter Pan (original edition title: Peter and Wendy) by J.M Barrie. There is an interesting place in the book when Peter, Wendy, John, Michael and Tinker Bell reach Neverland. The pirates can see them because of Tinker Bell?s light and they get the big gun out to let ...
Can I forget - to learn again from beginning?
2007-04-06 13:07:00 Interesting title, isn’t it? So far I thought I knew some things (there were also times, when I believed I knew many things). I also told from time to time the following Socrates saying: “I know that I do not know.” - without really understanding it. I am reading at the moment children books, fairy tales ... More About: Learn , Forge
story telling and sound
2007-04-06 04:52:00 I wanted to call someone by Google Talk. But the person was not available. So I heard the answering machine text - implemented on a Googlish way: “The person you are trying to reach isn?t available, please leave a message after the meep? MEEEEEP” (actually I talk in the following mainly about this MEEEEEP ... More About: Story , Sound , Tory
story telling and pictures
2007-04-01 14:41:00 I was searching German testing blogs - during this I found Frank Westphals blog and there I read some good things about story telling (btw: this is the Maytag repairman which Andy Goodman talks about in the podcast) and visual aspects of stories. As Goodman tells: story telling is powerful, because of: - the history as a ... More About: Pictures , Story , Tory
Translate to think more (TTM)
2007-03-30 13:02:00 Before you read this, keep in mind, that I speak the German language better, because I grew up with it. I try to give you as reader articles which are as good as possible (of course considering cost and value). Lately I have started to translate my English articles into German (reason here). While doing ... More About: Translate , Tran
What is the story about this notepad?
2007-03-29 23:40:00 What?s the story about this notepad? While writing this posting, my buddy Chris came along and I told him that I am writing a story about my notepad. He only had a short look at the first sentence and said: ?Well, that is a diary ? what is so special to write a blog article ... More About: Story , The Story , Tory , Notepad
German speaking testers - speak out online!
2007-03-25 17:22:00 Today I added a language switcher (English and German ) for the blog articles. Reason is this: I would like to see more involvement from German speaking testers online (remember: there is Germany, Austria and Switzerland). I will invest now time to translate the articles into German. I do this, because I think it could help inspire ... More About: Online , Speak , Speaking , Peak
I ask questions
2007-03-22 00:30:00 A friend inspired me today to increase my questioning skill. So, I decided to show this also in the name of my blog: Iaskquestions.com More About: Questions
Google translator
2007-03-20 22:31:00 I was talking with a friend and at some time he told me a German sentence ? I was impressed, because it was grammatically correct and also the pronunciation was good. Later he told a 2nd sentence ? and again I was impressed (but this time the pronunciation was not so good ). ... More About: Google , Google Translator , Translator , Googl , Tran
my daily share price
2007-03-20 20:51:00 I got this idea from Mike Kelly’s blog What’s your credit score? Please read it and then come back (if not, no problem, testingreflections has lots of good blogs). I implemented this technique also and I see some positive effect. I have a blackboard in the company where I paint my share price for different aspects (won’t ... More About: Daily , Share , Price
digesting some information
2007-03-17 07:52:00 Lately I have consumed a lot of information. Now it is time to digest this all. I do not want to belch like people perhaps would do when they eat a lot. Let’s see if there will come more than just this kind of air through my mouth. After I have fully digested, ... More About: Information , Some
talk with strangers about their profession
2007-03-16 21:20:00 I guess you remember the article about “skills of doctors + testers“? I am interviewing at the moment people, which I never met before (Namasté Pradeep ). If I am sitting somewhere and have some time (because in 5 minutes you can not talk that deep), I start a talk with strangers around me ... More About: Profession , Talk , Range , Tran , Strangers
my mouse is striking - what can I learn from this?
2007-03-13 09:29:00 My mouse is at the moment not behaving well (may be it is already too old): for example: I can not select a text with several words anymore (e.g. normal behaviour would be: 1. press on the left mouse button + keep it pressed 2. move the mouse cursor to the end of what you want to mark 3. ... More About: Mouse , Learn , Ouse
2 hour free talk with a testing expert
2007-03-09 17:13:00 If you are from India, now here is your chance: you can call Pradeep Soundararajan and make a date for a 2 hour Mirchi Test Masala (btw: Mirchi Masala is Indian and means “spices”). I bet you will gain new insights from this 2 hour free talk. As Pradeep tells: an expert is someone who inspires ... More About: Free , Testing , Talk , Expert , Hour
Erkan version 2.0
More articles from this author:2007-03-04 15:31:00 Lately I was quite active in some online places. I did not see the consequences. Now I realize what happened. I wanted to show and prove me that I am able of doing this and that in software testing. But so less I knew - these are just exterior things, tools. So, I decided to decrease ... More About: Version 1, 2, 3 |
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