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Photographers@Microsoft 2009
Check out this book! This year fellow Microsofties who are photographer nuts from around the world...
Author: ch4n Date: 10/01/2009
Session Based Testing
As I was planning to do a team-wide presentation on Session Based Testing, I just thought I might as...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/11/2009
And the Oscar goes to… Live Search!
That is a pretty bold blog title and absolutely had nothing to do with the Oscar itself. But I had...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/23/2009
Email Address test cases
I've been on many teams in my whole testing career, and for some reason, I always end up getting...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/06/2009
Software development process
- Order t-shirts for the development team 2) Announce the release date 3) Write the code 4) Write...
Author: ch4n Date: 11/25/2008
Exploring “Exploratory Testing”
My current team has been integrating this testing technique for a while now along with the...
Author: ch4n Date: 10/02/2008
Help! I found a bug in my code
Okay, after a long sabbatical from writing blogs due to various reasons (over-worked, personal...
Author: ch4n Date: 07/28/2008
Code of the day: while(!asleep()) { sheep++; }
Stumbled upon this great one liner off Bash.org (via Reddit) just moments ago. Made me LOL.
Author: ch4n Date: 03/05/2008
Y HALO THAR WURLD
Today was an eye opener for me. When I browsed through my Flickr account, I happened to notice the...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/11/2008
2¹/2²/2³
Today is meant to be the power of two's day. 2¹ => 2 2² => 4 2³ => 8 Putting together make...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/04/2008
Bill Gates The Software Tester
This year is going to be a memorable one since it's the last year that Bill is going to be with us...
Author: ch4n Date: 01/23/2008
D200 Photo shoot
Some off topic from software testing here (as if I have a lot of 'on-topic', but well...)....
Author: ch4n Date: 12/16/2007
Thank you Dr. Randy Pausch
I have always enjoyed watching motivational speakers giving out some speeches or tips on how to...
Author: ch4n Date: 09/21/2007
Software Testing Forum from MSDN
I have been wondering for as long as I can remember why MSFT doesn't have a centralized forum for...
Author: ch4n Date: 09/12/2007
Dear Digg, your Sony ad is killing my browser
I considered this evening to be pretty special for me -- it's one of those rare days where I could...
Author: ch4n Date: 09/11/2007
Holy cow, I was Donny Brook's lab mouse
...but it was for the greater and better cause anyway, especially for all FPS fans out there. About...
Author: ch4n Date: 09/10/2007
Interesting day
Google earnings missed forecast. Microsoft met expectation. I can only wish what it'd be like if...
Author: ch4n Date: 07/20/2007
Media Center Haiku
Yesterday, I received a notification from the Microsoft eHome team that they were giving out free...
Author: ch4n Date: 07/12/2007
The bug glide path
Technorati Tags: software development, testing, bugs, scrum Last week, I attended one of the...
Author: ch4n Date: 07/06/2007
Who called me?
I happened to check my mail last night from home and noticed a missed call notification for my work...
Author: ch4n Date: 07/05/2007
Windows Live Hotmail, it's nearly ready...
I've been using the beta version of Live Hotmail for a long while now, and it seemed that the end of...
Author: ch4n Date: 05/03/2007
Demystifying test estimate
Let's think about this for a second: How come a developer can easily calculate implementation time,...
Author: ch4n Date: 04/12/2007
Google TiSP and Live.com moving search box
I knew this one is soon coming sooner or later -- FREE in home broadband services. I have to admit...
Author: ch4n Date: 04/01/2007
6 things my cats teach me how to be better tester
Keeping pets can bring many benefits -- reduce stress, companionship, attract the opposite sex, etc....
Author: ch4n Date: 03/25/2007
I'm Live
This is a sequel to my previous post, on the new initiative from the Windows Live Group (which I had...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/23/2007
Maturity model for test organization
One advantage of changing job as frequent as I did, is the privilege of getting hands-on experience...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/21/2007
Search, with great cause
Everybody has got to search right? According to Nielsen/NetRatings report (pdf file), almost 7...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/14/2007
Beta here, beta there, beta everywhere
As our generation starts to march further into the web 2.0 territory and the online world starts...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/13/2007
Beta application dataset
Google Yahoo! Windows Live Application Release status Alerts BETA Blog Search BETA Book Search BETA...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/12/2007
Windows Vista Soda
So it looked like the whole world now know about the Windows Vista soda thanks to Wired and Digg. I...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/07/2007
Notes from Techfest and Boku Testing
There are a few things which make the first week of March this year to be interesting, most notably:...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/07/2007
Jeff Bezos and his dream of space flight revealed
As I sat and waited for my doctor appointment this morning, I came across one of the article in the...
Author: ch4n Date: 03/01/2007
New Daylight Saving Time. Are you, your system, and your app ready?
A quick announcement for everyone -- regardless whether you are an end-user or programmers. You are...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/27/2007
Data-driven testing pitfalls
The concept of data driven testing has been around for quite a long time, and I think it's...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/24/2007
If you are going to launch a startup, how many friends would you need?
Once in a while, I always like to research and take down some "useless statistics", which probably...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/23/2007
Visual Studio + Emacs
Before joining MS, my editor of choice has always been Emacs, but now the default IDE for most of my...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/23/2007
Dear Project Manager
I consider myself lucky to have the fortunates to work with many great project managers. But at the...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/22/2007
Hello world
So I have finally gotten the guts to finally cross the line into the real-world blogging. In fact,...
Author: ch4n Date: 02/22/2007