This year the Oceania CITCON was held in Wellington to my huge delight. It was a first attendance for me. I won’t go into detail about what was said and done because the website has a good Wiki where you can read-up on what went down. I hope all the scribes put up what they [...]
Well, the first step is done. We have just had the first ever WTAZ session! And it went great! *yay* The objective was here: http://groups.google.co.nz/group/software-testers-new-zealand/browse_thread/thread/6cbee3a6fb040310 The raised bugs can be seen on http://bugrepository.com – project WTANZ01 The transcript is here: WTANZ Session 01 18-04-2010 As you can see the session was very lively and we had [...]
One year’s gone and Stanz 2009 has just finished. I like Stanz it gives us Test Analysts/Managers a regular wake-up call. It is the time we get reminded that the job we do can be more. It can be a calling, a field of interest and an engineering practice. Matt Mansell’s (DIA) talk about Growing Great [...]
Just back from the movies. We saw Star Trek and the verdict first…. IT’S GREAT!!! Maybe not the best Star Trek movie but definitely the best since and maybe including IV (which is/was my favourite). Director J.J. Abrams has certainly created his masterpiece. Maybe not technically as a film but for him to take the [...]
I wish all readers here a H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! May 2009 be a if not prosperous then certainly a joyful year. We will see major issues coming up in the year so it certainly won’t be boring. Will the financial crisis be over in 2009? [...]
Today a new “Apple” store opened in Wellington (195 Lambton Quay). It’s called The Bay and you can find it on www.thebaystore.co.nz. It really looks like they wanted to imitate the Apple Stores. I must say for the size they have done a good job. All is in sleek white and black and feels very [...]
Yesterday our good friends Melanie & Brian celebrated the launch of their New Zealand Immigration DVD in the Wellington Film Archive. So far I’ve not yet seen the whole DVD but the excerpts were great! It looks very professional and I promise next time I am going along for the trip. The on-locations look wonderful. [...]
Yesterday Jane Goodall held a very good talk at the Wellington Zoo. The fist since she’s visited NZ 10 years ago. I found the strength and vitality of this lady just amazing. Like (e.g.) the Dalai Lama she has a strong conviction about what she talks and captivates her listeners in wonderful stories of a [...]
Last week was the yearly Stanz conference again. It’s all about testing and the such. This year SoftEd (who run the show) did a good job in getting the right speakers. Highlights were Michael Bolton, Elisabeth Hendrickson and Ray Arell (Intel). What was very clear was that all speakers were drifting towards or were smack [...]
Another year another conference. Stanz 2007 was as always interesting and a boon to the testing scene in Wellington. My main focus was Goranka Bjedovs workshop on performance testing with JMeter which was excellent. I’m really amazed at how Google does their performance testing and who would have thought they’d have so much success with [...]