Comments for Hacking the Good Days... http://cathyma.com Cathy’s random thoughts.. about life, rants, technologies, and really, random stuff Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What Love means to a 4-8 year old.. . by robert http://cathyma.com/2010/01/25/what-love-means-to-a-4-8-year-old/#comment-1290 robert Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:10:07 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=342#comment-1290 I may be 8 but I think its right I may be 8 but I think its right

]]> Comment on Are you lucky? by Matt Kinsella http://cathyma.com/2010/04/07/are-you-lucky/#comment-1258 Matt Kinsella Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:18:25 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=365#comment-1258 I started my adult life in a hostel for homeless teenagers but went on to turn my life around and become quite successful. Many people who did not know me told me I was lucky but I never believed it and struggled to understand why they thought it. I decided if this is what people think is luck then I could teach anyone how to be lucky so I started my blog http://mattkinsella.com/blog-2 I started my adult life in a hostel for homeless teenagers but went on to turn my life around and become quite successful. Many people who did not know me told me I was lucky but I never believed it and struggled to understand why they thought it. I decided if this is what people think is luck then I could teach anyone how to be lucky so I started my blog http://mattkinsella.com/blog-2

]]> Comment on The story about the four wives by Jamie CHU http://cathyma.com/2011/09/11/the-story-about-the-four-wives/#comment-1255 Jamie CHU Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:55:01 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=562#comment-1255 Cathy, thank you for sharing the wonderful story. And I am very sorry for your loss. May your father rest in peace. Cathy, thank you for sharing the wonderful story. And I am very sorry for your loss. May your father rest in peace.

]]> Comment on After thoughts from Facebook’s F8 by Chris Betterton http://cathyma.com/2011/09/23/after-thoughts-from-facebooks-f8/#comment-1230 Chris Betterton Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:09:42 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=566#comment-1230 Great summary Cathy. So much to digest following f8; the implications for publishers of apps like the Guardian's are huge. Great summary Cathy. So much to digest following f8; the implications for publishers of apps like the Guardian’s are huge.

]]> Comment on What makes a First-Class Tester by cathyma http://cathyma.com/2011/02/22/what-makes-a-first-classt-tester/#comment-239 cathyma Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:43:50 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=524#comment-239 Wow, really good feedback Mike, from a developer's point of view. Useful insight, thanks. Wow, really good feedback Mike, from a developer’s point of view. Useful insight, thanks.

]]> Comment on What makes a First-Class Tester by Tweets that mention Hacking the Good days… :: What makes a First-Class Tester -- Topsy.com http://cathyma.com/2011/02/22/what-makes-a-first-classt-tester/#comment-238 Tweets that mention Hacking the Good days… :: What makes a First-Class Tester -- Topsy.com Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:29:53 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=524#comment-238 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gui Zühlke O'Connor, Cathy. Cathy said: Wondering what else makes tester great? http://bit.ly/foRsTa [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gui Zühlke O'Connor, Cathy. Cathy said: Wondering what else makes tester great? http://bit.ly/foRsTa [...]

]]> Comment on What makes a First-Class Tester by Isofarro http://cathyma.com/2011/02/22/what-makes-a-first-classt-tester/#comment-237 Isofarro Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:22:17 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=524#comment-237 What makes a first class tester (from a developer's perspective): * Being able to document how to reproduce a bug/issue. This is killer - more development time is wasted in aimlessly trying to figure out how to replicate an error based on second/third hand information. * Being able to explain what the correct behaviour should be * Being able to focus on finding the right sort of bugs, not things that don't matter to the user or are unnecessary trivialities. * Preferably realising that it takes time to fix bugs, so raising them right before or after a code freeze isn't helpful. * Reports bugs as he finds them, not collect them all up and announce in one big go The key ingredient: determination. One exceptionally good tester I worked with on Yahoo/Eurosport spent several weeks tracking down an intermittent bug that no-one couldn't replicate in development or staging. He found a way to consistently replicate the bug, which meant being able to fix it quicker. That's determination. What makes a first class tester (from a developer’s perspective):

* Being able to document how to reproduce a bug/issue. This is killer – more development time is wasted in aimlessly trying to figure out how to replicate an error based on second/third hand information.
* Being able to explain what the correct behaviour should be
* Being able to focus on finding the right sort of bugs, not things that don’t matter to the user or are unnecessary trivialities.
* Preferably realising that it takes time to fix bugs, so raising them right before or after a code freeze isn’t helpful.
* Reports bugs as he finds them, not collect them all up and announce in one big go

The key ingredient: determination. One exceptionally good tester I worked with on Yahoo/Eurosport spent several weeks tracking down an intermittent bug that no-one couldn’t replicate in development or staging. He found a way to consistently replicate the bug, which meant being able to fix it quicker. That’s determination.

]]> Comment on Lessons from the wisemen, 2010 by Life Is Beautiful « Dawn’s Blog http://cathyma.com/2011/01/05/lesson-from-the-wisemen-2010/#comment-236 Life Is Beautiful « Dawn’s Blog Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:53:47 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=491#comment-236 [...] Lessons from the wisemen, 2010 (cathyma.com) [...] [...] Lessons from the wisemen, 2010 (cathyma.com) [...]

]]> Comment on How much does NYTimes want to know about me? by Thomas Barker http://cathyma.com/2010/11/05/how-much-does-nytimes-want-to-know-about-me/#comment-228 Thomas Barker Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:25:45 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=432#comment-228 For "Remember almost every ad dollar spent you you while you’re" read "Remember that almost every ad dollar spent on you while you’re" :-) For “Remember almost every ad dollar spent you you while you’re” read “Remember that almost every ad dollar spent on you while you’re”
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]]> Comment on Dear Google, why do you want me to be scared of you? by renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day | 在网上找到 http://cathyma.com/2010/11/16/dear-google-why-do-you-want-me-to-be-scared-of-you/#comment-234 renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day | 在网上找到 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:03:47 +0000 http://cathyma.com/?p=461#comment-234 [...] Hacking the Good days… :: Dear Google, why do you want me to be scared of you? [...] [...] Hacking the Good days… :: Dear Google, why do you want me to be scared of you? [...]

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