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Sep 03

Engineering the Quality Assurance

 

Ever since I joined the QA Engineering, I keep asking myself how a software engineer can contribute to assure good quality of software. Is it simply Programming + Analyzing?

Analysts are certainly playing vital roles in a daily QA work. They do user story study and analysis, plan, create and execute tests… But, what can an engineer do in QA? A random thought came to my mind when I was watching I,Robot – why can’t we try to replace human efforts of manually analyzing tests not just executing them?

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Aug 17
iPad = Pocket Microwave?

iPad = Pocket Microwave?

As a “computer guy”, I often get asked for my thoughts on the iPad.  I am by no means an expert in predicting technological trends, nor am I qualified to make statements about social and political climates that are ideal for fostering the growth of small touch screen devices, but here are my two cents on the issue.

I think that the iPad and the other tablet devices due to the hit the market will grow to be “The Next Big Thing”, and not just popular consumer products of the day.  While not quite as revolutionary as say, the introduction of the personal computer, I can envision a future where every household has a tablet device that complements their personal computer.  There are two factors that make me believe this will happen: low cost and a low usability barrier.

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Aug 05
twit bird – follow me

Navigating the Twitter World.

 

In order to be active on your Twitter account you must post regularly. You also should be courteous and reply to relevant “Tweets” when you are mentioned and so forth.  However, obviously not everyone has the time to sign on to Twitter once every hour to see what’s new, if they have been mentioned directly – @username- and so forth.  Also not everyone knows how to most effectively utilize and navigate through Twitter. 

Thanks to the development of countless Twitter apps you can be active on Twitter without going to your computer and logging on dozens of times per day.  Listed below are a few free applications to make your Tweeting simpler, quicker, and which simply allow you to “do more”.

Here are some great Twitter apps to simplify your life:

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