Archive for June, 2006

Exploritory Testing

From the Braidy Tester I found a link to this article titled Rigorous Exploratory Testing. I liked the formalization of Exploratory Testing it provides:

Two key things distinguish good Exploratory Testing as a disciplined form of testing: 1. Using a wide variety of analysis/testing techniques to target vulnerabilities from multiple perspectives. [...]

Google spreadsheets now available.

Google has another tool, spreadsheets. Checkout Inside Google Spreadsheets for more info or go take a tour.

Is MySQL the model 21st-century company?

MySQL: Workers in 25 countries with no HQ This open-source software maker has figured out how to manage a world-wide workforce that rarely meets. Is MySQL the model 21st-century company? http://money.cnn.com/

I posted this hastily yesterday, just a bit of tidying up today (2006-06-03).

Site Upgrade: Markdown slightly broken.

I updated to Wordpress 2.0.3 to address security problems. It seems that it doesn’t play well with Markdown syntax so some rendering might be a little bit off.

The specific problem is yet to be determined but I’ve see the following two things so far:

Markdown angle bracket linking is broken.

Any http followed by a colon [...]

Why is the Digipede network good for Windows environments?

Answer? You already have a Windows environment and an IT staff that can work in it. Retraining your staff to manage a new OS or configure dedicated hardware/infrastructure for your computing needs is unreasonable for most IT departments. This is where the Digipede network shines.

My friend Matt Michie is a big fan [...]