Anthropomorphic Intelligence
Recently, I opened Timehop for my daily dose of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey memories, and the app told me that I need to sign into Facebook because hey, the Facebook connection isn’t working anymore. Below the message, there was a huge, brightly […]
Insights from The Black Swan, Part 3 – The Ludic Fallacy
Long ago, while reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, I began a series of blog posts (here and here) in which I promised to continue “reflecting here as I encounter insights that excite me as a tester.” Did you think that […]
Bugs Find A Way: A Tester’s Appreciation of Jurassic Park
Like most human adults, I have many selves in me. Two of these selves love Jurassic Park. One, the ten-year-old self who loves dinosaurs, you can read about in my essay, “Hold On To Your Bookmarks: A Nerd’s Love For […]
Insights from The Black Swan, Part 2
I am in the process of reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan and reflecting here as I encounter insights that excite me as a tester. If this news comes as a shock to you, please read this immediately. Now, this: “…that […]
Insights from The Black Swan, Part 1
I am reading a book. (I’ll wait for your applause.) (Thank you.) I am reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan right now. I’m less than a hundred pages in, but I’m already convinced all human beings should read it. […]