Here are some more QA based graphics that I am adding to the QA Image Library.
If there's anything you like to see, let me know!
Jira Because - You Have Issues
Billboard - Don't Tell QA
Test Your Code on a street billboard - QA reminding you to test your code before handing it to them.
Quality, Stability through superior firepower.
This past weekend we did the Magic Lights at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. We had a great time enjoying the lights and celebrating the Christmas season.
Here are some of my notes from that trip - hope it helps others have a great time! It's 2020, this is a safe way to enjoy the Christmas season.
We found out that most people arrive as soon as the gate opens, you might want to wait for at least 45-mins to avoid the long traffic line.
Best way to get there is via Route 1 South. As the northbound traffic to the Magic Lights has to loop around to the event, this caused a longer backup than the northbound traffic.
The Christmas Music for Magic Lights is on 88.7 - but they don't sync to the presentation of the light, you can play your own Christmas Music.
Many kids were were enjoying the lights by standing up and looking through the sunroof.
The show was great! Drive slow to appreciate the decorations and selection. For example, we saw some lights that represented the 12-days of Christmas - I am sure they are all there.
There are two lanes that go through the whole light show. Both lanes appear to offer the same viewing experience. (We did see some lights out on various sides.)
Don't forget to turn off the headlights when driving around!
When you leave the exhibit you end up going south on Route 1.
This isn't a Disney ride, there are no gift shops at the end of Magic Lights.
If your looking for a good stripes pattern maker - TarTan Maker is the way to go. The site makes it easy to create your own tartan design.
The nice things is that there is a Gallery of other peoples designs. You can build off of these designd to make it easy for you.
Generate tartan patterns. For scottish lovers and fancy designers!
This is the most popular TarTan design:
If you have LaunchBar and Keyboard Maestro there are a couple of tricks on how to paste the contents of your clipboard as plain text.
I have clipboard management is enabled for both applications. I use LaunchBar for my primary clipboard management. I have found LaunchBar interface to be simple to navigate and easy to paste the content I want.
Keyboard Maestro is great, it just a little more powerful than what I need for everyday use. LaunchBar clipboard window is easier to manage.
When I want to paste clipboard content as plain text, I use Keyboard Maestro. The thing to remember is that when pasting from Keyboard Maestro to hold down the SHIFT key to make the content plain text.
Prior to using Keyboard Maestro, I would paste the content into BBEdit then copy it to make it plain text.
You can make LaunchBar paste content plain text by enabling "As Plain Text" in preferences. The only downside is that it always paste as plain text. If you want to over-ride that settings, you hold down the OPTION key to paste as Rich Text.
Over the years, I have found that I usually want to keep the RichText formatting as the default. Using plain text, I lose the hyperlink links, which is useful when pasting content in an email or DayOne Journal.
To make it easy to navigate between the two Clipboard management tools, I have a similar shortcut:
One of the popular Boston tourist attraction is the Boston Duck Tours. You get in a bus line vehicle and get a tour of the city. Towards the end, the vehicle goes in the water for some spectacular views of Boston.
This is a great opportunity to get pictures of Boston.
It will be impossible to do group photos as the driver and guide ask people to stay seated when the vehicle is on the water.
The vehicle heads towards the Massachusetts Ave bridge and returns back towards the Museum of Science. You should have plenty of time to take pictures of the Boston skyline.
The Duck tours do sell out during the summer peak season. Reservations are highly recommended.
You can catch the Duck Boasts at the Prudential Mall. Tickets are available across from Barnes and Noble inside the mall.
Back in 2015, I purchased an Arespark Premium Selfie Stick on Amazon.com. I purchased this because it was one of the longest selfie sticks that were available in the market. The monopod can expand to 48.4 inches.
One of the nice features of the Arespark Premium Selfie Stick is that it has an additional tripod mounting spot on the bottom. This allows you to use the monopod as an extension to any tripod.
I usually use Arespark Premium Selfie Stick as an extra tripod. It works great for those times when I need to set up a quick shot away from my main tripod.
To make this work, I usually carry a Fotopro UFO 2. It's a flexible camera tripod and works really well balancing the Arespark Selfie Stick with an iPhone on the top.
You can't find the Arespark anymore. There are some good alternatives, here are a few that I found that I might consider purchasing in the future. 48.4 inches is kind of small by today's standards.
Selfie Stick Tripod, UBeesize 51" Extendable Tripod Stand with Bluetooth Remote - This looks good, it has a built-in stand, so you don't have to worry about carrying one around. I like that it expands to 51 inches.
Rugged 4-in-1 Selfie Stick Tripod Stand Kit + Bluetooth Remote - It only extends to 36 inches, but it has a tripod mount on the bottom. So this is great if you need to extend your tripod ever so slightly. It's also nice and small and will fit in the main compartment of a camera backpack.
Selfie Stick Tripod, 63 inch Extendable Selfie Stick - Great length -> 63 inches! Has a strong base. This is more of a portable tripod for smart phones than a monopod. For $26 its a good deal.
One of the things I do with my Arespark monopod with the Fotopro UFO 2 is that I put it on a table. Instantly I add about 30 inches. The nice thing is that its just as stable as it would be on the floor.
If I can find a table to use, I can get the camera slightly higher over the crowd to view people better.
Sometimes when I am editing, I want to do a complete scene cut. That includes multiple videos and audio tracks. In the past, I would use the blade tool on individual clips. Wasn't the best method - it would result in a long time editing the video.
There is a better way.
To do a "super" cut off all the clips at the current skimmer point. This is useful when you want to make a drastic change to that moment in time. Use the short cut: Shift-Command-B
It's super easy to cut specific clips at the current skimmer point. This is useful if you need a simple cut from two similar scenes. Simply select the clips or audio and then use the shortcut: Command-B to add a cut at the current skimmer point.
I have been using Final Cut Pro for several months and this is the first time I hear about this shortcut.
Release time can be a crazy time for QA. There are always things going on, from last-minute issues discovered by QA to last-minute infrastructure changes for security purposes.
It's really easy for QA team leads to get distracted and forget some of the essentials that need to happen for a release to be deployed successfully.
The easy solution is to keep a release checklist. Something that will help you remember key things before a release gets deployed.
There's no 'one checklist fits all.' You should create a checklist that works best for your environment.
The nice thing about the checklist is that it acts as a release journal. If there are deployment issues, you can make notes on what to do in future releases.
You can use any digital software to create the checklist: Evernote, Microsoft Word, Notepad ...
I would recommend a paper solution. That way you can focus your computer screens on the release.
The checklist can be next to your keyboard - reminding you of all critical tasks.
I would highly recommend getting the Emergent Task Planner and using that as your checklist. It's really well put together. You can build a timeline of when sign-offs have to occur before the release is deployed.
I get a lot of Credit Card scams on my cell and landline. This past spring I got a couple of voice messages that seemed very similar. These were left on my cellphone about 24-hours apart.
I am thinking these are going to the same call center in some foreign country.
Apple Voicemail transcript:
Hello. This is Alice calling from the underwriting department regarding your Discover credit card account based on your recent payment activity and balanced you are eligible for an interest rate reduction to as low as 1.9% to take advantage of this limited-time offer please call card member Services directly at 1-800-694-0048. Once again, that's 1-800-694-0048. This will be the only notice you received and this offer is only valid for three business days. Thank you.
Apple Voicemail transcript:
Hello. This is Elizabeth calling from the underwriting department regarding your Capital one credit card account based on your recent payment activity and balance you may be eligible for an interest rate reduction to as low as 1.9% and there is additional information. I need to confirm your eligibility or so please return my call directly in the underwriting department at 1-800-258-6019. Once again 1-800-258-6019 and will be the only notice you receive and this offer is only valid for three business days. Thank you.
Any company that "cold calls" you with an interest rate reduction offer is likely a scam. Especially if they need to "verify" your credit card number so they can look it up.
Have fun with these calls, never give any legitimate information.
Good illustrations are hard to find. You can search for various online databases for the perfect fit. Then you have to deal with the licensing issues.
Karthik Sridharan put together Scale which is a free illustrations for all. Its a cool collection of illustrations that you can use to spice up any website or presentation.
Royalty-free Vector Illustrations for Commercial Use One new high-quality, free illustration each day. Bring your ideas to life with Scale.
On Friday, I finally upgraded to macOS 11.0.1 (Big Sur). I have been trying for a week and kept getting an error during the upload process. This is the error that I have been getting:
When I tried on Friday the installation process was successful. I think the whole install took about 45-mins.
One of the things that caught my eye was that an SD disk that I had in the computer wasn't showing up in the finder sidebar. The disk would appear in the Finder when the "External Disks" is selected.
Some reason the Finder sidebar wouldn't show the external device. This makes navigating a little tricky as that's the most common way I access my SD cards. I usually turn off the "External Disks" on the desktop because its just clutter.
Apple is aware of the bug, and a fix will be shipped in a later update.
There are several alternative solutions:
Simply click on the "Computer" in the sidebar (Should be Your Name) and click on that to see all the connected devices.
Learn the shortcut: Command - Shift - C (Which opens up the Computer window.)
Use PathFinder which doesn't have this issue. All the external devices show up correctly in the sidebar.
One of the oldest streets in Boston is Marshall Street, near Fanuel Hall and Haymarket. At one time it featured many small businesses trying to make it in Massachusetts. Today there are popular restaurants and night clubs.
One of the popular night clubs is The Point. They feature popular New England dishes such as New England Clam Chowder, Classic Cheese Point Pub Pizza, Bullfinch Basic Burger, Fish and Chips and so much more.
Next to their entrance is a painted Boston sign that's perfect for selfies or group photos. The sign is big, so unless you have a super long selfie stick, you should ask someone to take your picture.
While this isn't a Boston Historic Landmark, it's one of the few places where you can show that you're in Boston with the words Boston in it.
Don't worry about the lighting at night. The street lights will help make sure you get a great picture!
The official address to the Point is: 147 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02108
Take the Green or Orange line to Haymarket. Walk out of the station towards Quincy Market, you'll see signs pointing to Quincy Market. You'll see the Union Oyster House, look for a small side street next to the restaurant. Walk down that street, and the brick sign will be on your left.
One of the cool camera accessories that I found was the Camera Hot Shoe mount. This allows me to add an additional camera using the DSLR hot shoe (flash) mount.
The mount puts the second camera out of arm's reach. So you'll likely not be able to adjust the focus or zoom once you have it in place. With some cameras, it might be hard to even hit the record button. You should test the camera before production.
This mount is very tricky as I need to make sure that I don't put anything too heavy that could damage the camera.
So the tricky part of this mount is that when the DSLR moves so does the top camera. When I first started using this mount, the second camera took care of the wide angles.
The problem is that anytime I touched the DSLR the top camera would move - which cause the camera to shake. This was a real problem because I needed to do manual focusing, and that resulted in a lot of adjustments and camera shake.
Just keep in mind that the location is shake sensitive. If you are using this as a backup for when the DSLR is in focus, you'll discover that the footage may have more shake than normal.
Make sure that the mount fits in the hot shoe and that you secure it in place. This will help prevent any excess shake because of the camera motion.
The mount puts the second camera out of arm's reach. So you'll likely not be able to adjust the focus or zoom once you have it in place. With some cameras, it might be hard to even hit the record button. You should test the camera before production.
Final Cut Pro is so much better with multiple monitors. You don't need two similar monitors, just two good ones. This is the layout that I have on my home computer:
The 20-inch Apple Cinema Display is a ten-year-old monitor, and it works perfectly well for me.
Here's all you do to get Final Cut Pro to use two monitors:
Connect a second monitor to your computer. (That's pretty obvious.)
Under the 'Window' Option you'll see a "Show in Secondary Display" this is where you select the content to display on the second monitor. When you select this the item is removed from the primary display.
You have 3-options:
Browser - This is all the media files in your project. Use this option when you're starting the project and trying to figure out what clips to put in the timeline.
Viewers - This is the preview window. I usually have my second display always set to this. Having this on the second display makes navigating the timeline so much easier. This is especially true when you have multiple clip layers.
Timeline - This is the video timeline. Useful if your second display is a wide screen.
In the top of the main window there is an icon that shows two computers. You can toggle using two displays simply by clicking on this icon. (Its the green box in the above screenshot)
I have found this to be a quick way to display Final Cut Pro to use the second monitor when I want to do something outside of Final Cut Pro, such as browse the internet or check email
Someone on Twitter asked:
What's the most unhelpful error message you've ever seen?
I couldn't think of anything right away, so I search my collection on Google Photos, and I found two that I thought are worth sharing.
This is there that I am now getting while trying to install Big Sur on my iMac. There's no indication of what I should do next.
There are plenty of websites that give some clues on what to try. Most of the advice is around some technical issues that Apple had during the original rollout. However, I am still encountering the issues - many days later.
Still working on finding what this error means. Hopefully, this gets fixed soon, and it doesn't involve formatting my computer!
This is an error that appeared on a coffee machine at work. Multiple people have to get involved to fix this issue. Phone calls were made to the coffee company to report Error 328.
Turns out the problem is with a stuck freshpack. I found a website that explains how to fix the error.
It would have been so much better to say something like, "Clear the Stuck Freshpack."
Note: This isn't a problem anymore as the company has moved on to a machine that makes single-serve coffee with the need for K-cups or Freshpacks.
Recently we had a problem with getting access to the Disney+ on our Samsung Smart TV. We tried several things to fix it and got it working!
When ever we switched over to Disney+ we would get an error:
We're having a problem. Exiting the App. Error Code: 1016 ' App_Config_Failure.
We search online for other people's solution to this problem:
We also found that we were getting errors on our iPad devices too. The error was related to Error Code 83. (Which is great if you know what Error Code 83 means.)
We finally gave in and decided to call Disney+. After being on hold for about 2-minutes, we talked to a technician about our problem.
He told us that our home IP address was marked as suspicious. That's why we were not able to get into the account.
He did some "Disney Magic" and told us to try again. (He probably just removed the suspicious tag on our IP Address.)
It Worked!
So if you're having any issues with Error Code 1016 or Error 83, simply call Disney+ to see if there's an issue that they need to fix. (This is true especially if you tried everyone else solution.)
Oh and Disney, please work on a better Error message than "Error Code: 1016 ' App_Config_Failure."
When creating websites, sometimes you want to match a color from your favorite brand. For example, if you're creating a section for YouTube videos, you may want to use YouTube Red.
U.S. Brand Colors is a great resource for the color of many popular brands. It's a good way to figure out the right Hex, RGB, CMYK, and Pantone color to use for your next project.
A small team of designers studying branding trying to build a reliable resource containing the color palettes of the most popular brands in the world.
As of today, here are all the brands that are available on the website:
Amazon, Microsoft, Xbox One, Burger King, Red Bull, FedEx, Levi's, John Deere, Heineken, Samuel Adams, Pabst Blue Ribbon, WhatsApp, Lyft, Pinterest, Taco Bell, Monster Energy, UPS, Miller High Life, Keystone Light, Busch, Busch Light, Uber, Netflix, Subway, Coca-Cola, USPS, Natural Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Airbnb, Slack, Starbucks, Pepsi, DHL, Coors Light, Bud Light, Johnny Walker, Android, Spotify, IBM, McDonald's, Kool-Aid, Jack Daniel's, Messenger, Snapchat, Apple, Facebook, Oracle, HP, Dunkin' Donuts, Gatorade, Sprite, Jim Beam, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Google.
When on Zoom calls, I like to have the computer desktop set to White. This allows a little bit of brightness so people can clearly see my face.
When I am not on Zoom calls, I like the desktop dark so that it doesn't blind me when I am working.
The traditional way of right-clicking on the desktop to Change the Desktop background is a lot of steps to do every time I start and end a meeting. There has to be a better way.
Thankfully there is a better way with Keyboard Maestro.
Keyboard Maestro has an action to change the desktop background. Now, I can select the Keyboard Maestro menu item and quickly switch between dark and light mode.
This makes it super easy to switch desktop patterns whenever I need it.
Here's the Macro I have set up:
For the light version, I just created a small white image and used that as what to set the background too.
I used Dropbox as my source so that the Macro would work no matter what computer that I had Keyboard Maestro installed on.
Boston is well known for the historic brownstones. They are beautiful to look at when you see them together.
Some people will walk around Beacon Street and Commonwealth Ave area looking for the best houses. However, there's a better location that offers better picturesque opportunities.
One of the best set of streets that has a lot of brownstones with stairs is Pembroke, West Brookline and Newton St, which are located next to each other in South Boston.
Usually, local residences will put flowers and seasonal decoration which can help make the pictures that much better..
These streets are located between Tremont and Columbus Ave.
The streets are not really accessible via public transportation. The best way to get there from the Prudential Mall is to walk down W. Newton Street to Harriet Tubman Square. Then walk around the streets to find the perfect view.
Just remember these homes are privately owned. Please respect the property and privacy.
Last week, I talked about the Ballhead Arm Super Clamp Mount, as a good way to have a second camera available on the tripod. This week it's a step further with a magic arm on the Super Clamp Mount.
The Magic Arm gives you more control on how to position your camera on the Super Clamp. In many ways, it's better to buy a Clamp Mount with a magic arm, so that you have more control of the camera.
This arm is strong enough to hold just about any point and shoot camera or GoPro.
The Magic Arm Clamp sells for about $24 on Amazon and about $23 on B&H Photo.
Once you lock down the arm position, you can't move the camera. The camera can't move left and right. One way around this is to use a ball mount between the Magic Arm and Camera.
I find it best as an L shape. This gives you the opportunity to have the second camera away from the primary camera on the tripod.
As you can see in the picture, I like to use a Monopod with the Magic Arm. This allows me to have the camera as high as possible. Obviously, I can't control the camera when it is up high
The Clamp is very strong. It's the same type of clamp as the Super Camp Mount. Once you have it secure it doesn't lose its grip. In addition, it won't put a grip mark on the object. I put it on a wood railing with no issues.
One of the things I have learned is that using Normalize is not the best way to fix audio that might be too soft. Normalize is available in audio applications like Fission and Audacity.
The problem is that if your audio clip has one large pop, then Normalize won't work.
Apple's Logic has a powerful way to balance the audio and that's something called: Adaptive Limiter. Apple included the functionality in Final Cut Pro
Adaptive Limiter is a versatile tool for controlling the perceived loudness of sounds. It works by rounding and smoothing peaks in the signal, producing an effect similar to an analog amplifier being driven hard. Like an amplifier, it can slightly color the sound of the signal. You can use Adaptive Limiter to achieve maximum gain without introducing unwanted distortion and clipping, which can occur when the signal exceeds 0 dBFS.
This can be found in the Effects section, check for Audio then Levels.
Simply drag and drop Adaptive Limiter to the audio that you wish to enhance and the audio will be enhanced.
If you want to make further Adaptive Limiter adjustments on the clip, go to the audio section of the clip, scroll down and look for Effects. You should see the Effects section.
You can make whatever adjustments you want, I would recommend maling slow adjustments and test the clip peaks and valleys.
There is an Advance Effect Editor UI for those audio pros. This is a powerful audio tool to play around with.
Using applications like Fission and Audacity is great for simple audio files. The audio functionality in Final Cut Pro is pretty powerful. There are a lot of audio effects built - 109 to be exact.
You shouldn't have to use a third party to fix audio issues. In most cases, it can be professionally cleaned in Final Cut Pro.
On November 12, 2020 is World Quality Day.
World Quality Day is celebrated annually on the second Thursday in November.
Each year the IRCA and CQI team put together a focus on World Quality Day.
This year the purpose of the day, is to put in the spotlight people that go above and beyond to improve customer value.
I think there should be a focus on the various Quality Control teams in the drug testing field. These people are working overtime to make sure that the proper medication is being distributed. In addition, they are making sure that test results are accurate as possible.
Don't forget to thank your favorite QA person on World Quality day.
Congrats to Joe Biden for being the next President of the United States.
I had some other content set to post today, but Biden getting the official word that he won the Presidency certainly cannot be overlooked
Here's a couple logos I found in some emails that I have gotten over the past year.
I have been getting emails from him since he started running back in April 27, 2019. Most of the emails have been for fundraising. Every once in awhile it would be for some attack on Trump tweet.
This is an email that I got from Kamala Harris, on the day that Joe Biden put his hat in the ring:
The recent election has shown that the nation is truly divided. It's going to take a lot to get the country back together again.
Some people think that Joe will put some Republicans in his cabinet - such as Charlie Baker, the current Massachusetts Governor who has a very high popularity rating.
When you need help with something with computer programming, the best place to go online is Stack Overflow. You can usually find an answer to your question, or if it's new, someone can answer your question.
Over the years Stack Overflow has captured a lot of data from the questions that people have asked. They put together a trends section, where you can compare various things.
You can find out what Operating System is the most popular, what computer language is being used, what Javascript framework people are using.
See how technologies have trended over time based on use of their tags since 2008, when Stack Overflow was founded. Enter up to 15 tags to compare growth and decline.
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends
You can use the links on the page for popular searches, or type in tags that you want to compare against.
For "fun" see if you can guess what caused certain things to trend lower.
In late October, Mooii Tech add some new features to PhotoScape X, a popular Macintosh Photo editor. This release has a lot of exciting changes.
Here's a list of changes, and where to find the changes:
New Text Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks, Background
These are new select items in the Text dialog, they are located below the opacity selector.
New Object Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks
These can be applied to objects such as Stickers, Shapes, Figures, Lines, and more.
New Filters: Gradient Opacity, Radial Speed Lines, Lines, Concentric, Geometric Collage
In the Adjustments section: Gradient Opacity
In the Effect Section: Radial Speed Lines, Lines, and Concentric
In the Transformations section: Geometric Collage
New Filter Objects: Mosaic #2, #3, #4, Frosted Glass
These are located under the "Filter" menu. Click on Insert, then on the Filter next to Tools.
New Text Warp: Gradient Upper, Gradient Upper 2, Gradient Lower, Gradient Lower 2
These are located in the Text dialog. On the bottom of the text box, click on Transform then click on the transform button. In the Transform dialog, click on the "None"
Added 119 Film Looks - New Looks category in the Film Section ( Click Film in the top toolbar)
Added 104 Film Extras - New Extras category in the Film Section
Added 150 Nature - New Nature category in the Light Section
Added 108 Comic Stickers - New category in the Stickers section.
Added 4 more Draw Brushes (Stipple) - These are the brushes found when drawing/ they are located at the bottom of the brush selection.
Added 1 more Text Outline Type - In the Text dialog, click on the checkbox next to Outline, you'll see that there are now three different outline types.
Added 6 Object Transform Skew Types - These are located in the Transformation dialog. These are below the object. For example, you can transform text to create a logo.
Added 8 Canvas Grid Types - This is the overlay grid that you see. This is located on the bottom bar, it's the dotted grid icon.
Every Thursday in November, I'll be featuring unique photo spots around the City of Boston. These are great for background photos and perfect for those Instagram Stories.
Near the Children's Museum is the Barking Crab. They have been in business for 26-years serving some of Boston's best seafood. They have a clam shack type of restaurant serving many popular dishes including lobster and clam chowder.
If you go to the backside of the restaurant, towards Fan Pier, you'll encounter a wall of Wooden Buoys! What a great picture spot!
One of the best times to be here is in the morning before the restaurant is open. The morning sun will provide the perfect lighting for your photos!
Bring a portable tripod if your taking group shots. You won't find anything to hold your camera.
They are located at 88 Sleeper Street Boston, MA 02210. Right off of Seaport Blvd.
The best way via public transportation is to take the Silver Line to the Court House. Once you get up at Street level, walk along Seaport Boulevard towards the high rise buildings.
A tripod can be really helpful in creating steady shots. The problem is that if you want a second camera to capture a different view from the same vantage point, it usually means that you need to have a second tripod. That isn't the case.
The Ballhead Arm Super Clamp allows you to mount a second camera to a tripod. It's really easy to install and strong enough to hold a DSLR.
The clamp cost about $14 to $20 on Amazon.com.
I have been using the clamp for a couple of months to record videos at a local church. Here are some of the things I have learned:
Today is election day in the United States and tonight many people will be glued to their TVs watching election results. You'll likely see lots of lower-thirds graphics. I thought looking at lower-thirds would be a good topic this week.
Lower-Thirds is a text graphic used most commonly on TV news stations. This is usually used to inform the viewer of the speaker or location that they are watching.
One of the nice things about Final Cut Pro is that you can't define a default lower third. What this does is any time that you want to use that template your simply type in the shortcut: Control - Shift - T
Final Cut Pro uses the default lower third when you apply the short cut, but it's really easy to change that.
There are times when automation isn't practical. Here are four times when automation seemed like a good idea but in reality, it isn't.
When Automation is a feature that plays in minor significance of the product.
Don't waste valuable Automation resources in testing minor issues. You should think If automation finds an issue how likely will it get fixed? While it's great to automate everything in a project - it's more fission to automate the most critical thing.
When the product or feature may get constant change.
If things are going to constantly get changed, why would you want to build automation around it? Why subject yourself to fixing known failures? I have found in the past to wait for a particular feature to be stable before committing any automation time and resources. Your best bet here is to talk to the product manager about when the product will be stable for automation.
If developers are still coding based on an integration branch, there's too much change to add it to automation.
When it's used for Metrics testing.
There are plenty of other tools available they can help with metric testing. Don't use QA automation resources for metric testing.
When it takes a long time to run a test but has little value and slows down the ability for other critical test to run.
You should consider how long it will take to run a test and decide if it's really worth using automation resources and time to run a particular test. Even in multithreaded environments, the QA test still takes time to run.
Like many Bostonians, I have been working from home because of the pandemic.
Since it looks like I'll be doing this for a while, I decided to fix the background on my desk. This is what it looks like this past week:
I'll be taking down all the Halloween decorations tomorrow, I just kept them up for one more round of Zoom calls.
Yes there's a real Macintosh Plus. I was able to boot it up. I just need the mouse to use it - which I do have someplace downstairs.
In front of the Macintosh Plus is the original 5G iPod. The battery doesn't work anymore, but if I plug it in, I can play the music that I added to the iPod. This is the Firewire version. So it only works on some of the computers I have.
Next to the computer is some standard floppy disks and some Zip Disks. I have a lot more in the basement. I am only showcasing a few items.
The Apple next to the Macintosh is from a tree in the backyard. It was the only apple to grow on the tree. This was strange since prior years the tree did yield plenty of apples.
The "Hillside Pumpkin Farm sign" (In the center of the picture) is something that I got at Knotts Berry Farm. I remember having this when I lived in California.
The black bear on the Macintosh Plus also came from Knotts Berry Farm. I paid $4.64 for it.
There's a lot of Haunted Mansion items on the various shelves. These will stay around all year long.
This is my Scandinavian Design desk. I have owned this desk since 1998. It looks very similar to the Gammel Desk, but mine is Cherry not white.
Checkout your Zoom background. Is it exciting? Why not take a few minutes and spice it up so that it's exciting and interesting.
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