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Bug Advocacy

A collection of 5 issues

How to Write a Good Bug Report, use RIMGEN

RIMGEN is an acronym and mnemonic (or memory aid) to help us remember the elements of a good bug report. It can be used to help anyone write a better bug report or review existing bug reports looking to make improvements. In general my preference with reporting bugs is to:

Facebook Ad's Massive Design Bug

In mid-September ProPublica published an article proving Facebook’s advertising system helped them market to people who expressed interest in radical and racial topics: “Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook’s self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. Until this week,

Recognizing a problem in eBay’s iPad app

I’ve been buying and selling things on eBay for more than a decade. In the last few years I’ve spent more time using the iPhone app but for some reason I wasn’t using the iPad app. I figured it was time, so I installed the eBay app,

How to Write a Good Bug Report (and be a Bug Advocate)

For the previous BBST classes I made the mistake of not writing about what I learned and the value the classes provided me. To an organization who might consider sponsoring someone (a programmer, analyst…) or to a fellow tester who is looking for a step in the right direction I

What I've been up to lately

Things have been busy in the last month or so and I felt like sharing what I’ve been up to lately. Most of it revolves around software testing: April saw the start of Dan Ariely’s A Beginners Guide to Irrational Behavior class on Coursera. I knew I had