tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post4339715829807248917..comments2023-09-01T13:36:59.610+05:30Comments on Tester Tested !: Graphology, Music, Chess, Cooking, Drawing and becoming a better testerPradeep Soundararajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-14970782930144928582008-04-10T02:46:00.000+05:302008-04-10T02:46:00.000+05:30Hi Pradeep,just read Anuj's analysis of your handw...Hi Pradeep,<BR/>just read Anuj's analysis of your handwriting and was left with a thought about the following sentence, "Fluidity of thoughts denotes the ability of a person to move from one thought to other or from one thought pattern to another with ease."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if you sometimes jump from a line of thought regarding the test you're doing at this moment to something that is related to it but draws your attenttion away from your work, i.e. distracts you.<BR/><BR/>The reason I'm asking is, that I've read "The Medici Effect" a few weeks ago which is all about finding intersections between subjects.<BR/><BR/>I myself find my thoughts wandering off sometimes (when I realize I'm not typing) because I think about how I would implement a solution in other environments (language, OS etc.).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-77045547748837910792008-04-08T06:19:00.000+05:302008-04-08T06:19:00.000+05:30It goes without saying that..-Playing a violin doe...It goes without saying that..<BR/>-Playing a violin doesn't turn you to Einstein.<BR/>-Discover yourself by yourself not through others.<BR/><BR/>I guess what am trying to say discovering patterns of behaviour in human nature is not necessarily a trend engraved in stones. There is always some way to evolve like nothing before!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-2084620596621329152008-04-05T23:04:00.000+05:302008-04-05T23:04:00.000+05:30Thanks Pradeep for making a mention of my work her...Thanks Pradeep for making a mention of my work here. <BR/><BR/>I fully agree with your thoughts on bringing learnings from other professions and sciences to Software testing. With Software testing being a relatively new profession, there is always a lot of scope to learn from age old wisdom and knowledge that other areas of life bring in. <BR/><BR/>The examples you have cited in this post are wonderful to say the least. It requires more than quite a thought to learn from cooking, theater, Drawing, Music, Chess and successfully apply the learnings in our profession. One thing of note is that all these fields can be classified as Creative fields i.e. one has got to be creative to be a better cook, to act better, to be good at any art or drawing, to compose great music, win an intense chess game. I always beleive that creativity is the need of hour for Software testing and the successful corelation of Software testing with these creative professions is a great stuff happening.Anuj Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007419487924715310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-48629018745745075552008-04-02T15:33:00.000+05:302008-04-02T15:33:00.000+05:30I have recently started learning guitar - a unique...I have recently started learning guitar - a unique string musical instrument. I can learn lots of new things in this musical journey. Many of my questions like<BR/>"what is frequency C# chord? Who fixed that chord?" are hard for my teacher to explain.<BR/><BR/>As testers, we should be learning from the fields like music, art, science and others.<BR/><BR/>Good post ...<BR/><BR/>ShriniShrini Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-89262078617306332112008-04-01T18:14:00.000+05:302008-04-01T18:14:00.000+05:30My uncle (an english speaking Canadian) married a ...My uncle (an english speaking Canadian) married a woman from Southern French. She was bilingual; he was not. After things started getting serious he learned to speak French. He once said that he didn't really know the language until he started <I>thinking</I> in French vs. thinking of what he wanted to say in English and to the mental translation.<BR/><BR/>This story applies to testing in that the top flight testers see tests and/or test inspiration <I>everywhere</I>. At the risk of both plugging my site and including myself in the 'top flight tester' category, I've illustrated this when <A HREF="http://adam.goucher.ca/?p=351" REL="nofollow">build ing a shed</A>, <A HREF="http://adam.goucher.ca/?p=389" REL="nofollow">fixing a clothes dryer</A> and <A HREF="http://adam.goucher.ca/?p=411" REL="nofollow">walking to/from the train</A>.<BR/><BR/>-adamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com