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Testing in Small Organizations

My interest in testing comes from my experience working with small organizations, mostly non-profits. In a university course I developed almost two years ago, my students and I help non-profit organizations manage Google AdWords grants, oftentimes leading to rather dramatic increases in their web traffic.
So, what happens to that traffic?
That’s where analysis and ultimately testing [...]

“The secret, if there is one, is to dump the flops as soon as they are recognized…But even the flops are valuable in certain ways…You can learn from successes but you have to work at it; it’s a lot easier to learn from a failure.”
 
- Lewis Lehr, former 3M CEO

Inaugural Testing Thursday Success!

Q: What happens when you combine a bunch of smart testing practitioners, 5 (yes, 5!) different testing vendors, Avinash Kaushik, and free drinks & appetizers?
A: A really good time, with ample helpings of witty banter and intelligent conversation!
Thanks to everybody who came out for the first Testing Thursday, it was great to see such an [...]

Defining Testing Thursdays

So you’re probably wondering, what’s Testing Thursdays all about? My hope is that it becomes the place people think of when they want to meet other testing practitioners and learn about testing and web optimization. I’d love for this site to serve as a type of wiki that supports multiple writers and discussions. [...]