QA read

I get these monthly, some are interesting, some bring up obvious points. This interview with Michael Bolton has a couple viewpoints that are new and different.

Part 1 http://blog.utest.com/testing-the-limits-with-michael-bolton-part-i-2/2011/10/
Part 2 http://blog.utest.com/testing-the-limits-with-michael-bolton-part-ii-2/2011/10/

“You’re not a gatekeeper of quality; you’re a speed bump on the road to quality.”
“Formal testing”, which often takes the form of dog-and-pony shows for regulators or auditors, is one thing. Testing to make sure that people don’t die or lose a fortune or pile on some horrible risk is another thing. Excellent testing of the former kind of testing depends on excellent testing of the latter kind.
Okay, let me give you a few things that you can say about both sex and testing:
a) Don’t ever, ever use it to hurt or embarrass people.
b) We shouldn’t be scared to learn about it, because if we are, many people will be inclined do it irresponsibly and unsafely, which leads to it being not fun at all.
c) It’s how the human species has survived this long, although not without some cost.
d) Don’t let your eyes make your decisions for you. The good-looking ones aren’t always the best, or the best for you.
e) Whatever your thinking about human sexuality might be, ideas weren’t meant to be monogamous, and they weren’t meant to live alone. Let ideas be frisky, and let them play with each other and make new ideas together. That goes double for ideas about testing.