Mike Bland: posts tagged "TotT" Index of and tag-specific Atom feed for posts on Mike Bland's blog tagged: TotT 2025-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/tags/tott.xml Mike Bland mbland@acm.org https://mike-bland.com/about.html Tuple's Distributed podcast 2025-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 2025-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/03/27/tuples-distributed-podcast Jack Hannah of Tuple interviewed me for their new podcast, Distributed, about remote work and all the other things. And thanks to all the fancy video clips he gave me, I got fancy with embedding them. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Quality Work and Results Visibility 2023-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/28/quality-work-and-results-visibility Software Quality must be visible to promote a Quality Mindset that improves everyone's individual choices, ultimately minimizing complexity, risk, waste, and suffering. This visibility also reveals our common humanity. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Team/Organizational Alignment and Roadmap Programs 2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/25/team-and-organizational-alignment-and-roadmap-programs Team and organizational alignment is essential to making software quality a priority for everyone. Roadmap programs like Test Certified and Quality Quest help provide focus, shape conversations, and show results. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Revolution Fixit at Google 2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/09/revolution-fixit-at-google My Laggard encounter eventually inspired me to organize the Revolution Fixit in January 2008, launching new tools that drastically reduced suffering all across Google. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Formative Experiences at Google 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/02/formative-experiences-google I learned much more about software quality and automated testing at Google—but more importantly, I began learning how to change culture. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. My January 2015 Testing on the Toilet Flushy Award 2015-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 2015-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/01/08/tott-flushy-award I've been awarded a January 2015 "Flushy" award for being the first Xoogler (ex-Googler) to write Google Testing on the Toilet episodes. Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Official Heartbleed Testing on the Toilet Episode 2014-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 2014-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/05/06/heartbleed-tott The Google Testing on the Toilet team has published my episode about the Heartbleed bug, and other fronts are showing signs of progress Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Official Apple SSL Bug Testing on the Toilet Episode 2014-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 2014-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/04/15/goto-fail-tott The Google Testing on the Toilet team has published my episode about the Apple SSL bug, and I explain why this is for the greater social good. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. While My Heart Gently Bleeds 2014-04-13T00:00:00-04:00 2014-04-13T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/04/13/while-my-heart-gently-bleeds A Testing on the Toilet-inspired article about the Heartbleed bug and how it could have been prevented Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Fingers Crossed 2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/25/fingers-crossed Turns out I couldn't let the Apple SSL bug go quite yet, as I've submitted an article to Communications of the ACM for consideration Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Felina 2014-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/19/felina Hopefully the Apple SSL bug is out of my system, having given an AutoTest Boston lightning talk and written a Testing on the Toilet-esque article Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Still Reminiscing and Repeating Myself 2014-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 2014-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/02/05/still-reminiscing I spoke at the first Automated Testing Boston Meetup event, and have just posted on the AutoTest Central blog in the hopes of being useful Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Call me Ishmael 2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/08/10/call-me-ishmael The high-level cultural challenges to the adoption of automated developer testing at Google which the Testing Grouplet worked to overcome Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Mark Striebeck's European Lean IT Summit 2011 presentation 2012-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 2012-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/07/13/marks-lean-it-2011-preso Everything I've been saying and will say in this blog about the Testing Grouplet, Test Certified, and Fixits at Google, compressed Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Mercenaries 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/07/10/test-mercenaries A team of developers within Google dedicated to helping development teams participate in the Testing Grouplet's Test Certified program Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Chris/Jay Continuous Build 2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00 2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/06/21/chris-jay-continuous-build The homegrown continuous integration and test system that powered the Testing Grouplet's Test Certified program at Google before TAP Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Coding and Testing at Google, 2006 vs. 2011 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/12/02/coding-and-testing-at-google-2006-vs-2011 The before-and-after picture of the Testing Grouplet et. al.'s impact on Google Engineering Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. This week in my past Google life 2011-11-03T00:00:00-04:00 2011-11-03T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/11/03/recent-developments Publicly-facing details about Google to which I contributed in a significant way Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Testing on the Toilet 2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/10/25/testing-on-the-toilet The Testing Grouplet's weekly publication for spreading testing news and views throughout Google, in the most opportune of places Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Testing Grouplet 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/09/27/testing-grouplet The grassroots volunteer team which made automated developer testing a core practice of Google engineering culture--and had fun doing it Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Grouplets 2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/09/20/grouplets Google Engineering Grouplets, aka Intergroups, Intergrouplets: Volunteers using their 20% time to make Google Engineering better Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details.