I’m not sure what to think about Sony’s forthcoming reality show “The Tester“. On one hand, they’re mocking quality assurance by turning it into a competition. On the other hand they’ll hopefully get people to talk about testing issues and this is a rare public look into what is usually a secretive business.

Bugzilla, why can’t I select from a list of the most common people to assign a bug to? Instead of that, I have to use my powers as a bugzilla admin to look through the user database and find the e-mail address of the person I want, since otherwise I might use the wrong one. [...]

There has been some really interesting discussion at two very different places recently regarding the quality of life issues for developers. I just wanted to point them out, because I think they’re important not just for developers, but for Quality Assurance personnel as well. I don’t think it is even possible to get a job [...]

Overall I want a lot from Bugzilla that it doesn’t deliver yet. Most of all, I want Google Gears support. Why? Because then I can edit/add to bugs when I’m offline and come back later and have it actually do the changes. It’ll make it more likely that I work through my bug lists instead [...]