In recent months, we’ve ‘tested the limits’ with QA notables like
James Whittaker, Rosie Sherry and Andrew Muns. This month, we’re jumping
over to the dev side of the aisle by sitting down with Jack Margo, SVP of
Internet Operations at Developer Shed .
Developer Shed is owned by Ziff-Davis and manages a bunch of tech sites —
many devoted to open source technologies and communities. They serve
millions of visitors per month, for every breed of developer. Topics range
from troubleshooting an Apache web server to programming a complicated Java
application to successfully marketing a website. Their tagline says it all:
“Tools for Geeks!”
Today, we talk about what developers really think about testers, Jack’s
take on Microsoft vs. open source, the reason he’s mad at Java... (more)
Speaking of the mobile app market blowing up, I wanted to give you a heads up
regarding a great mobile event: Under the Radar on 11/19 in Mountain View,
CA.
From global carriers and handset manufacturers to media companies, branding
partners, press and VCs — anyone who’s anyone leveraging new mobile tech
and interested in catching a glimpse of the 2010 mobile marketplace should
attend.... (more)
Your computer just crashed taking with it that document you’ve been working
on for the past hour. Naturally, you cry out in anguish over all those
terrible software bugs that conspire to crash your computer and drive you
nuts. But new evidence suggests that something else could be the cause: bad
memory.
Google just announced the results of a new study based on the thousands of
servers... (more)
Last night, I attended a very thought-provoking Ad Club (#adclub) event,
“All About Crowdsourcing,” featuring authors Edward Boches and John
Winsor. John, VP of Strategy & Innovation at Crispin, Porter & Bogusky,
recently wrote a piece in BusinessWeek about what crowdsourcing means for
innovation. Edward, Chief Creative Officer/Chief Social Media Officer at
Mullen, is a marketing guru an... (more)
Last night, our development team unleashed version 2.7 of the uTest
platform. This release includes some great enhancements – many of which
were based on requests from our customers. We’re especially excited about
a few features in particular:
Enhanced Mobile Releases
Mobile app testing has always been something we’re proud of, but as the
number of mobile testers and customers has grown... (more)
Jennifer Moebius, Public Relations Manager at uTest, champions media efforts, analyst relations and speaking/awards programs. A media maven and creative writer, Jennifer’s accomplishments include feature articles in BusinessWeek, Fortune, Dow Jones, The New York Times and Investor’s Business Daily. Prior to uTest, Jennifer was Senior Account Executive at boutique PR firm Emerge Public Relations where she managed PR programs for a variety of tech clients including Burton Group, Information Builders, Action Engine, Tizor Systems, good2gether and Harvard Business Publishing.
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