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 Episode 27 features a special guest, Shaun Bradshaw. Shaun primarily discusses metrics. What are metrics? Why use them? Michael can't seem to understand the good of metrics even though Shaun brings up several examples. Shaun discusses the Bug Bounce and Rayleigh's Curve. We talk about some of the dangers of metrics but also the good. Shaun shares his knowledge about metrics in the Agile process versus the waterfall process. Shaun even get's a moniker thanks to Emily.
Music for this podcast is from the Free Music Archive.
The artist is Damscray and the song is Rural Metric Seven.

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 Episode 26 is the social network. Special guest Todd Nilson speaks about social media. Is it important for software testers? Todd makes the case. Emily discusses her personal use of social media and how it benefitted her. Michael sticks up for the printing press.

-Music for this episode provided by Ultracat. The song is "One nice thing once a day"

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 Interview with James Bach. He talks about software testing. We get him to talk about his website satisfice.com, why software testers don't seem to take software testing seriously, and philosophy. Emily gets James to discuss 'the next big thing' but the answer probably wasn't what either of us expected.
Had to repost the podcast because of technical issues.

Music for this episode was provided by the Free Music Archive. The performer is Trash80 and the song is Missing You.

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 Episode 24. Is software testing an art or a science? Emily and Michael discuss this question. And they seem to agree on the answer.

Music for this episode is Chris Zabriskie with the song John Stockton Slow Drag. Music is provided by the Free Music Archive.

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 Episode 23 is about taxes. Well it relates to taxes. Okay it only slightly relates to taxes. April 15th is traditionally the tax day. In recognition of that, the show starts by talking about bug taxonomy. What is it? Emily and Michael discuss that but then leap into the main theme for the show, accessibility. They talk about what it means for software or websites to be accessible and how to test for it. User acceptance testing is discussed. Michael and Emily discuss whether testers can be 'users'. Michael talks about the Therac-25.
The episode ends with an invitation to join us on the show, simply email admin@softwaretestpodcast.com and you can be a part of a future podcast.
Music for this episode was by Chris Zabriskie and the song is called Prelude 18. Music is provided by the Free Music Archive.
Happy tax day everyone.

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 Who tests the testers? What's a review? Emily and Michael discuss reviews including personal reviews and independent reviews. Michael does a long discussion on the difference between verification and validation. Are they different? Emily discusses who's the best person to do a review. Michael has a bet. Is it a good thing?
Happy Easter everyone from the staff of www.softwaretestpodcast.com
Music for this episode is by 8-bit Ninjas and the song is Shiny Spaceship. Music is provided by the Free Music Archive.

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 Episode 21 is on TCQAA, the Twin Cities Quality Assurance Association. Joining us are the President of TCQAA, Melissa Stone and the previous president, Stephan Kieu. They talk about what TCQAA is and what it does. Emily's secret TCQAA ties are revealed. Emily discusses TCQAA from time to time on previous podcasts so we wanted to provide some insight into it. We discuss some general software testing topics and talk again about the Agile process.
Music for this podcast is from Free Music Archive.
The artist is Yacht and the song is "I'm in love with a ripper (party mix) (instrumental)"

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 Episode 20 is here. Due to production delays and faulty equipment, Episode 20 took much longer to deliver than anticipated. But the long delay was worth it. Emily and Michael are joined by a special guest, Bob Crews from Checkpoint Technologies, Inc out of Tampa, Florida. Bob discusses a gamut of software testing topics from automation testing to favorite books to being a good tester all the way to software project management. He shares some experiences that shaped his views on software testing.
Emily says there's one moment in every podcast where she says something she regrets. See if you can find that moment.
Michael just seems to ask the same questions over and over.
Emily finally tells a software test joke.
Music for this episode was provided by Bogdan and the song is Phase Transition. As always, music is provided by the Free Music Archive, http://freemusicarchive.org/

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Episode 19 is our 'show errors' episode. We discuss the many, many errors that Emily and Michael have committed during the 18 previous episodes. Michael discusses how he thinks his description of the difference between software testing and software quality assurance was in error. Emily discusses her distinction between Sweden and Switzerland. After discussing the many show errors, the duo discuss software testing axioms. Michael defines what an axiom is and then they discuss the axioms that all software testers should know. The show finishes with a testing tip from Michael about using the benefits of the information age.
Music for this episode is provided by Evgeny Grinko and the song is Sunset. Music is provided by Free Music Archive.

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Episode 18. This episode is all about contracting. We have a special guest Mike Faulise of TAP|QA. He discusses the perceptions of software test contractors and why someone would enjoy being a contractor. He discusses the challenges he has encountered in his work. Mike talks about stress testing and some of the tools he has used or encountered in his work. He talks about how he goes about hiring a software tester and the qualities he looks for.

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