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Google seems to have conflicting priorities. On one hand, they appear to be the all-loving benevolent indexers, content to stay in the background, the original idea being that they could figure out natural behavior online and use that behavior to display the most relevant information on any given query. At least that’s how I always thought a search engine was supposed to work. …continue reading Google Guidelines. The Ends Produce the Means. Which Produce the Ends. Again.

My wife and I are expecting our first February 10th. For a while now, we’ve been pretty settled on a name. Grayson Andrew Nagy. Lately, however, we’ve been debating on the middle name. I like the idea of naming my son after me without creating a Jr., but some youth from our church suggested a fantastic alternative. They said his middle name should start with a “U” so his initials could be GUN. Yes, that would be sweet, but what good middle name starts with “U”? …continue reading The Internet Named My Baby

I’m a relative newbie to online business. The two years I’ve been doing this may not have produced the grand-master of all internet marketing ways, but I’ve learned a few things. One of those things is (sadly) how to be cynical when it comes to tricks, tips, blogs, and reports. …continue reading It Just Makes Sense, Right?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction. Perhaps I should call it wishful thinking, but I’m not sure whether I really would like this to happen or not. First, some background.

Google is King

Google is the dominant search engine. With this power has come great responsibility to continue to innovate, return better results, etc. Unfortunately, their fame has come at a great cost. …continue reading Will Google Split?

But you, O Bethlehem, who are too small to be counted among the clans of Judah, from you will come one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming is from of old, from ancient days. And he will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will dwell secure, for he shall be great to the ends of earth. And he shall be their peace.

Forget the thoughts and memories and tradition that comes to you from hearing this. Read it and think it with a fresh mind. It’s a beautiful thing. From the weak, the humble, the poor, comes the strength of the LORD. He has chosen the things that are weak not to put to shame the things that are strong, the foolish to put to shame the wise. For those like me, that’s an immense comfort.

Dear son,

As I anticipate the day upon which you are born, I think about what you will be like. What advice I will give you when you’re older. What hardships you might go through. I realize that since you are my son, you will likely be somewhat like me. If that is indeed the case, then I want to prepare you for the most probable outcome. …continue reading To My Son, from a Mediocre Man

So you’ve found the bug and know exactly (hopefully) how to reproduce it. Now you’ve got to tell someone, and that someone is likely the developer. So how do you go about documenting and submitting the bug? Here are some helpful tips for the end of the process:

Documentation

It’s great to find bugs, but if you can’t or don’t explain them properly to the person responsible for fixing the bug, at best you’ll confuse/frustrate him while wasting his time, and at worst you could prevent the bug from being fixed at all. There are two key principles in documenting a bug. Specificity and perspicuity (or being clear).

…continue reading Beta Testing and Web Development - Documentation and Verification

Methods for Bug Discovery

There are two primary methods for discovering bugs and. The first method is natural testing, and the second is systematic testing.

Be Natural

There are two perspectives we usually test from. The customer and the back end user. Both of these perspectives need to be tested extensively so we can be sure orders can be placed and all normal functions performed. So when you start testing, pick a perspective and test from it. Don’t meander around, aimlessly pushing buttons and links. While you may find bugs this way, it’s generally a waste of your time. We need to target the important processes and move down from there.

…continue reading Beta Testing and Web Development - Bug Discovery

For the first installment of this series, I’d like to set some parameters. So here are some basic definitions:

Beta Testing - For the purpose of this series, this will refer to testing a website to find bugs (see definition 2) and document them.

Bug - Anything that deviates from the standard or normal function. It’s anything that is not how it’s supposed to be, not just something that generates an error. …continue reading Beta Testing and Web Development - Some Definitions