Oh, no! Another semantics post. Well, yes. Since semantics is at the core of many misunderstandings, it’s worth looking at it from just another perspective in order to see if your meaning is my meaning. When speaking of semantics and meaning, we need to distinguish between words that carry meaning and those that are primarily used… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, testing is all about knowledge. Acquiring knowledge, having knowledge, providing knowledge, sharing knowledge. I will exclude specific domain knowledge for this blog post, not neglecting it being of utmost value. This post is about testing knowledge and its acquisition. For me an important part of acquiring knowledge is reading blogs. There are… Continue Reading →
From time to time, mostly when discussing, you will hear someone say “This is just semantics!” implying that a group should get back to topic and not loose itself in details. I really hate that phrase! And let me tell you why. As I pointed out in my post on communication the content or meaning… Continue Reading →
This is a topic I have been thinking about for quite a while. Every now and then I stumble about things related to software testing (e.g. in my last post) that remind me about something called prototype theory. What is prototype theory then? Prototype theory is a theory (who would have guessed?) about mental representation… Continue Reading →