Here are the slides and the transcript of my Agile Testing Days 2019 talk on the meaning of meaning: Imaging the following: An old office building in the vicinity of a big German car manufacturer. There is a meeting room, you know, one that’s been furbished a few decades ago. A lot of oak on… Continue Reading →
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 →
Sometimes it seems to me that software tester in general have a certain nag for linguistics and semantics in particular. Just have a look at all those testing Vs checking and DevOps articles (I’ll come back to the latter discussion later). Which is not overly surprising as semantics is about meaning, which on the other… 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 →