<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post9217041689203955810..comments</id><updated>2009-07-21T08:13:31.743-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on PRACTICAL QA: EVERYONE’S A PHILOSOPHER</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/feeds/9217041689203955810/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html'/><author><name>Linda Wilkinson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00169605697016362254</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-740371384994725603</id><published>2009-07-21T06:53:47.969-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T06:53:47.969-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Today, I read a few of your recent blog posts afte...</title><content type='html'>Today, I read a few of your recent blog posts after following the dialog(?) with Matt on Metrics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not subscribe to thoughts of anyone without reason however high from the heaven he speaks. There are testing greats and then there is the hard practicality of dealing with testing challenges on a daily basis...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would say - Let the wind blow from all sides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I say to you - Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere on the Wild Wild Web I read:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The winds of change are gonna blow you away,&lt;br /&gt;Seek the centre of the storm each day.&lt;br /&gt;The winds of change are gonna tear you apart,&lt;br /&gt;Find the silence of the peaceful heart.&amp;quot;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/740371384994725603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/740371384994725603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html?showComment=1248173627969#c740371384994725603' title=''/><author><name>SandeepMaher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10507374273835680123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-9217041689203955810' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/posts/default/9217041689203955810' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-4865071196367013807</id><published>2009-06-03T13:41:52.624-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T13:41:52.624-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting mix of comments here -

I very much ap...</title><content type='html'>Interesting mix of comments here -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I very much appreciate the compliment, Anne-Marie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark, I have no idea what a &amp;quot;personality cult&amp;quot; is, and wasn&amp;#39;t quite sure what to make of your comment, but here it is... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Linda</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/4865071196367013807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/4865071196367013807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html?showComment=1244050912624#c4865071196367013807' title=''/><author><name>Linda Wilkinson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00169605697016362254</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18155761671533386461'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-9217041689203955810' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/posts/default/9217041689203955810' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-1321194525642396788</id><published>2009-06-03T05:29:09.525-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T05:29:09.525-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It would be wonderful if as a profession we could ...</title><content type='html'>It would be wonderful if as a profession we could focus on the paragraph after &amp;quot;Go for it..&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead we seem to be focused on the personality cult of several testing gurus and not heading towards the &amp;#39;common truth&amp;#39; that we need.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/1321194525642396788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/1321194525642396788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html?showComment=1244021349525#c1321194525642396788' title=''/><author><name>Mark Crowther</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11540303029361604504</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-9217041689203955810' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/posts/default/9217041689203955810' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-3350758819416445775</id><published>2009-06-02T14:19:56.250-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T14:19:56.250-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Linda, you are the expert in commensense software ...</title><content type='html'>Linda, you are the expert in commensense software testing, your words are refreshing in a world of arid conformity. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Many thanks for once again voicing my thoughts in a way far better than I could possibly attempt.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/3350758819416445775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/9217041689203955810/comments/default/3350758819416445775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html?showComment=1243966796250#c3350758819416445775' title=''/><author><name>anne-marie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05251671179559459913</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.practicalqa.com/2009/06/everyones-philosopher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598050329177872056.post-9217041689203955810' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7598050329177872056/posts/default/9217041689203955810' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>