Words From a Purple Mind

Input on the important topics …to me of course

Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)

In every company/project the question always comes up on what the ratio should be. As we all know the ratio almost never comes out right but if you want info on how to estimate the ratio check this white paper out.

Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)


Broadcast Your Banner to Millions of Internet Surfers…Every Month…For Free

Would you like to own your own advertisement network, which will grow every day, where you can publish your own ads, affiliations, links etc… for Free?

I found this great site today that allows me to do just that. All I did was signup and post my banner. Sit back and watch the hits come through.


What do the search engines see when they come to your site?

Ever wonder what the search engines see when they come to your site? Do you have the correct headers set up? If you run the domain name through this tool, you will see what a search engine sees when they visit a web page (along with the pages headers).


Recommended: FREE keyword suggestion tool

This is a great tool for finding out what your customers are searching for. This can play a tremendous role in search engine optimization and advertising campaigns. You can bookmark this page, type in a term you are thinking of and the tool will show you how many times that word has been searched as well as other words that are like it.


Recommended: Error Search and Collaboration Site

How many times have you searched for hours on an error but couldn’t find an answer. I stumbled upon a very cool site called bug.gd today that I thought I’d share with everyone else.

The site’s goal is “No one should ever have to solve an error that someone else already solved”. I think that is a great goal.


MindSurf Conference Feedback

On 10/28/2008 I attended the 1st annual MindSurf Conference, which had various sessions for Business Analysis, Project Management and more. The sessions I thought that stood above the rest were:

  • So Who Does What Anyway? Sorting out Business Analysis and Project Management
  • Enterprise Analysis: Finding the Heart and Head of the Organization