tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post390989391788819643..comments2024-03-28T12:11:07.539+05:30Comments on Thinking Tester: Here comes my 100th post ...Shrini Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-49982826389425641142008-03-19T16:22:00.000+05:302008-03-19T16:22:00.000+05:30First I would like to thank you for all your posts...First I would like to thank you for all your posts and the learning they leave for readers.<BR/><BR/>>> There is one contradiction that I am not able to solve. If I am blogging for myself (for my satisfaction) should I bother about my readers – their choices, likes/dislikes? <BR/><BR/>My view on this is - You should write for your satisfaction but to keep the interest of a wide range of readers you can include variety. If you write just for your readers you yourself might lose interest in the content someday.<BR/><BR/>>> Should I worry about responding to the comments?<BR/>This could be personal choice but still I guess if a reader is asking for clarification or challenging your idea or adding another view; he would expect a reply. <BR/><BR/>>> Should you bother about me blogging or not …. <BR/><BR/>Yes. You should keep blogging because there are many passive blog readers (like me) who not only read your blogs but also learn from your experiences/stories. I agree that when communication is one-way, learning is affected but still its a fact that many readers do not leave comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-17887843884502540142008-03-18T11:42:00.000+05:302008-03-18T11:42:00.000+05:30After reading your blog i felt like the feelings h...After reading your blog i felt like the feelings have came out without any hitch from your heart. I am very much motivated by your post as my state till now is also like yours was long time back that i feel choked out after writing few lines. It reminds me of a very good example which you gave me which goes like:<BR/>"Close your eyes and drink milk like cat without bothering about rest of the world and enjoy the feeling". <BR/>I guess that a large testing community is getting attached by means of your blogs and the way you respond to their comments which means that you should always respect the people by responding to their comments which you do very generously and thats the way to go.Madhukar Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304311670407522649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-28974108285279783412008-03-18T03:21:00.000+05:302008-03-18T03:21:00.000+05:30Thanks Pradeep,Your views and encouraging words .....Thanks Pradeep,<BR/><BR/>Your views and encouraging words .. I can see my 200th ... even 1000th post ...now. I think I can go on ....<BR/><BR/>>>How about Jonathan Kohl's blog where readers can't comment? Isn't it a successful and important blog for the community?<BR/><BR/>Personally I like Kohl's blog very much. There is a part I don't like about that - readers can not comment. That is his decision not to allow comments. I not sure about the decision. Is the blog popular - yes. Do I like it - yes. Is there anything that I would like to change on that blog - yes. Enable comments.<BR/><BR/>>>> To me success of a post that I write is the influence it has on one's testing.<BR/>I agree with that. Comments are one way of knowing if I have influenced any one's thinking. Sometimes I get mails about a blog post - that is plus point. Yes, I too learn from the comments.<BR/><BR/>ShriniShrini Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-40887419535962492872008-03-17T16:24:00.000+05:302008-03-17T16:24:00.000+05:30If I am blogging for myself (for my self satisfact...<I>If I am blogging for myself (for my self satisfaction) should I bother about my readers – their choices, likes/dislikes? Should I worry about responding to the comments? </I><BR/><BR/>You and me are catering to testers and of course, we are testers too and hence I guess our reader base is certainly interested.<BR/><BR/>How interested they get depends on a variety of things. For instance, I am not sure how many would appreciate the discussion of Schools of testing because not knowing them might not make any difference to their testing but I certainly enjoyed those posts from you.<BR/><BR/>Some other tester might be interested at the career tip you have given them through a post which doesn't interest me.<BR/><BR/>So writing diversified things <BR/>attracts reader base.<BR/><BR/>If you have had job offers, students, people mailing you, and a lot of other stuff through this blog then it means you are going fine, I'd wish you to continue doing what you are doing. Speak out your brain and heart, nothing more than that would sound genuine.<BR/><BR/>In your 100th post you have spoken your heart and that's something great for me.<BR/><BR/><I>In my opinion, a success of blog can be judged in terms of the number and quality of comments. Number – because it is an indicative of number of readers of the blog who not only spent time with the blog also went further to write a comment.</I><BR/><BR/>How about Jonathan Kohl's blog where readers can't comment? Isn't it a successful and important blog for the community?<BR/><BR/>Although I get a lot of comments [ a lot compared to my previous posts, sometimes ] I don't see that as a factor of making me think that I am successful at it.<BR/><BR/>To me success of a post that I write is the influence it has on one's testing. I have seen people commenting, "Fantastic blog Pradeep" and do nothing different than what they had been doing and also have seen people not commenting but coming back after an year and saying, "That post changed my perception" and that's success.<BR/><BR/>The time we spend to educate others or educate ourselves should be converted to an influence.<BR/><BR/>However I see comments as a way my readers are helping me to learn. Some share their stories and some let me know in what context an idea I proposed would fail.<BR/><BR/>If there are 2000000 comments and I haven't learned anything from it then it is equal to not having any comment. When I get 2000000 comments I at least learn one thing - that there are so many people reading/commenting or Spammer took over.<BR/><BR/>I have figured this out: It is not important to have a million readers who are not influenced by my writing but it is important to have at least a few who feel influenced by my writing.<BR/><BR/>Your writing has influenced me and many others, I guess. So your blog is successful.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed some of my blog posts that my readers did not. My readers helped me understand that something I wrote was great to them. I forgot and move on to the next post.<BR/><BR/>Writing once a month for the sake of writing might not be a good idea. If I have a great idea but don't know how to express it, I don't blog. If I don't have an idea, I don't blog. If I have an idea and know a way to express it but don't have time for it, I postpone it.<BR/><BR/>I publish a post when it passes "Pradeep's test". I have at least 54 posts still lying in the draft. It didn't pass my test but some of them are very interesting. Quite often I look at them and see if I have some more evidence or an innovative way to say the same and then test it. If it passes, there is another post from me.<BR/><BR/>Although Lesson's learned in software testing by Cem Kaner, James Bach and Bret Pettichord might be the highest selling Testing book, some authors claim their books as highest selling.<BR/><BR/>I don't know which book is the highest selling but I know of people who have read more than one testing book ( out of which LLIST is one of them ) and LLIST has had a greater influence on them.<BR/><BR/>Which is successful? The one that sold a million copies and influenced none or the one that influenced that sold in lakhs and influenced thousands ?Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.com