Rick Scott

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Rick Scott is a Canadian philosopher-geek who's profoundly interested in how we can collaborate to make technology work better for everyone. He's an incorrigible idealist, an open source contributor, and a staunch believer in testing, universal access, and the hacker ethic. When he's not in front of a computer, you'll find him out on the hiking trails, in the kitchen turning out cupcakes, or cleaning up his viola technique in the basement.

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Rick Scott

Rick Scott is a Canadian philosopher-geek who's profoundly interested in how we can collaborate to make technology work better for everyone. Rick's an incorrigible idealist, an open source contributor, and a staunch believer in testing, universal access, and the hacker ethic. When he's not in front of a computer, you'll find Rick hiking, making cupcakes, or honing his viola technique.

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	The Independent Double-CheckWhen someone gives us a piece of code to test, they are telling us, either implicitly or explicitly, "This code works correctly." If we accept this assertion without verifying it for ourselves, we have failed as testers. While it seems unlikely that we would ever let such an assertion go unchallenged, it is easier to do than one might think.
	Where Worlds Collide: Integrate New Perspectives into Your TestingR
	Bare Minimum Internationalization of SoftwareInternationalization isn’t only about dealing with other nationalities and languages. It’s about creating software for a multicultural world. Even if the software you’re testing won’t be translated entirely into another language, it still should meet some basic requirements for international visitors.
	Is It Beautiful?—Aesthetics in Software TestingWith all the faces it presents, surely software can be said to possess or lack beauty. But, what does it mean to have beautiful software, and how do we evaluate it? In this installment of his series on philosophy and testing, Rick Scott takes a closer look at software aesthetics.
	Logic and Software TestingF
	As Testers, How Do We Know What We Know?S
	Testing MetaphysicsM
	The Case for Ethics in Software TestingA
	Philosophy and Software Testing One of the things Rick Scott adores about the field of software testing is how intertwined it is with that of philosophy. Substantial discussion of testing very quickly segues into such philosophical domains as aesthetics, epistemology, and ethics.