Bug Hunt 3.0 – Montreal Application Testing Session kicks off

By ildar Jul 29th 2011 in Community

While sitting at the latest Bug Hunt 3.0 (held at Notman house) I realized just how more effective it is compared to solo bug hunts.

At Notman it’s 15 techies actively looking for bugs in a live shoulder-to-shoulder environment. You are not sitting alone in some dark room, but surrounded by people that get it. You can lean over to your neighbour and point out a bug that you just found. Live chatter fills the room and collective juices start to rise. This makes you feel like you’re participating in an actual bug hunt and not some bug chore.

There is a large projection on the wall showing all of the latest findings in a Google Docs Spreadsheet. As soon as someone discovers a bug they can post it up on the wall with their name next to the comment.

Bug Hunt 3.0 had well balanced mix of companies, ranging from visually rich iPhone apps to more complex Hosting Control Panels.

The event is becoming more popular in Montreal’s tech community with almost all “guinea-pig” slots being filled weeks prior to the event. This was the 3rd addition of the event and it has already helped 13 entities ranging from small start-ups to companies like iWeb.com.

If you would like to participate in the event as a tester or the test subject please ping Heri (@heri) or Greg (@paisible) on twitter or come by the Notmas house. Word of advice to companies that would like to have their products tested: provide clear instructions to follow, define exactly what you want users to do with your product.

As always a big thank you goes out to Notman house for graciously providing the space for this and many other Tech events in the greater Montreal region.

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Greg August 04, 2011

There was a great mix of companies, and loads of bugs found once again.. The interesting thing about these events (and something that at first doesn’t seem intuitive) is that the process of finding bugs becomes fun, like a game : seeing the number of bugs pile up in the shared Google Docs is somehow rewarding for the bug-finders, and they therefore ask for more time before going on the next product !
Quality event, and great for anyone who has a product at a pre-launch (or even launched) stage.

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Greg August 04, 2011

There was a great mix of companies, and loads of bugs found once again.. The interesting thing about these events (and something that at first doesn't seem intuitive) is that the process of finding bugs becomes fun, like a game : seeing the number of bugs pile up in the shared Google Docs is somehow rewarding for the bug-finders, and they therefore ask for more time before going on the next product !
Quality event, and great for anyone who has a product at a pre-launch (or even launched) stage.

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