It's bug bash day!

Today our team is holding a bug bash on our current development bits. What's a bug bash? It's where all the developers, testers, program managers, usability researchers, designers, documentation folks, and even sometimes marketing people, put aside their regular day-to-day duties and pound on the product to get as many eyes on the product as possible. Today's bug bash runs from 3-8pm, and as usual we'll have pizza and other fun food. Sometimes there's prizes for most bugs kept, most heinous bug, etc.

You know the bug bash is coming soon because everyone is acting shifty. People are commenting on great bugs they find, but not sharing details until the bash starts. This is “bug hoarding” and quite often happens in the hours leading up to the bash. Why log a bug at 2pm when you can get fame and sometimes fortune for logging it at 3? :)

And no, I haven't hoarded any bugs. Well, maybe 5...

[Author: Neil Enns]