I'm pleased to announce the release of AST's second newsletter, now titled Sapient Testing Magazine. You can download the December issue of Sapient Testing here. Along with this issue we have launched a website. Watch the site in the coming weeks. We will be publishing a 2008 editorial calendar, some writing guidelines, and possibly some interactive features for feedback and content distribution.

I want to take a second to thank our new editor, David Christiansen. David did an incredible job collecting and editing content, laying out the magazine, and getting this issue to production. As you read the magazine, please send David your feedback (good and bad) so he knows how to make the next issue even better. You can contact David at dave@techdarkside.

Karen Johnson and I recently did a webcast on software test design and planning. As always, I was thrilled to work with Karen on this. I listened to the webcast for the first time tonight and it's interesting to hear how the two of us approach the planning process differently. Worth a listen if you have an hour to kill. You can find it on SearchSoftwareQuality and I've linked to it on my media page. There is a short article that goes with it that you can find here.