When you are cooking spaghetti, one way to tell if it’s done is yank one of the noodles out of the boiling water and fling it against the wall. If it sticks, then it’s done. Ready to eat.
So why is this blog called “spaghetti testing”? Well, I work in communications and publishing for the Canadian federal government in Ottawa, and like a growing number of my colleagues, I realize that we need to get our heads around social media, online networking and web 2.0. We need to find out what sticks.
And so, here I am. I decided to start this blog in an attempt to find out what works, what doesn’t and where to go from here.
What's a spaghetti test?
Love the name of blog…also relates to Ted video by Malcolm Gladwell: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html
[...] that. They also didn’t see the product-market fit. New product release at Google seems to use the spaghetti test rule (maybe this is just a Canadian thing?). Let’s not do a lot of user testing (outside of the [...]
Awesome tag.
Looking forward to seeing what sticks!