Category Archive for ‘Community’ 
More Cool Stuff from AST
In July I blogged about being nominated for a position on the Board of Directors for the Association for Software Testing. You can find more on AST at the website. Its a cool group made up of interesting people. So last week we got together and ta...
That big wall called a form.
I hate climbing walls.
It’s my pet hate.
“Hey you. Yes you. We have this free digital thing. It’s worth lots of money, but we are giving it away for free. Just go here to get it now.”
They don’t tell you that it involves filling in a form t...
A nice way to access a new feature from Rapportive
I’ve been using Rapportive since it came out. If you are not, you may want to sign yourself up.
It is so useful having information on people next to emails in your inbox. It makes it that bit easier to get to know the person you are about to emai...
Surprising people with LinkedIn Recommendations
It’s nice to get a LinkedIn recommendation out of the blue.
Every so often I look back on the recent relationships I have built and wonder who I can leave a surprise LinkedIn recommendation for.
It is a simple action. Takes 5 minutes. Is hopefully of...
A Moment's Thought: AST and Walking Among the Mighty
The morning of June 24, I opened my email and found a message that said, in part:...you have been nominated for AST's 2011-2012 Board of Directors Election. The Nominations and Elections Committee needs to confirm you are willing to run for the Board O...
LinkedIn has turned into one big marketing spam fest
Probably not 100% true, but not far off.
In 2007 I started a Software Testing Club LinkedIn group to support the software testing community I had created several months earlier. At the time it was a *new* thing. And from what I discovered it was al...
Jun 21, 2011: In The Brain of Pekka Klarck, Acceptance testing and ATDD with Robot Framework at Skills Matter Limited
In this remote session, Pekka Klarck -- author of the Robot Framework -- will provide you with a thorough introduction of the most important features of the Robot framework, its history, and the typical use cases.
This is a rare opportunity to have your questions answered by the author of the ...
An automated testing journey
I did a presentation this evening in Brisbane on an automated testing journey that one may embark on. The whole thing was centered around this tube map style diagram I came up with recently: (download in PDF)
Here’s a link to my prezi slides and it ...
Entaggle – a website built on reputation
Elizabeth Henderickson has create a new website called Entaggle which allows users to tag another user with a reputation tag. I think this is a brilliant idea and in our testing community this may hold more *weight* than a traditional cv.
Check it ou...
Manoj Nair's experience of adding great value as a tester
Manoj Nair is the co-founder of Weekend Testing and works for an organization that has a worldwide presence. The core business of the organization he works for, is to help people shop, online or at their stores. He functions as a Senior Tester for projects that are to be deployed ...
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