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  • Where You Can Find Me in 2024
    All the events I’ll be at this year talking about software testing.
    software testing conferences

  • Engineering Joy
    Talking about what makes an enjoyable and psychologically safe workspace on the Engineering Joy podcast.
    software testing teamwork

  • Adobo and Avocados: Using data-driven decisions
    Talking about data driven decisions on the Adobo and Avocados podcast.
    software testing data

  • Agile Testing Days 2023 - Day 1
    My experience as a speaker on day 1 of ATD Germany 2023.
    software testing conferences

  • The 'What' of Data Driven Decisions
    What to ask when you want to make decisions with data.
    software testing data communication

  • Where You Can Find Me in 2023
    All the events I’ll be at this year talking about software testing.
    software testing conferences

  • Making an Impact Here
    Seeing the impact I’m making 6 months into my new role.
    software testing remote teamwork

  • The Unreported Bugs
    If nobody reports the bug, does it exist?
    software testing teamwork

  • Who Is Requesting This Feature Anyway?
    Who is really requesting this feature? And do we as a business care?
    software testing communication

  • "Getting Back" to Software Testing
    The truth is, I never left.
    software testing

  • Smashing My 2022 Automation Goal
    At the start of 2022, I set myself a goal. It might seem like a simple goal to some of you.
    software testing automation

  • Is it lonely in edge case land?
    Who decides what an edge case is?
    software testing

  • Interview Questions
    The questions I asked told me everything I needed to know about my future colleagues
    software testing

  • Adventures in Upcycling
    I love to upcycle in my spare time.
    upcycling

  • Running My First 'Bug Bash'
    I’d call it a roaring success!
    software testing remote teamwork

  • A Bug Bash By Any Other Name...
    What happens when you don’t call it a bug bash?
    software testing

  • Preparing for My First Bug Bash
    Learning where to begin.
    software testing remote teamwork

  • Getting Back to Testing With a Shiny New Blog
    I’m back doing hands on software testing!
    software testing

  • The Positivity in Community
    You don’t have to look far to find the positivity in community.
    community software testing

  • CommunityBoss and Remote Work Follow Up
    Checking in on remote work and CommunityBossing.
    community remote

  • What Are Your Most and Least Favourite Aspects Of Software Testing?
    Exploring is wonderful but missing bugs is tough.
    software testing

  • Software Testers Cannot Catch Everything
    Sure, that app might be buggy but we can’t catch everything.
    software testing

  • TestBash: Looking after Our Speakers Through Good Communication
    You can’t run a conference without speakers so look after them!
    community software testing conferences

  • Adventures in Upcycling
    I love to upcycle in my spare time.
    upcycling

  • When you try to stop testing…..you end up testing anyway
    Always be testing.
    software testing

  • Community Boss So Far
    3 months into CommunityBoss life.
    community software testing

  • Becoming a Community Boss
    Changing career path, or am I?
    community software testing

  • Google Maps Holiday
    When you need a quick mental break, take a Google Maps holiday.
    remote

  • Sharing Helps Us Learn
    The more we share, the more we learn.
    community software testing education

  • Organising a TinyTestBash
    A journey co-organising my first ever conference.
    community software testing conferences

  • My First Writers Piece for the Ministry of Testing
    I’m not a writer. Or am I?
    software testing

  • Communication Efforts Are Like Diets
    If something is really awful to do are you likely to stick with it?
    communication teamwork

  • Dynamic Tables in Automation
    Automating for dynamically changing tables on a UI using Selenium and Java.
    software testing automation

  • Whose Fault Is It Anyway?
    If we had all stopped focusing on whose fault it was anyway maybe we never would have gotten here.
    communication teamwork

  • TestBash Is It Just for Testers?
    Everyone can learn something from TestBash.
    community software testing conferences

This is a personal blog. The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my current or previous employers.

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