Bio
I’ve been in testing and QA since 1998 (yes, we had computers way back then).
Since then I got some time off for two people shaped development projects of my own.
I am cat slave to a very large and opinionated Tuxedo Tom who likes walking across keyboards and spilling tea.
Doing talks and writing blogs were not something I was comfortable with so I challenged myself to do a lot of them in 2018 which was an interesting and social experiment. It also led to me making new wonderful friends which is one of the best outcomes of breaking out of any comfort zone.
For 2019, I am going to (re)learn C#, start to play the drums, study Italian and continue to use my evil powers for good.
My Talks
150 hours of testing
Do you have responsibility for teaching people how to test?
This is a talk about a technical experiment - how I went from a tiny idea about Javascript training to delivering a full learning framew...
Am I going to smash my phone? - A testers guide to uncovering issues via risk assessment
In Agile, we think of risk at a low level. Timed right, requirements can be edited quickly and code fixed on the fly.
DevOps comes with new bigger risks especially for those working on large scal...
A whole team approach to uncovering risk
In agile, we think of risk at a low level. Timed right, requirements can be edited quickly and code fixed on the fly. DevOps has new bigger risks especially for those working on large scale releas...
How incorporating accessibility into your product design can make the world a better place
The moral reasons for creating accessible sites were not enough to convince some firms to do this. Groups representing those with accessibility needs have started court cases for discrimination aga...
How to get stated with testing Progressive Web Apps
First proposed by Google in 2015, Progressive web apps (PWAs) are now in the infant stage of their development. As with any child, people are curious about which developmental direction the technol...
The BS* of BDD (*Basic Sham) - How to fix it when your BDD is not working
BDD was introduced as a great development in delivery. Using it we would have closer team collaboration and the right requirements turned into delivered components. What could go wrong? Plenty!
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