Re: Toronto Testing Meetup, June Workshop
An Opening Comment Since beginning of this year, I’ve been running Toronto chapter of Weekend Testing Americas, mixing online and live events. As we’re expanding, I was presented an opportunity (i.e. a...
View ArticleReview: Driving While Driven: The Way of the Skilled Tester
I attended a webinar provided by Association for Software Testing. I took notes and organized my review in a structured form: Purpose – Attendance – Content – Experience – Cost – Organization –...
View Article“Why should I test my program?”
..Another lunch break, and Quora suggests that I might be the right person to answer this question. Why, yes, I’m taking on it. “Why should I test my program?” – Answer: As a tester, I avoid jumping...
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Re: Toronto Testing Meetup, July Workshop
Seems like it’s been just a few days, but it’s been a month – time for another workshop in our testing meetup! This time we had even bigger attendance. Below I share my experience report. Participants...
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“Professional Growth Leads and Hacks”
“Professional Growth Leads and Hacks” is a lightning talk I gave at the Toronto Testing Meetup. These are not the only ideas, but those I tested myself and turned out to be rather great. Intended...
View ArticleDialectical Materialism in Testing
Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of science and nature, based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Wikipedia Dialectic (also dialectics and the dialectical method), from Ancient...
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Had a blast at CAST!
Achievements unlocked! :) 1st time at the conference in North America 1st time at software testing conference 1st time at CAST 1st time a speaker in English 1st time conducted Workshop 1st time gave...
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Had a blast at CAST, played testing games
This time I’m telling about my workshop experiences, including a session of Avalon gameplay with testers at CAST. TDD Workshop by Robert Sabourin I really enjoyed the workshop. Though the most...
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Had a blast at CAST, from keynotes to talks
Running Context Driven Testing Meetup In Your City Lightning Talks is a very fast paced method of conferring. To make sure I get the most of 5 minutes time frame I put together main points in my...
View ArticleHad a blast at CAST, Yay for KWSQA!
Today I’m going to present a talk on Web Accessibility and Accessibility Testing Heuristics at the conference of Kitchener Waterloo Software Quality Association. Maybe I’m driving at this moment while...
View ArticleA cross-referencing experiment
A few years ago I started using my notebook regularly inspired by Michael Bolton’s article “Exploratory Tester’s Notebook”. Then, as I moved up to lead roles, I got busier with different stuff, and my...
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Context Driven Mind
These are the points I captured while reading Introduction to the book “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” by Dr. Daniel J. Levitin. I put my points and...
View ArticleTesters listen to Sceptoid
“How can I learn about critical thinking? What are the examples? How to apply it in testing?” If you’re asking such questions for yourself or for coaching of your team I can help you with a perfect...
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PACE COLT: KWSQA 2015 “Targeting Quality”
Last week I attended and presented at the conference organized by Kitchener Waterloo Software Quality Association. I took notes and organized my review in a structured form: Purpose – Attendance –...
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Key principles for business-driven development
“Key principles for business-driven development” is IBM article that I recently read and liked very much. It aligns quite well with the concepts of context-driven testing, but looks at the whole...
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Energy Management vs. Time Management
These are the points I captured while reading 1st part of “Too much information, too many decisions” chapter of the book “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” by...
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Manage Focus Of Your Attention
These are the points I captured while reading 2nd part of “Too much information, too many decisions” chapter of the book “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” by...
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Draw Attention With Visual Test Reports
Leave a comment if you first looked at the pictures before reading this text! As I was putting together notes in my book review I made an entry regarding Attention Filter. Recap: Attention Filter...
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Re: Toronto Testing Meetup, October Workshops
It’s past 4th Wednesday in October – time for the report on monthly workshop of our testing meetup! In fact, there was another one on 2nd Wednesday – and you’ll see why. Job Finding Club Our leadership...
View ArticleShadow Work In Testing
This writing is a cross-reference to the post Manage Focus Of Your Attention with regards to the concept of Shadow Work. A quick reminder. In economics, shadow work refers to unpaid labor in the form...
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