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New Year
Gah, WP ate this post first time around :/ Anyway, as New Year’s Resolutions generally don’t work, I’m aiming for goals this year. Things I’ve stopped doing, or need to do more of, to see if that is...
View ArticleIt’s Scrum, Jim, but not as we know it (or: The role of QA/Testing in Scrum)
I gave a talk at Manchester Tech Nights about the role of QA in Scrum, and I decided to use this opportunity to write a blog post! Software QA is a bit of a balancing act. Firstly there’s no immediate...
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Everything I’ve learned about podcasting (before recording my first episode)
So if you’ve been following me on twitter recently you’ll see I’ve been getting ready to launch a podcast: Lets Talk About Tests, Baby (title courtesy of Mark). I’ve been a fan of podcasts for a while,...
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On 2016!
Things that happened last year: Plantar fasciitis which meant I hobbled for the best part of a month. So that combined with work getting a lot more busy and Christmas/other events meant gym didn’t...
View ArticleOn Finding Your Bug
Note: This is part a plan for the year 2016, part a vague idea for a talk (assuming anything comes of my plan of attack) What’s a bug? A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer...
View ArticleOn podcasting
One of the first podcasts I listened to was The Moth, closely followed by Risk!, Strangers, Tell The Bartender, the list goes on. I fell into story telling in a big way. And the more I thought about...
View ArticleOn #GeekMentalHelpWeek
Edit note 13/9/2016: This is self indulgent, overdramatic, and reading it again, I’m fighting the urge to delete it. But it came out of my anxiety, and it’s the closest I’ve got to writing out what...
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Contributing to Geek Mental Help week if you’ve never used Git
I want to contribute to http://geekmentalhelp.com/, but I have no idea how to use Git to make a submission! Fear not! Come under my wing, and let me, someone who has only ever used Git for Geek Mental...
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On: Bullet Journals
I’ve been playing on and off with bullet journal/to do lists in general for years. My issues: I strongly prefer a written to do list: If I write something by hand, I’ll remember it, as well as having...
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New year, new podcast, new Patreon!
So 2017 is here, and so is Inner Pod! Inner pod is a podcast about mental health and story telling. What I want is a place where people can share experiences and stories safely, and feel supported. I...
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