I can’t believe it’s only 2 weeks until the 10th Ann Arbor GiveCamp! I’ve been volunteering with GiveCamp (Lansing and Ann Arbor) since 2010, and keep coming back because it is the BEST volunteer experience ever. Sure they’re long days, some hard problems to solve, things to prioritize, usually lots of caffeine and sugar (I …
I get involved in a lot of things around technology, especially with kids in Detroit. I love being able to help these kids not only see a future in technology for themselves, but to help them get there. I became the Vice Chair of the Information Technology Pathway Advisory Board for Detroit Central High School …
Sigh… KalamazooX is over. Most likely won’t be another one. Not sure what will be able to help me like it has now, but we’ll see. It’s not just a conference, it’s all of the people that I get to see. Sure I see them individually or in sub-groups other times of the year, but …
The last Kalamazoo X conference in Kalamazoo is taking place on April 21st of this year. I’m sad to see it go, but excited to see what it evolves into. I started attending Kalamazoo X in 2012, and I’ve attended every year since. It is a life-changing conference in so many ways! I’ve written a …
On February 20th, I shared my career journey for the first time to a large audience. I gave a Ministry of Testing Masterclass called “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: A Career Experience Report” (a recording is available for Pro Dojo members here: https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/not-all-who-wander-are-lost-a-career-experience-report-with-hilary-weaver-robb). I’ve had kind of a wonky career path, and have at times …
It’s taken far too long to put this together! Here are my Storify posts of my live-tweeting the sessions from Codemash January 9-12 2018! Precompilers (Day 1 and 2): https://storify.com/g33klady/codemash-2018-precompilers-day-1-2 Build a Natural Language Slack Bot for your Dev Team with Michael Perry 3D Printing Lab The Hidden Requirements: Exploring Emotions with Placebos with Damian …
I recently participated in my company’s 24 hour hackathon. I pulled together my tweets on Storify here: https://storify.com/g33klady/jurassic-hack-ql-technology-24-hour-hackathon-of-2 It was a super cool experience, and I’m looking forward to learning more 😀
2017 was eventful, to say the least. I submitted 8 talks to 6 conferences. I was accepted to 5 of those conferences, gave an extra talk at one of them I wasn’t planning on, and was invited to speak at another with a brand new talk. I spoke on life lessons at KalamazooX, making your …
I signed up for the C# Advent Calendar with this post – be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts in the calendar! This post assumes you’ve got some experience with C# and Visual Studio, so I won’t be over-explaining some things. Comment if you get stuck or have questions! If you’re …
In my Testing RESTful Web Services talk, I touch on service virtualization briefly, and I include a short demo of using Fiddler‘s AutoResponder. I’ve been meaning to look into other (free) tools but haven’t had the chance.
After a question on the Testers Slack, I realized I could do a short blog post on how I demo’d AutoResponder in my talk. It gives a quick idea of the tool and one way you could use it. I love Fiddler*, and there’s so much more you can do than what I’ve been able to use. Please don’t take this post as a “this is the only way you can do things” – I’ll be the first to admit that even though I’ve used Fiddler for years, I feel like there’s so much more to know about it!
*Note: I am not paid by Telerik/Progress for my endorsement; I just love the tool 😀