As my CEO has said, it’s ok to fail as long as you learn from it. So I’m analyzing this gigantic failure to try to get as much knowledge from it as possible. I don’t want to fail this hard again… Let me start from the beginning of this wonderful lesson. I was asked to …
Note: I’m not going to address the “QA” terminology thing here – we call our software testers “QA” where I work, but this isn’t about that. Sorry – we can talk about it later 😀 On Tuesday, I started my first day in my new position as an “SQA Architect” at Quicken Loans – moving …
Starting a user group is probably the biggest challenge I’ve taken upon myself in a long time. Getting sponsorship and paying for it, finding a place to have it and an amazing speaker – that’s been the easy part. The hard part is creating that community. Getting people to understand that a few hours after …
A few months ago, I received an email from someone that attended my very first conference talk, at QA or the Highway in February. They were from $Company, and lead a QA team there. They thought that my talk would be great for their team to hear, and asked that I come to speak to …
Hey all – let’s get this going. If you’re interested in speaking – either full session, leading a workshop, or doing a lightning talk, let me know. I’ll get started on the location, day and time. I’d like to do this monthly! W00t w00t let’s do this! ETA: Here’s the meetup group! http://www.meetup.com/Motor-City-Software-Testers/
Hi folks! I’ll be in Columbus speaking at Nationwide and Per Scholas on 6/16, but I’ll be getting into town 6/15 so let’s have a Testers Drinkup! Suggestions on a place? I’m staying in Dublin, so near there would be preferable… What: Testers Drinkup When: 6/15 8pm Where: some bar near Columbus, OH Why: to …
Last year I wrote up a post with my 2013 goals and resolutions. I wanted to review what I had actually done, so here we are! Achieve a better work/life balance. This will be the most difficult of all of my goals… With my new job, I think I’ve gotten this a bit more under …
I’ve been asked a number of times by conference organizers for some help with feeding gluten free folks. So I decided to write up a few helpful tips – if you have any questions or need some consulting, let me know – I’m always happy to help make those with dietary restrictions enjoy conferences just …
I love to tweet. I’m a prolific tweeter. I’m addicted to tweeting. And I finally can call myself an Award Winning Tweeter. So it’s been suggested, and I’m toying with this idea, that I start a Kickstarter to fund my attending conferences and essentially be a professional live-Tweeter of these events. Why not? I did …
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Today is the 13th anniversary of my being diagnosed with Celiac disease. It also happens to be Celiac Awareness Month! I thought I’d revisit this post and update a few things, but it’s mostly the same! Happy reading 😀
For a blog entry unrelated to what I do for a living, but entirely related to how I live.
I have Celiac disease, and must eat gluten free. At parties/bars/gatherings etc. I’m always asked the same questions about being gluten free, and Celiac disease, so I figured I would compile that info for those that either don’t want to ask (I’m always willing to talk about it, honest! I’ll talk your ear off if you let me), or just want to know more. 15 answers to FAQs below.
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