2022 Year In Review and 2023 Goals
It’s time again for a year in review – 2022 edition! This year has been a doozy for me, personally and professionally. Work-wise, I left my job of 9 years, …
Category: Professional Stuff
Diversifying Heuristics with Social Media part 2
Yesterday, I was finally able to give my talk “Socializing for Heuristics: How Social Media Made Me a Better Tester (and Human)” at Targeting Quality 2022 in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. …
Diversifying Heuristics with Social Media
I’ve had a talk rejected a few times this year that I *really* want to give somewhere, so I thought I’d blog about some of the ideas I had for …
2020 and 2021 Years in Review, and Looking Forward to 2022
Like many folks, my 2020 and 2021 have not been ideal. 2020 had started pretty well! I spoke at CodeMash in Ohio in January, then at SWETUGG in Stockholm and …
C# Advent Calendar 2019 – Refactoring RestSharp Sample Tests to Make Them More Maintainable
I’m excited to participate in the third C# Advent Calendar (my 2017 post was on combining UI and API automation with RestSharp and Selenium, and my 2018 post was about …
Being Prescribed Something I’m Allergic To aka Software Doesn’t Work
I should have gotten a colonoscopy today. My dad had colo-rectal cancer, my brother had some pre-cancerous stuff, so I thought it’d behoove me to get checked. But what, you …
Choosing the Winner for the Pro Ministry of Testing Dojo Membership!
Wow that was difficult! Back on May 6th, I announced the contest for a Pro Ministry of Testing Dojo membership. I was inspired by Kristine Corbus, but was stunned that she …
Ministry of Testing Dojo Membership – #PayItForward
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how fortunate I am, and I’ve been looking for ways to pay back the community for what it has given me. I was …
Looking back on 2018, looking forward to 2019
It’s hard for me to think about 2018 with fondness. It went to shit before the halfway mark, and it’s really hard to think about any positives. But I know …
C# Advent Calendar 2018 – Can I Put All Of My Smoke Tests For A REST API In One Test? Yes!
Last year, I had a great time contributing to the C# Advent Calendar with a post on combining API and UI automation. I was excited to sign up once again …