KalamazooX is the “non-technical conference for technical people”. It really is the best conference I’ve ever attended, and I go every year since the first one I went to – no exceptions. The best part about this conference, is that it’s SO FREAKIN’ CHEAP for the value! At $75 for standard registration, $35 for students, even …
CodeMash 2016 was awesome, as per usual. This year, I think we had a much larger turnout of testers than before. We even had some testing related open spaces! I wasn’t able to go to all of the sessions I wanted to, but I live-tweeted the ones I did attend! I ended CodeMash with about …
Storified here: https://storify.com/g33klady/agile-and-beyond-2015-recap Please forgive the giant image at the top – I can’t find a way to change it 🙁 It’s a loooooong post, a couple hundred tweets, so be prepared! HilaryI’m Hilary Weaver, also known as g33klady on the Internets. I’m a Senior Quality Engineer working remotely near Detroit, with 19+ years in software …
I put together my tweets and thoughts of KalamazooX 2015 on Storify here: https://storify.com/g33klady/kalamazoox-2015-recap HilaryI’m Hilary Weaver, also known as g33klady on the Internets. I’m a Senior Quality Engineer working remotely near Detroit, with 19+ years in software testing looking for my next role.
Just a warning that this is gonna get pretty honest and open about my introversion and depression. I’ve touched a bit on my social anxiety before, but not like this. I’m an introvert. To some of you who’s only experience with me is on Twitter, this may come as a surprise. According to Meyers-Briggs, I’m …
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/ HilaryI’m …
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 …
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 …