Why user groups and networking are important
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 …
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On being a (not so newbie) speaker
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 …
Testers meet up in Detroit – let’s do this!
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 …
Tester Drinkup in Columbus 6/15
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 …
2013 Year in Review
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 …
ATTEND ALL THE CONFERENCES!
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 …
On to new adventures
So I’m stuck at a Starbucks using their wifi, because of a power outage at my place. So why not post on the ol’ neglected blog? I left my previous …
Along came a meetup
So I started this thing, called the Mid-Michigan Testers Meet Down. The first event of which was today. We had 43 registered to attend, and about 30 showed up. HOLY …
Hello??
Communication in business in general is very important. We’re always looking for people that are articulate when hiring. “Good verbal and written communication”. It’s great when you find new people that are excellent at explaining processes, what …
2012 Achievements and 2013 Goals/Resolutions
With some prompting from this post on Software Testing Club about accomplishments for the year, and my own here about resolutions for 2013, I figured a blog post was in order. So here we go: 2012 Achievements/Accomplishments Became more involved i…