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Scotland: Walking the West Highland Way

Scotland: Walking the West Highland Way

Claire en ik gaan vanaf vrijdag 8 mei naar Schotland om de West Highland Way te lopen, van Glasgow naar Fort William. De totale afstand van de route is 151 kilometer. Het record van deze afstand staat op ongeveer 16 uur rennend, maar wij nemen onze tijd met 8 dagen.

Favourites in Music (2014)

Favourites in Music (2014)

2015, welcome! Time to reflect on things from 2014, make lists and all that stuff. So, without further ado my favourite discoveries in 2014. They aren’t necessarily new, but I just discovered them this year. I made a Spotify playlist of my favourites 2014: clicky Agalloch – The Serpent and

Exploratory Testing with the team

Exploratory Testing with the team

I use Exploratory Testing (will call it ET from now on) every day at work. I like to use it, because it requires focus, creativity, and deep thinking skills. Now, even though my team is doing Scrum, we are now close to the beta-release of our product and the business

Testen, niet overslaan Ditzo!

Testen, niet overslaan Ditzo!

Ik had ook als titel van dit artikel kunnen nemen, ‘hoe verlies ik mijn klanten in 10 simpele stappen’, want dat is een beetje de strekking van het verhaal. Het begon ongeveer eind oktober, toen ik onverwacht een mail van Ditzo in m’n inbox kreeg. De toon van de

General remarks about ATD

General remarks about ATD

It is still the craziest conference of all conferences I’ve been to. It seems like the bar was set even higher this year, with the carnaval night as pinnacle of craziness. When the conference organiser has the best costume of all you know people will be accepting of whatever

Agile Testing Days - Day 3

Agile Testing Days - Day 3

Yesterday, after the last keynote I went to look at the car building party, which looked awesome and chaotic at the same time. People were really into it, and looked sweaty and excited. I went to the bar with a colleague of mine to have a nice talk over a

Agile Testing Days - Day 2

Agile Testing Days - Day 2

So, last night happened. In my opinion, the evening programme is what truly sets this conference apart from many others. It’s like being part of a big family or something, although the feeling gets somewhat enhanced by the nice food and drink. I ended up being part of a