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Agile Testing Days 2015, Day 1

Okay, so let’s start this live blogging thing again. Before I begin I want to say that I miss one person at the conference and that is: Pete Walen. He just belongs here, and I really miss his presence. He was the one who also live blogged the whole

Testing doesn't innovate?

Testing doesn't innovate?

I was reading an interesting article that stated: * Testing as a skilled profession doesn’t get the respect that it deserves * Testing hasn’t kept pace with other parts of IT in terms of innovation. I don’t have a silver bullet answer to what we can do to improve

Rediscover your focus

Rediscover your focus

So you’ve been working on the same project for quite awhile. Say, more than a year. Testing the same application, ‘doing yer thing’. I mean, we cannot all be flashy consultants moving from project A to project B in a matter of months. Personally, I like building up a

West Highland Way Dag 1

Vanmorgen bij de start in Milngavie bleek dat we niet de enigen waren die op het briljante idee waren gekomen de West Highland Way te lopen. Het was heerlijk weer en dat was een goed begin. Deze etappe vergde nog geen gekke inspanningen qua stijgen of dalen en dat was

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