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Battleships Ahoy

Battleships Ahoy

I had a great day today. My youngest son, Alex (7) persuaded me to buy him a new game today. Its not hard. I’m easily persuaded. But the game of choice was interesting. It was Battleships. Now, I remember this game. I played it (and loved it) when I

From Little Things Big Things Grow

From Little Things Big Things Grow

One thing that I get occasionally complemented on is my writing. People write and let me know how they appreciate my writing style. Initially this surprised me, because I do not consider myself a naturally gifted writer. In fact, quite the opposite. Reading and Writing was always a bit of

Dublin Software Testing Automation Morning

Dublin Software Testing Automation Morning

I went to the Softtest Software Testing User Group networking session last night. About 10 erstwhile software testers gathered together on a wet and windy night to discuss how to help software testers in Dublin. We had some great discussions, a lot around automation tools, but also on the topic

Personality Traits in Software Testing

Personality Traits in Software Testing

I have lots of little and major projects going on at the moment. One of them is to write a chapter for an up coming book on the cost of testing. My chapter is complete thankfully, but as I was researching my topic, I came across this article on Personality

Teaching or Learning?

Teaching or Learning?

Do you have a focus when giving training? Sometimes, in my eagerness to ‘teach’ I forget to focus on something important. I forget that the lesson is about the student not me. I become more more concerned in my ability to be able to teach effectively. I want the student

The pain...the pain

The pain...the pain

I’m currently experiencing a boundary test. The test is…how much toothache can I tolerate before resorting to as massive overdose of painkillers? I know, I can feel you all wincing in empathy, even if you’ve never experienced toothache, almost everyone can empathise with the pain. But…….. there

Rapids Software Testing

As some of you know, I’m in the process of creating an Exploratory Testing workshop. It’s been a bit of a wild adventure, but hey, I’m clinging tightly to my oars as I hurtle down the rapids of ET adventure. Have you ever been white water rafting?