Learning is good, whether in your career, or when you’re having fun! We tried standup paddle boarding last year in Oahu, and loved it, but we knew our technique was bad. In Kailua, the Hypr board rental folks gave us a really helpful lesson in SUP plus pointers on the second day. We paddle boarded […]
Read MoreSeptember News, so far!
I just noticed I haven’t posted here in awhile. I’ve been publishing articles on TechTarget and StickyMinds, but otherwise have been absorbed with a couple of exciting new things! On August 13, I started a new job on Pivotal Lab’s Pivotal Tracker team! This is truly a dream job, working with some of my favorite […]
Read MoreLearning for Testers at Belgium Testing Days
I’ve been writing a lot on SearchSoftwareQuality and Techwell (aka Stickyminds) lately, no time to blog. I have lots to say so I hope I have blogging time soon! I’ll start by reporting back from Belgium Testing Days. There is so much goodness to report from last week’s Belgium Testing Days! I’ll be writing all […]
Read MoreACCUS Day 1
The first day of Agile Coach Camp began with each person introducing him- or herself and his-or-her superpower. There were some clever ones. I said mine was getting people to write on the whiteboard, because whenever I do, magic happens, but then Tim Ottinger tweeted his disappointment that my superpower didn’t involve donkeys. The first […]
Read MoreMore ACCUS Games Day
This afternooon, I joined Mike Sutton’s Improv session. My takeaway: “It doesn’t hurt to collaborate”. The exercises were fun and funny, and gave insight into how teams worked together. I particularly liked that Mike used a task board to keep track of his session. We did a lot of fun exercises, and had lots of […]
Read MoreWhat I’ve been writing instead of blog posts!
I have been doing some writing in the past six weeks, in addition to rehabilitating my broken-and-now-healed ankle. But it’s all been published elsewhere. Here are some links: Software Quality Connection, “How to Improve Communication between QA and Development“ SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “Agile development: The whole-team approach” Also on SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “The whole-team approach to Agile development: Examples […]
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