An interesting added feature came live for me and The Software Testing Club Facebook page today. It’s a simple added stat that shows the number of *interactions* that have happened on the page. Interactions include things like *likes*, comments, photos posted, etc. The metric is worth keeping an eye on and it gives myself [...]
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The Testing Planet – Issue 5
The 5th Edition of The Testing Planet is out. Currently available to print, ebook, Kindle paid subscribers. Free version coming out at the end of the month. Go get it before the rest of em!
On becoming a sustainable community and a publisher…
The past few months have been very interesting on The Software Testing Club front. There’s a great community behind it and this is what makes it so much fun to run. All jobs should be this much fun. Am super proud at what the community has created. I blame Rob for where it has headed [...]
I forgot to blog about The Software Testing Club Magazine
In the rush to get The Software Testing Club magazine live, I realised I neglected to blog about it. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. It’s been a great experience working closely with Rob Lambert, Phil Kirkham and Joel Montvelisky. Plus of course all the people that contributed content meant that we had [...]
Magazine – Women of Influence in Software Testing
“13 of the World’s Top Women Testers Share Unique Insights Into the Profession” is the main feature of the STP magazine. I’ve been listed as one of them and wrote an article called “Use the Social Web to Build Your Career Brand”. You can download it for free (but you do have to register).
Free ebook – Tester Types
Rob Lambert, wee Rosie and The Software Testing Club put together a free ebook called Tester Types. It is a fun and light read looking at different tester characteristics. Download it. Share it. Show it to your boss
An interview of me
Mostly just for my own references, there is an interview of me and the Software Testing Club. Thanks to Mike Kelly
Software Testing…a penny for your thoughts
So, a penny for your thoughts. What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when I say ‘Software Testing’? I’m interested in hearing from Testers as well as non-testers….
Flash Mob Testing anyone?
A couple of years ago I started the Software Testing Club. It is a lovely community at the moment. It has truly blossomed into something special and unique. A real community of practice for software testers, me thinks. The dilemma I faced after a couple years of running it and 3,500 members later was – [...]
The Mysterious Twitter Man
Came across this today. The Mysterious Unnamed Twitter person – how mysterious!
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I'm Rosie Sherry. I currently spend my time working on building up community and products for the software testing industry. This includes running the Software Testing Club, a community of 11,000 registered software testers. Producing The Testing Planet, bring awesome-ness content to software testers. And The Ministry of Testing - events and learning opportunities.
I love the web and all the opportunities it brings.
Keywords that describe me: (lean) startups, communities, social web, business strategy, collaboration, coworking and software testing.
I'm married with 3 young kids. One of my biggest drivers is to achieve a work life balance for my family. This isn't easy.
