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.
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Free ebook – Tester Types
2009 & 2010
I don’t do new years resolutions and if I did I wouldn’t publish them online
2009 was a tough year. Though the second half of it started bearing fruit, which meant it ended positively.
2009 involved trying to sell our house, and failing. We rented it out instead, which means we finally got to move [...]
Road Witch
Over the holidays I have been reading The Idler 42: Smash the System. It has a series of essays that really make you ‘think’.
One talks about Road Witch – which is about people reclaiming streets by calming traffic in an unofficial way Once upon a time people could feel more relaxed and safe [...]
Twitter Lists – RSS not a default
I use RSS lots and lots to aggregate and publish content. At the moment this is mostly for The Software Testing Club Feeds.
I was a bit surprised and disappointed to find that Twitter lists doesn’t come with RSS.
I got a tip from @rocketkeis about Twitter Lists 2 RSS. Within a few seconds I had the [...]
Work now compared to Middle Ages
Victorian economists calculated that the average English peasant in 1485 needed to work fifteen weeks a year to earn enough money they needed to survive for the year. In 1564, it was forty weeks. Now of course, it is questionable whether we can afford a reasonable life at all without two salaries all year round.
From:
The [...]
An offer for Sussex Interns
My wee company schux has signed up for the Sussex Internships. If you are interested in what we do. Want to get a feel for the industry. Fancy a chat or a cuppa. Meet other people within the industry…
Then here is an offer: from January onwards come to and cowork and Lewes Werks for free. [...]
Community #fail – Virgin Money Giving
We are learn from mistakes, right? Best learn from other people’s ones then
I briefly wrote about the Virgin Money Giving website and communiity/forum and how launching a forum with no content was a really bad idea.
That was back in August. It’s now December and a quick look shows that it hasn’t changed. Maybe [...]
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