Ministry of Testing

This special episode of Testers' Island Discs is sponsored by SmartBear. SmartBear is behind the software that empowers developers, testers, and operations engineers at over 22,000 of the world’s most innovative organizations with tools to build, test, and monitor great software, faster. After a great deal of exploring the island, hence the absence, Neil has found a new castaway host for the island: DojoBoss Mark Winteringham (By stealing his boat!). But before Neil leaves, he has one last podcast to share with Mark in this special episode of Testers’ Island Discs. During Mark and Neil’s catch up they discuss their testing lives, what they have been up to, highlights in the testing world and a brief therapy session for our departing castaway. Whilst Mark will be taking over the TID podcast, you can still keep up to date with Neil’s other podcast work on Twitter. Episode Links: SmartBear Ministry of Testing Dojo MoT: Welcome our New DojoBoss MoT Dojo: Courses Software Testing Clinic Automation in Testing AIT Online Meetup.com: South West Test Danny Dainton Meetup.com: North West Tester Gathering Meetup.com: Digital North Meetup.com: Techs and the City Meetup.com: Ministry of Testing Manchester Meetup.com: Thoughtworks Manchester Events Meetup.com: ExpertTalks Manchester nor(DEV):con Meetup.com: SyncNorwich Meetup.com: Norwich Node User Group Screen Testing Meetup.com: EndHomelessness digital community   Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

Advice for new testers, and, what excites us about testing in 2019! Featuring Alix Klingenberg, Francis Ho, Bas Dijkstra, Lee Hawkins, Victoria Lee, Mike Clarke, Vera Gehlen-Baum and Rick Tracy. Show notes: Contributors: Alix Klingenberg: Twitter Francis Ho Bas Dijkstra: Twitter & Blog Lee Hawkins: Twitter & Blog Victoria Lea Mike Clarke: Twitter & Blog Vera Gehlen-Baum: Twitter Rick Tracy: Twitter Links: Richard Bradshaw on the testing community Katrina Clokie on repetitive conversations in the testing community: Marcel Gehlen on a second home (we mistakenly attribute this to Bas Dijkstra on the pod - who retweeted it - apologies Bas and Marcel!) UKStar conference (Bas Dijkstra keynote): TiCCA ’19 conference (Co-organized by Lee Hawkins): AB Testing podcast Random but memorable podcast Dan’s personal twitter James’ personal twitter

Advice for new testers, and, what excites us about testing in 2019! Featuring Alix Klingenberg, Francis Ho, Bas Dijkstra, Lee Hawkins, Victoria Lee, Mike Clarke, Vera Gehlen-Baum and Rick Tracy. Show notes: Contributors: Alix Klingenberg: Twitter Francis Ho Bas Dijkstra: Twitter & Blog Lee Hawkins: Twitter & Blog Victoria Lea Mike Clarke: Twitter & Blog Vera Gehlen-Baum: Twitter Rick Tracy: Twitter Links: Richard Bradshaw on the testing community Katrina Clokie on repetitive conversations in the testing community: Marcel Gehlen on a second home (we mistakenly attribute this to Bas Dijkstra on the pod - who retweeted it - apologies Bas and Marcel!) UKStar conference (Bas Dijkstra keynote): TiCCA ’19 conference (Co-organized by Lee Hawkins): AB Testing podcast Random but memorable podcast Dan’s personal twitter James’ personal twitter

This month the Super Testing Bros caught up Melissa Eaden and Martin Hynie who recently attended TestBash San Francisco 2018. They discuss mentoring in software development and beyond. If you like to catch up with Melissa or Martin you can find them on Twitter  @melthetester and @vds4, respectively. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

This month the Super Testing Bros caught up Melissa Eaden and Martin Hynie who recently attended TestBash San Francisco 2018. They discuss mentoring in software development and beyond. If you like to catch up with Melissa or Martin you can find them on Twitter  @melthetester and @vds4, respectively. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

This month The Super Testing Bros were fortunate to catch up with Selena Delesie and Marianne Duijst during WeTest Conference 2018 here in New Zealand. We discuss leadership, how leadership isn’t reserved to just people in authority and how authority doesn’t make you a leader. Marianne's Links Marianne Duijst Blog Twitter - @marianneduijst Selena's Links Selena Delesie Website Leading with Love Podcast Twitter - @SelenaDelesie Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

This month The Super Testing Bros were fortunate to catch up with Selena Delesie and Marianne Duijst during WeTest Conference 2018 here in New Zealand. We discuss leadership, how leadership isn’t reserved to just people in authority and how authority doesn’t make you a leader. Marianne's Links Marianne Duijst Blog Twitter - @marianneduijst Selena's Links Selena Delesie Website Leading with Love Podcast Twitter - @SelenaDelesie Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

The Super Testing Bros talk to Brendan about Pen testing in the September edition of our monthly MoT podcast, 2018.  If you like to catch up with Brendan you can find on Twitter and see his latest work on his blog. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! Plus follow what The Super Testing Bros are up to on Twitter. News links: Facebook’s app is now the third-most popular browser in the U.S. The second-largest mobile OS in India rhymes with iOS, but isn’t iOS Pen testing and security links: The many hats club InfoSecNZ Slack community OWASP Foundation CREST certified security companies Appsec day Melbourne  

The Super Testing Bros talk to Brendan about Pen testing in the September edition of our monthly MoT podcast, 2018.  If you like to catch up with Brendan you can find on Twitter and see his latest work on his blog. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! Plus follow what The Super Testing Bros are up to on Twitter. News links: Facebook’s app is now the third-most popular browser in the U.S. The second-largest mobile OS in India rhymes with iOS, but isn’t iOS Pen testing and security links: The many hats club InfoSecNZ Slack community OWASP Foundation CREST certified security companies Appsec day Melbourne  

We continue our run of interviews with upcoming TestBash speakers by chatting to Brighton-based Kim Knup, who will be presenting at TestBash San Francisco about the challenges of testing voice-activated devices, as well as being Lead Designer for next year's TestBash Brighton. Along the way, we also talk about Kim's involvement in the many facets of Brighton's testing scene, and her passion for usability. There's music from Germany, the UK and USA (including two of Neil's favourite karaoke tracks), and if you've got an Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri-compatible device, you might want to mute it for the second half of this episode. If you'd like to learn more from Kim, you can catch up with her on Twitter @Punkmik! Kim's Links: Meetup.com: Ministry of Testing - Brighton Software Testing Clinic TestBash San Francisco 2018 TestBash Brighton 2019 YouTube: Die Ärzte - Rebell Photos from the first Brighton test meetup four years ago Nielsen Norman Group (Jakob Nielsen) Steve Krug's website/books Amazon Developer Console Amazon: Alexa Skills Kit Apple: SiriKit documentation Amazon: Test Your Skill (emulator) EchoSim: Alexa Skill Testing Tool (emulator) 9to5Mac: iOS 12: Creating custom Siri Shortcuts Google Developers: Build your own Google Actions Ministry of Testing Brighton Meetup, May 2018 (Alexa Testing) Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

We continue our run of interviews with upcoming TestBash speakers by chatting to Brighton-based Kim Knup, who will be presenting at TestBash San Francisco about the challenges of testing voice-activated devices, as well as being Lead Designer for next year's TestBash Brighton. Along the way, we also talk about Kim's involvement in the many facets of Brighton's testing scene, and her passion for usability. There's music from Germany, the UK and USA (including two of Neil's favourite karaoke tracks), and if you've got an Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri-compatible device, you might want to mute it for the second half of this episode. If you'd like to learn more from Kim, you can catch up with her on Twitter @Punkmik! Kim's Links: Meetup.com: Ministry of Testing - Brighton Software Testing Clinic TestBash San Francisco 2018 TestBash Brighton 2019 YouTube: Die Ärzte - Rebell Photos from the first Brighton test meetup four years ago Nielsen Norman Group (Jakob Nielsen) Steve Krug's website/books Amazon Developer Console Amazon: Alexa Skills Kit Apple: SiriKit documentation Amazon: Test Your Skill (emulator) EchoSim: Alexa Skill Testing Tool (emulator) 9to5Mac: iOS 12: Creating custom Siri Shortcuts Google Developers: Build your own Google Actions Ministry of Testing Brighton Meetup, May 2018 (Alexa Testing) Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

We kick-off a bumper month of episodes with a visit to the island by Elizabeth Zagroba, to talk about the ideas behind her upcoming presentation at TestBash Germany, entitled "Doubt Builds Trust". Among the discussions, there are debates about the challenges of saying "I don't know", stories about exploring doubt within interview situations, and thoughts about the relationship between doubt and curiosity. Plus, Neil finally finds a way for his frequent screw-ups to reinforce a salient point! Elizabeth shares stories of how music and technology have been interwoven throughout her life, and her song choices are spread across classical, musicals and jazz, with a small helping of funk thrown in for good measure. You can catch up with Elizabeth on Twitter @ezagroba. Elizabeth's Links: TestBash Germany 2018 WNYC - New York Public Radio Wikipedia: Ys (mythical French sunken city) The Reddit thread Neil referred to (sadly now with deleted posts) Wikipedia: Mellophone Elizabeth's website Elizabeth's profile on Goodreads   Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

We kick-off a bumper month of episodes with a visit to the island by Elizabeth Zagroba, to talk about the ideas behind her upcoming presentation at TestBash Germany, entitled "Doubt Builds Trust". Among the discussions, there are debates about the challenges of saying "I don't know", stories about exploring doubt within interview situations, and thoughts about the relationship between doubt and curiosity. Plus, Neil finally finds a way for his frequent screw-ups to reinforce a salient point! Elizabeth shares stories of how music and technology have been interwoven throughout her life, and her song choices are spread across classical, musicals and jazz, with a small helping of funk thrown in for good measure. You can catch up with Elizabeth on Twitter @ezagroba. Elizabeth's Links: TestBash Germany 2018 WNYC - New York Public Radio Wikipedia: Ys (mythical French sunken city) The Reddit thread Neil referred to (sadly now with deleted posts) Wikipedia: Mellophone Elizabeth's website Elizabeth's profile on Goodreads   Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

The Super Testing Bros talk to Michele and Pete about owning and improving office culture in the August edition of our monthly MoT podcast, 2018. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! Plus follow what The Super Testing Bros are up to on Twitter.

The Super Testing Bros talk to Michele and Pete about owning and improving office culture in the August edition of our monthly MoT podcast, 2018. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! Plus follow what The Super Testing Bros are up to on Twitter.