As Quality Engineers and QE Leads, we are constantly challenging the status quo. Why does it behave this way? Is there a better user flow?What are the biggest risks if this fails? These are the ki...

The Observatory is my go-to place for high-quality information and top signals from the tech world.We live in a noisy world, filled with chaos, SEO optimized posts, marketing plugs. Finding authen...

As I was just loading all the Est <Year> badges, I felt, somehow, I was speaking into the future.So I decided to actually talk from the past to the future... If you're reading this in 2030, b...

Simon's Moment about Leeds Atelier poster reminded me of this the goat that Diana drew! She certainly has many talents!Here Gwen Diagram is holding up the goat poster at Leeds Atelier 23/04/2024

It's the lowest-friction way I've found to share what I'm learning as a QA professional without the pressure of writing a full blog post. For me, it comes down to the gap between "I learned someth...

A growing list of brands that believe community is worth investing in

In-person events are brilliant. I've met so many people through them, despite always finding it a bit daunting to walk up and talk to strangers. The funny thing is that, over time, those strangers...

I absolutely love all the virtual events. There is a variety of events that have different levels of participation. Whether you just want to listen, chat with everyone or are ready to join the sta...

I'd started to get involved in the community in the previous months and met people online, but going to MoTaCon brought it all together. I felt the vibe of the community, the genuine care and respe...

This is a wealth of knowledge ready to be ingested at your own time and pace. It covers talks you may have attended, or others you weren't able to. The fact you can always go back makes it even eas...

Following from Rosie's Moment, here's the actual selfie picture we took at the recent MoT London event, sponsored by Scale Factory.😁

As a tester working in a small team, I often found myself using skills that I couldn’t easily name or evidence. When our company was taken over by a larger organisation, I needed to align myself w...