Testers' Island Discs Ep58 - Callum Akehurst-Ryan

Neil Studd

Callum Akehurst-Ryan

Description:

The usual Testers’ Island Discs schedule is back on track, and we’re resuming things this month with Callum Akehurst-Ryan, who chats about activities during the recent Pride Month, the importance of embracing people’s authentic selves, and espousing love for the joy of exploratory testing.

Along the way, we get into discussions about videogame crushes, tactical tattoo selections, watery mammals, using Dungeons & Dragons to help with healing from trauma, and there’s a little light excerpt of Callum’s DM storytelling which is perfect for ASMR fans.

In Callum’s musical selections, there are covers, AI recommendations, songs with videogame connections, and a track which allows Neil to share a peculiar punctuation-related statistic.

Podcast Links:

• Adarga

• Dungeons & Dragons

• TestBash Brighton 2018: 99-Second Talks (Callum’s is at the 8min mark)

• Library of Congress: About LGBTQ Pride Month

• Twitter: Nicola Martin (namechecked by Callum)

• Season One Tattoo, Preston (as demonstrated on Callum’s arms)

• Instagram photo showcasing Callum's sleeve 

• Resident Evil Wiki: Leon Kennedy

• Amazon UK: Explore It! by Elisabeth Hendrickson

• Callum’s blog: Why I’m Talking To Developers About Exploratory Testing

• Ministry of Testing: The Awesome Power Of The Debrief: Why Debriefing Is The Key To Successful Exploratory Testing

• Wowpedia: Kobold

• YouTube: BCS - Being LGBTQ+in Tech and STEM (Callum's talk)

• Callum’s blog: I Am Proud

• Callum’s blog: I Get So Emotional - The time I got dismissed for being myself in engineering

• LinkedIn: TED Talk by Christine Porath - The emotional and financial cost of working with jerks

• Twitter: Callum and Ramone sharing tips on slide design

• Ministry of Testing: The Awesome Power of Hosting Test.bash(); 2021

• The Addams Family @ Richmond Theatre, October 2022

• Callum’s blog: Introducing Ramone, Our Testing Mascot!

• Callum’s blog: How Dungeons and Dragons helped me to become a better agile team member

• Chaotic Adequate podcast

• SurvivorsUK: Using Dungeons and Dragons therapeutically

• Emma Hopkinson-Spark: Agile 101

• TestBash UK 2022 - Manchester Lowry, 22nd-23rd September

• Callum’s interview with Nicola Lindgren

• Callum on Twitter: @CAkehurstRyan

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