I can hear you, Gary. Can you hear me?
15 Jul 2025
In this moment:
Simon Tomes
Gary Hawkes
For those following along with Gary Hawkes' microphone woes on the This Week in Testing stage, you'll be pleased to know he's resolved the issue. 🎉
We ran a live test session on Crowdcast and eventually got things working.
A bit of back and forth.
I could hear him.
Then I couldn't.
Then he couldn't hear me.
And I could still hear him.
Fiddly mic input shenanigans refusing to connect to Gary's headset and instead defaulting to the microphone of the closed MacBook.
Open MacBook and et voilà.
So join us both for another episode of This Week in Testing. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/this-week-in-testings
We ran a live test session on Crowdcast and eventually got things working.
A bit of back and forth.
I could hear him.
Then I couldn't.
Then he couldn't hear me.
And I could still hear him.
Fiddly mic input shenanigans refusing to connect to Gary's headset and instead defaulting to the microphone of the closed MacBook.
Open MacBook and et voilà.
So join us both for another episode of This Week in Testing. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/this-week-in-testings
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
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