Ady asks the MoTaverse #1
15 May 2026
My fellow humans. As a struggling author, not really, I have too many ideas, get easily distracted, and have recently been struggling to make decisions about my book. Regardless of whether it ever gets finished or sees the light of day, I want your help along the way.
This is the first post in a series where I'm hoping folks will take the time to give me feedback and opinions. I will create a collection to keep them all in one place, and add it as a link at the end.
Context: The book's focus is on thinking. How it applies to testers, software testing, and development. How better to think deliberately through the use of techniques, knowledge, heuristics, philosophical approaches, and others? How we can learn to think better and apply quality thinking in our work.
So, to my first question.
Which of these book titles makes you the most interested in learning more?
This is the first post in a series where I'm hoping folks will take the time to give me feedback and opinions. I will create a collection to keep them all in one place, and add it as a link at the end.
Context: The book's focus is on thinking. How it applies to testers, software testing, and development. How better to think deliberately through the use of techniques, knowledge, heuristics, philosophical approaches, and others? How we can learn to think better and apply quality thinking in our work.
So, to my first question.
Which of these book titles makes you the most interested in learning more?
1. Thinking in Testing: Harnessing the power of deliberate thought
2. The quality of thinking = the quality of software
3. How to stay relevant in software development alongside AI
4. How to think about quality
5. Surviving the AI Tech world through the power of thought
6. None of them
Please be honest about why you do or don't prefer them. I want to know now if they don't make sense or are confusing.
6. None of them
Please be honest about why you do or don't prefer them. I want to know now if they don't make sense or are confusing.
Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
Judy Mosley
6. None
If the book is about thinking, it makes sense to me to keep the title as broad as possible. Adding "AI", "Quality" or "Testing" feels like it may not properly reflect the scope of thinking and what our thinking affects. The act of thinking and how to refine it is a brave and difficult act. I'll meditate on some titles and see if I can come up with anything more helpful.
Ady Stokes
I get your point, but it will be specifically about applying thinking to software development and testing so I feel there should be some reference to that.
Gary Hawkes
1.... Instantly interested as it feels like a new perspective
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