Throwback Wednesday: Sketch notes at the Software Testing Clinic
24 Jun 2026
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In this moment:
Dan Ashby
10th August 2017, London.
Dan Ashby describes the outcome of an exercise he's just run with Mark Winteringham at one of the classic Software Testing Clinic sessions.
Back in the day I'd help host these events, making sure people felt welcome and had everything they needed.
During some of them I started to record impromptu chats with the facilitators. This is a good one with Dan!
Dan Ashby describes the outcome of an exercise he's just run with Mark Winteringham at one of the classic Software Testing Clinic sessions.
Back in the day I'd help host these events, making sure people felt welcome and had everything they needed.
During some of them I started to record impromptu chats with the facilitators. This is a good one with Dan!
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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