Adam Foy
Adam Foy
QA Technical Lead
He/Him
Professional nuisance. I've got a knack for finding gaps in complex system integrations, and I'm currently co-leading a QE Transformation project at work as we move towards a Quality Assistance model. Send help!
🎂 MoTaBirthday | March 20, 2023
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This week I noticed I had access to Facilitator in Microsoft Teams, an AI agent that takes real-time notes. When it's enabled, you can ask it questions both during and after the meeting, and it ans...
9 Oct
I've been in touch with these two (Gary Hawkes and Adam Foy) so much, and in very different ways over the past year. So very different. Both equally valuable.We spoke briefly about how coming toget...
29 Sep
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It happened again! 🫣
I'll let everyone know exactly when I'm travelling next year so they can avoid the curse I clearly have!
Continuous Remembering
Yeah I've got it set up as a second brain - I use Obsidian and I've got a bit of a Johnny Decimal thing going on as I find it easier to navigate.
I've pointed Claude at it a couple of times but haven't experimented much yet. I can usually find what I need in a couple of clicks without it. I'm guessing there are skills out there that can create quizzes / flash cards based on the content, that would be cool!
Stop studying, start learning: How to stay focused in the world of shiny tools
Yeah it's a bad idea to delegate learning. The only time I ask it to generate something without providing any source notes is when I need a quick reference for something that I already know (or have forgotten), e.g. "create a quick reference note for all http status codes".
I have a separate section in the vault dedicated to notes I've taken whilst reading articles / completing courses / watching videos etc., which is where the bulk of my learning takes place. The skill helps me slice things up into an easily digestible format with the templates, which I can then review and update if I don't like what it generates.
That plugin sounds nice, I'll take a look!
Stop studying, start learning: How to stay focused in the world of shiny tools
Great article, thank you! I struggle with prioritising what to learn so some of the points here are really useful.
I still need to check out NotebookLM properly, but in the meantime my "AI as a teacher" is a skill that I've set up to point at my Obsidian knowledge base. It can generate notes based on a set of templates. So for example, "generate a [note / how to guide / checklist] about [topic]".
AMA about transitioning to Quality Assistance model
Does working in a Quality Assistance model make it more difficult to return to a more traditional Quality Assurance role later?
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