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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
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Good to hear you advocate for accessibility.
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Inspired by Clare Norman's recent lightning learning sessions. A speaker pulled out last minute so a developer stepped in to share what they've been working on. While Clare pointed out that it's no...
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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My hot take of the week: If you don't fully understand the thing you want to test and measure - you might get the results that are surprising but yet mysterious. So - first - unders...
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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Software development is inherently discriminatory because we know about digital accessibility and still don't do it. We have the knowledge, the skills, and the moral imperative to include all ...
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This Week in Quality
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Today i learned about breadth vs depth in testing. Not that the concepts are new to me, but James Bach and Michael Bolton are eeking out the definitions so carefully and precisely in Taking Testing...
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Depth and breadth in testing
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Depth and breadth in testing
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Depth and breadth in testing
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"I created a lesson on ’ilities’ when creating a software tester apprenticeship. Felt a fun way to talk about a serious subject "
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On a recent online meetup we discussed how testers often get stuck on testing Functionality.If you look around just a little bit there are at least 100 other system quality attributes to consider.a...
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Functionality is just one 'ility we can test
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Functionality is just one 'ility we can test
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Functionality is just one 'ility we can test
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Wins of the week 29 May
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A lot of my week has been doing things in preparation for a family party for my 60th birthday. A good win was finding party food catering from the supermarket I normally get deliveries from. So the...
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Testing saved my side hustle
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Hosted MoT Leeds
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1.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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I always enjoy meet-ups and hosting them. Here I am introducing Colin, getting distracted by Scott and telling the audience corny jokesÂ
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Testing saved my side hustle
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Testing saved my side hustle
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Testing saved my side hustle
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Testing saved my side hustle
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