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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
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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Do software testers plan to use AI in software testing within 6 months?
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The percentage of testing that utilises AI tools
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How organisations view AI in testing
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Is test automation a hard skill that pushes out the soft?
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How much software testing invests into automation efforts
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Software testers feel inadequate without test automation skills
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Lessons Learned From 20 Years Of Software Testing
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Making Your Presentations More Accessible
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Discussion: Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2023
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2022 Day 2
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Simple Tests For Accessibility Every Tester Should Know
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99 Second Talks - Test.bash(); 2021
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Getting Started With Mobile Accessibility Testing - Ady Stokes
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Test All the Things with the Periodic Table of Testing - Ady Stokes
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Gave an idea for enhancing profiles by adding a job history section
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Nordic Testing Days 2025
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First MoT Gloucestershire meetup
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A mysterious list
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MoT at sea
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New shirt, who dis?
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New friends and old at PreBash Social
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Pre-Bash Ady Stokes!
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Showing Sarah the bug in my article
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Keep Calm and Find the Ducks!
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Accessibility is a human right t-shirt
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Nordic Testing Days 2025
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Really enjoyed delivering our tutorial on #Accessibility Charters alongside my co-conspirator Scott Kenyon. Thanks for having us.
Some great talks, discussions and fun along the way. I even gav...
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Really enjoyed delivering our tutorial on #Accessibility Charters alongside my co-conspirator Scott Kenyon. Thanks for having us.
Some great talks, discussions and fun along the way. I even gav...
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Shared an update post from Gary Shannon in the MoT Slack jobs channel.
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Requirements
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Living Documentation
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User feedback
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Adaptable test design
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You Aren't Gonna Need It (YAGNI)
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Quality Engineering
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Manual Testing
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Glue Work
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TestBash
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Cross browser testing
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Internationalisation
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