Ady Stokes | Activities
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18.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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How much do you think about your thinking?
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2026 Goals
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2026 Goals
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I don't typically set goals, and don't share them. But next year is potentially a big one. For me personally, by the time MoTaCon rolls around, I'll have had my 60th birthday, and I'll celebrate by...
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1.5.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Architectural diagrams
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Definitions of Architectural diagrams
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Software architecture
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Definitions of Software architecture
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A/B testing
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Definitions of A/B testing
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Software change
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Definitions of Software change
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Environmental change
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Definitions of Environmental change
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Change management
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Definitions of Change management
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Matrix organisation
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Definitions of Matrix organisation
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Matrix management
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Definitions of Matrix management
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2025 Review
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2025 Review
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Ethical testing
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Definitions of Ethical testing
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Personally identifiable information (PII)
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Definitions of Personally identifiable information (PII)
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We celebrated our last meetup of the year at the Christmas market at Alexanderplatz. What a wonderful year it was to hang out with people from Berlin and beyond! I'm looking forward to 20...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the MoT Berlin meetup!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the MoT Berlin meetup!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the MoT Berlin meetup!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the MoT Berlin meetup!
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Rosie was asking on Slack if there are some 2026 goals we can share and potentially support each other. I'd love that. I'd like to share my thoughts as a memory.
I am usually doing some reflecti...
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Preliminary goals for 2026
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Preliminary goals for 2026
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2025 Review
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"Never mind, when I posted it, it refreshed and is showing now. Will look out for that behaviour. "
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"The video isn't working, Simon? "
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"That was my fun-ist one yet "
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Today's episode of TYIQ was super fun. Something different - where it started with Christmas theme based Lovely names and throughout the episode gained so much knowledge about MoTaverse facts and...
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This Year In Quality - Amazing Episode
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This Year In Quality - Amazing Episode
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This Year In Quality - Amazing Episode
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This Year In Quality - Amazing Episode
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"Bug congrats "
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Today I complete 4 years of my journey in software testing.
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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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MoT Ambassador. Currently semi-retired and freelancing. I am, amongst other things, a writer, speaker, and accessibility advocate. Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator and article editor for WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified. Struggling to write a book about testing mindsets and thinking's application in software development.
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