Ady Stokes | Activities

Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – Taken during the social get-together, the evening before Day 1 of TestBash 2024.

Lateral and critical thinking

Sarah works quietly, mainly in the background, making sure everything is going in the right direction. She works with so many people to make sure everything runs smoothly to deliver great articles, but particularly when it comes to the Essentials Certificate. There is so much organising of people, edits, copy, etc. that goes unseen, but is vital to ensuring the end product is all pulled together and delivered for the MoTaverse. Thank you Sarah, for all you do. 

For being the first one to RSVP for the Pre-TestBash social!

I took this photo of SpaceSeagull and it seemed like a great writing prompt to say 20 things about TestBash. 1. It was started because I was jealous of design conferences having all the fun, I t...

1. Where have you travelled from to be here today? 2. What have you enjoyed so far? 3. What are you looking forward to? 4. Who are you looking forward to meeting today? 5. Have you met [Name of...

As teased yesterday, I made a rug of Bug!

Where are the best sources of test automation information out there?

This badge is awarded to a member who has given a 404 talk

"Probably my favourite parody song of all. Glad you liked it. "

"Thanks Lisa, glad you liked it and thank you for sharing some great points on the value of pairing too. "

"Awesome"

Component testing

Definitions of Component Testing

Infrastructure Testing

Definitions of Infrastructure Testing

Cache

Definitions of Cache

Legacy Applications

Definitions of Legacy Applications

What are "bad automation habits"?

Thought worker

Definitions of Thought worker

Pairing to get un-stuck

I loved Ady Stokes' post on getting stuck, and ways to get unstuck, https://www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/how-to-get-unstuck-a-guide-for-testers-or-anyone-else-who-feels-stumped . It prompted ...

Temptare Omnia - Test all the things

Temptare Omnia - Test all the things

We all seek an identity, a brand, or something to help people remember us. I've played with a few logo designs over the years, but wanted something with my name on. I decided to try using AI to cre...

We all seek an identity, a brand, or something to help people remember us. I've played with a few logo designs over the years, but wanted something with my name on. I decided to try using AI to cre...

Accessible Hashtags

Advice on making your hashtags more accessible on social media #MakeThemReadable

Thanks for showing up for TWiT!

Classic words from Ben Dowen during an episode of This Week in Testing.

Thanks for introducing STEC learners to tools that support accessibility testing. Good to see WAVE and IBM's Equal Access Accessibility Checker in action. What a helpful video in STEC Module 16. 

Thanks for being super active on The Club this week.

I messaged Ady on LinkedIn to confirm when the Leeds meetups were. He not only responded he remembered that I had recently started a new role with a new to me organisation. He offered guidance and options for getting my organisation in greater contact with Ministry of Testing. He is a great advocate for Ministry of Testing as a whole and to the Leeds meetups in particular

Scott has been a co-organiser of MoT Leeds for some time and has also given talks and workshops. 

Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.

Updated Periodic Table of Testing, including text list version by Ady Stokes

The Periodic Table of Testing hadn't been updated for seven years. As well as updating the table itself I've created a text list version to make it more accessible.

Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment

What do you get when a large group of QEs walk into a bar? Spike testing in production.

Your 99 second song at MoT London was amazing! We're all talking about it!

Bug congrats on your lyrics and singing at the MoT London Meetup (26/06/25). It was amazing! 

Huge kudos to Ady for an amazing testing song he brought into MoT 4.0 meet up to London yesterday. Watch the video and sing with Ady. Also Ady travelled 450 miles round trip to join the meet up ...

Singing testing song with Ady

Huge kudos to Ady for an amazing testing song he brought into MoT 4.0 meet up to London yesterday. Watch the video and sing with Ady. Also Ady travelled 450 miles round trip to join the meet up ...

Thanks for travelling 450 miles to Mot London!

New hat who diss?

I made the journey from Yorkshire to London for the London MoT meetup. The instructions said bring ID. So I brought my new hat with my name on. It worked! PS. Temptare Omnia is test all the things ...