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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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Review Conference Proposals
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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3.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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11.1.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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11.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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10.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Free accessibility book
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Leeds Chapter bound on a soggy day
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Happy to be going to Leeds for the Chapter meeting, but the weather is terrible.
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4.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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"Thank you for sharing the wheel of life, I’ll definitely look into that. We would love to have you at the Leeds chapter to talk or run a workshop. Just give me a shout. "
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I have itchy feet. That’s not a medical condition, it’s an idiom for describing how one might feel if they’ve been in the same place for too long. It conveys a strong almost restless desire to leav...
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Itchy feet: A year for exploration
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Itchy feet: A year for exploration
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4.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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"That is a lot of cheese options, my daughter would love that. I'd also like to test whether the meat pizzas are cheaper to order directly than to add as a topping. Food places do that a lot. "
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Spotted this when thinking about ordering a pizza last night.
My favourite was the "Well done" in the middle :D
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Pizza options (including a little affirmation!)
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Pizza options (including a little affirmation!)
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5.1.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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8.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Tester to Quality Engineer gap analysis
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15.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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15.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Test system resilience by mapping failure paths and running small experiments that reveal what users experience when things fail
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The night our “highly available” system went dark: How testers can drive resiliency
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The night our “highly available” system went dark: How testers can drive resiliency
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The night our “highly available” system went dark: How testers can drive resiliency
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The night our “highly available” system went dark: How testers can drive resiliency
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On Dream Teams: The Practical Part
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"Bug congrats Stuart "
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I'm going to be speaking at LDX3 in June! This wouldn't be happening if it wasn't for Ash Winter, Diana Dromey, Melissa Fisher, Scout Burghardt, Simon Tomes and really MoT as a whole!
Before I t...
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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Dive into the handy Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet, new and improved for today's modern testing professional. Support your testing efforts and generate test ideas.
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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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