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Written in 2018, first performed live at TestBash Brighton 2019 as a 99-second talk. Go to 2:41 to see my shaky performance. It was liter...
Written in January 2018In November 2017, I did a presentation at Leeds Tester Gathering. The talk was about how a test manager back in 20...
Written in 2017 ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling was written in 1895. Here’s my version, if Rudyard were a tester. Please excuse the ar...
First published on The Big Test Theory.com in August 2017 Why categorise?There are several reasons, some more personal than others. ...
First published on The Big Test Theory.com in June 2017. PS Personas – Technique Element Sub-section – ApproachesPersonas elem...
This was updated in June 2025. It has been quite some time since I last updated my Periodic Table of Testing. The 10th of December 2018, ...
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read my moment. If you have any comments, feedback, or questions, I'm eager to hear them, so pl...
Running a root cause analysis only addresses half of the problem. Instead of asking, why did we miss this? Ask, why didn’t we think of th...
I often pop my writing into an AI checker to sense-check it and identify anything that might sound too much away from my style. I use Gra...
An excerpt from LinkedIn from my conversation with the How to test this podcast. How to test this podcast clip about keyboard acces...
If you’re using social media, you’re probably using hashtags.If you’re using hashtags, you’re probably using multiple words.If you’re usi...
Ady Stokes
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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.
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