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W3C Accessibility Guidelines 3.0 working draft
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I'd like to announce that my sister has just entered our MoTasphere. She's a healthcare professional with little technical knowledge, but eager to learn, and all I can say is that she has come to t...
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How far does the MoTaverse go? BEYOND.
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"We often end up discovering that the elephant in the room is just a mouse." – Susanne Abdelrahman
I heard an excellent story from Susanne that reminded me that we have to be brave when asking ques...
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Have you played the call out the elephant game?
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Have you played the call out the elephant game?
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Ash Winter shared three things he loves about testing. The last triggers smugness mode!
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During a Call for Insights with Simon Tomes, continuous learning came up as a broad topic. One thread stood out: sharing. So here's a share about sharing.
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Small things are worth sharing
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Small things are worth sharing
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Small things are worth sharing
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WonderProxy's global proxy network lets QA teams see their site the way real users around the world do, testing localisation, compliance and those broken GDPR banners with actual confidence, not gu...
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I'm keeping myself accountable by sharing my observability learnings, starting with the four pillars of observability.
What is observability?When something goes wrong in a software system, you nee...
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We walked through Mauerpark talking all things Quality Engineering from product teams vs. consulting, quality ownership, and AI adoption to continuous learning across QA landscape and what's next i...
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Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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As a Lead Test Engineer, with 15 years experience, Deborah specialises in quality engineering, risk management, and scaling test strategies.
Over the years, she has spearheaded quality operations for major international expansions, including multi-region deployments and scaled QE to support expanding product domains. Most recently, she's focused on driving shift-left quality practices and automation.
She is deeply passionate about fostering a quality-first culture that balances speed with stability. Her approach centres on pragmatic automation - leveraging tools like Cypress where they add maximum ROI, paired with targeted exploratory testing to safeguard complex user journeys.
She also has a passion for accessibility testing and has written a course on the topic https://www.ministryoftesting.com/courses/introduction-to-accessibility-testing?s_id=19046932
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