Five Blogs – 31 May 2016

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Flaky Tests at Google and How We Mitigate Them
Written by: John Micco

False Assumptions and Cognitive Biases
Written by: Mark Levison

Problems
Written by: Seth Godin

Some Communication Patterns
Written by: Simon Morley

The Product Lifecycle & Cynefin
Written by: Craig Strong

Quote of the day:
“Being rich is not about having a lot of money. Being rich is about having lots of options” -Chris Rock

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Five Blogs – 30 May 2016

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The Power of Who in Personality Assessments
Written by: Cindy Atlee

How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage
Written by: Christian Jarrett

5 Proven Secrets of Test Automation (#2 is a MUST)
Written by: Joe Colantonio

Top Ways Companies Are Giving Employees More Work-Life Balance
Written by: John Boitnott

3 Requirements For Using Storytelling To Generate The Big Picture
Written by: Thomas Cagley

Quote of the day:
“Forgiveness isn’t approving what happened. It’s choosing to rise above it” -Robin Sharma

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Five Blogs – 27 May 2016

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Do You Want to Speak at a Conference? Read This First
Written by: Lee Copeland

Who Should be Afraid of Agile Testing?
Written by: Joel Montvelisky

Ways to get to continuous delivery
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Presentation Lessons from a Pro
Written by: David Grossman

3 Leadership Styles Rule
Written by: Mark Holmes

Quote of the day:
“You struggle…again and again. And then one day, you triumph” -Kate Grace

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Five Blogs – 26 May 2016

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Self-Control and Personal Productivity
Written by: Francisco Sáez

Rivers and Streams
Written by: Adam Knight

The Infinite Hows (or, the Dangers Of The Five Whys)
Written by: John Allspaw

Move your Motivators
Written by: Ralph van Roosmalen

7 Reasons Leaders Should Be Great Storytellers
Written by: Matt Monge

Quote of the day:
“We try so hard to hide everything we’re really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most” -Colleen Hoover

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Five Blogs – 25 May 2016

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Chocolate and Prayer – An Anti Pattern for BDD
Written by: Shrini Kulkarni

How can I be a faster programmer?
Written by: Jerry Weinberg

Tester in Development
Written by: Ash Winter

The Greatest Barriers to Growth, According to Executives
Written by: Chris Zook

Heusser Negotiation Strategy
Written by: Matt Heusser

Quote of the day:
“You must do the things you think you cannot do” -Eleanor Roosevelt

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Five Blogs – 24 May 2016

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When It Comes to Time Management, Are You a Procrastinator or a Precrastinator?
Written by: Naomi Karten

25 Bad Words That Make Other People Feel Inferior
Written by: John Rampton

3 Steps and 7 Tips to Building Confident Self-Talk
Written by: Kaylene S. Mathews

Lessons Learned Navigating the Conflicting Schools of Software Testing
Written by: Antonio Gutierrez

Here’s What to Look for in a Truly Great Mentor
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“It was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything” -Joseph Heller

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Five Blogs – 23 May 2016

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Courage: Do You Act Toward Desire In Spite Of Fear?
Written by: Margo Boster

Velocity is Not Acceleration
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Life as Reinvention
Written by: Scott Berkun

The Testing-Checking Synergy
Written by: Del Dewar

How To Become Better Than You Ever Thought Possible
Written by: Jeff Goins

Quote of the day:
“Things aren’t always #000000 and #FFFFFF” -Sami Söderblom

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Five Blogs – 20 May 2016

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Three Years in San Francisco
Written by: Mike Davidson

Experimenting and the agile world
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Dashboard or Automated Test?
Written by: Michael Fritzius

Facilitating silence
Written by: Mary Jo Asmus

The 4 Dimensions of Trust
Written by: Jesse Lyn Stoner

Quote of the day:
“Scope doesn’t creep; understanding grows” -Jeff Patton

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Five Blogs – 19 May 2016

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Visible Impact
Written by: Rob Lambert

Need to reinvent testers?
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Software testing is not… finding bugs part 4
Written by: Viktor Slavchev

Doing Things Right Usually Only Takes a Few Seconds
Written by: Craig Jarrow

Make Testing Great … Again?
Written by: Matt Heusser

Quote of the day:
“When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning” -Yukio Mishima

Five Blogs – 18 May 2016

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When to Coach and When to Mentor
Written by: Toby Sinclair

To Grow as a Person, Selectively Forget the Past
Written by: Vijay Govindarajan

Testing is Software Sin-Eating
Written by: Natalie Bennett

Explore a world without roles
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Thoughts: Encouraging change when you are the only tester
Written by: Kim Knup

Quote of the day:
“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” -Truman Capote

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