Five Blogs – 30 June 2016

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Reviewing ‘Context Driven Approach to Automation in Testing’
Written by: Chris McMahon

Lessons from James Bach and Michael Bolton’s “A Context-Driven Approach To Automation In Testing”
Written by: Jason B. Ogayon

Context-driven testing
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Being Context Driven Tester and defining Testing Community.
Written by: Jokin Aspiazu

‘Testing is dead’ (again) thanks to DevOps
Written by: Lee Hawkins

Quote of the day:
“The quieter you are, the more you can hear” -Rumi

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Five Blogs – 29 June 2016

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Researchers Turn To The Human Brain To Develop Smarter Navigational Algorithms
Written by: Adi Gaskell

People Who Think They’re Great Coaches Often Aren’t
Written by: Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman

The Five I’s of GTD
Written by: Francisco Sáez

A Blazingly Simple Guide To Thriving As A Software Tester
Written by: Rob Lambert

Learn Development Practices To Improve Your Test Automation Code
Written by: Jeroen Mengerink

Quote of the day:
“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself” -Julia Cameron

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Five Blogs – 28 June 2016

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Strategic Plans Are Less Important than Strategic Planning
Written by: Graham Kenny

Testing Skills #10 – Persuasion and Selling
Written by: John Stevenson

How Mob Testing is organized?
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

The Difference Between Trying And Doing
Written by: Michael Hyatt

We are all thinking testers
Written by: Paul Seaman

Quote of the day:
“You don’t have to be big. You have to be remarkable” -Joe Pulizzi

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Five Blogs – 27 June 2016

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In The Future, We’ll Leave Software Bug Hunting to the Machines
Written by: Matthew Braga

Why Successful People Always Stay A Student
Written by: Darius Foroux

For testers still living in the waterfall
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Digital Detox: How to Unplug and Why You Should
Written by: Meghan M. Biro

Beginning Agile Efforts: 4 Critical Factors For Team Dynamics
Written by: Thomas Cagley

Quote of the day:
“It’s not how we fall. It’s how we get back up again” -Patrick Ness

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Five Blogs – 25 June 2016

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AUTOMATION 6 – Unit Check, Part 2: random distribution
Written by: Mike Talks

AUTOMATION 7 – Unit Check, Part 3: summing up
Written by: Mike Talks

AUTOMATION 8 – why automation can check, but not test
Written by: Mike Talks

AUTOMATION 9 – API checking, introducing the basics
Written by: Mike Talks

AUTOMATION 10 – API checking #2, further down the rabbit hole
Written by: Mike Talks

Quote of the day:
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing” -Oscar Wilde

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Five Blogs – 24 June 2016

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How Clutter Affects Your Brain (and What You Can Do About It)
Written by: Mikael Cho

Risk Is Always There
Written by: Bill Treasurer

Webinar Follow-up: New Testing Battlefields
Written by: Richard Bradshaw

Automation Confusion
Written by: Matthew Bretten

More on the “Attack on the Testing Role”
Written by: Matt Heusser

Quote of the day:
“The only failure is not to try” -George Clooney

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Five Blogs – 23 June 2016

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How to Be More Creative in Self-Introductions and First Impressions
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Basic GTD: Delegate it
Written by: Francisco Sáez

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): Value Through Collaboration
Written by: Viktor Farcic

Too controversial?
Written by: Huib Schoots

Do You Take Your Commitments Seriously?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Quote of the day:
“Failures are a part of life. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t learn, you don’t change” -Unknown

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Five Blogs – 22 June 2016

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Freelancer’s Toolkit: Everything You Need to Manage Your Workload
Written by: Jasmin Bollman

Are You Living for the Weekend?
Written by: Scott Savage

8 Ground Rules for Great Meetings
Written by: Roger Schwarz

Communication Brevity and Context
Written by: Simon Morley

Good Reasons NOT to Log Bugs
Written by: Eric Jacobson

Quote of the day:
“Better to fight for something than live for nothing” -General Patton

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Five Blogs – 21 June 2016

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The Heart of Digital Transformation: The Customer
Written by: Shelly Kramer

Insensible test automation comparisons
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

What is the main purpose of our testing?
Written by: John Andrews

5 Lessons In Learning And Leadership
Written by: Meghan M. Biro

Expect the Unexpected
Written by: Lidor Wyssocky

Quote of the day:
“Patience is the companion of wisdom” -Augustine

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Five Blogs – 20 June 2016

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Who Are The Biggest Procrastinators?
Written by: David Allen

Shorten the Feedback Loop, Unless…
Written by: Eric Jacobson

Agile Economics: The Cost Of Change
Written by: Gil Zilberfeld

The 4 Decision Styles: When to Involve Others in Decisions
Written by: Jesse Lyn Stoner

State Of Testing 2016 – My View
Written by: Markus Gärtner

Quote of the day:
“Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?” -Sai Baba

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