Five Blogs – 28 April 2023

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Testers should adopt the pirate mindset
Written by: Bart Vanherck

The Difference Between Managing and Leading
Written by: Steve Keating

How I run exercises in my courses
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

We Need To Stop Fooling Ourselves And Get Our Facts Straight
Written by: Greg Satell

Why duplication is more acceptable in tests
Written by: Jason Swett

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How to Lead Effectively Across Different Generations
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.” -Daniel Webster

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Five Blogs – 21 April 2023

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Creating Explanations: The Ethos of Testing
Written by: Jeff Nyman

Paving the Way
Written by: James Thomas

To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Collaborate Well
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Slow Down! You’re Running Automation Way Too Fast
Written by: Paul Grizzaffi

We Expect Humans To Be Accountable. We Should Expect No Less Of AI
Written by: Greg Satell

Quote of the day:
“It’s never too late to be wise. Find someone who makes your feel like you’re coming home.” -Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Five Blogs – 30 December 2022

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Investigation Bias
Written by: Inês Narciso

Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians
Written by: Andy Greenberg

Getting Rid of Technical Debt in Agile Projects
Written by: David Tzemach

My Experience Using ChatGPT To Perform Testing Activities
Written by: Johanna South

The Ultimate Cypress Tutorial: How to Organize your Advanced Testing Framework
Written by: Olga Sheremeta

Quote of the day:
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” -Lao Tzu

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Five Blogs – 14 November 2022

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Some probing questions related to Software testing
Written by: Balaji Santhanagopalan

Ransomware attacks: is there a case for paying up?
Written by: Hannah Murphy

Weird Things Most People Don’t Know About Software Testing
Written by: Vernon Richards

New Report Reveals The Pervasiveness Of Accent Biases At Work
Written by: Adi Gaskell

How Entrepreneurs Can Have Work-Life Balance Today
Written by: Christine Lynn

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Create More Management Ease with Continuous Flow and Lower WIP: Aging First
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Quote of the day:
“We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken” -Ernest Hemingway

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Five Blogs – 24 June 2022

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Quality assistance: how Atlassian does QA
Written by: Mark Hrynczak

NSA shares tips on securing Windows devices with PowerShell
Written by: Ionut Ilascu

4 Ways Hucksters, Gurus And Consultants Fool Us (And Usually Themselves Too)
Written by: Greg Satell

You’ll Never Know Unless…
Written by: Steve Keating

What, exactly, is cybersecurity? And why does it matter?
Written by: Nate Delesline III and Genevieve Carlton

Quote of the day:
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.” -Brandon Sanderson

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Five Blogs – 31 March 2022

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The Power of Awe in Our Lives
Written by: Gregg Vanourek

Life Is Short. Why Spend It on Stupid Stuff?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
Written by: Marcus Lu

Accessibility Poker – Walking Away From The Deal
Written by: Han Toan Lim

Google Chrome 100 released with new features, icon, and more
Written by: Lawrence Abrams

Quote of the day:
“What consumes your mind, controls your life.” -Mel Robbins

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Five Blogs – 10 February 2022

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Here Are 3 Ways Testers Can Get Unstuck When They’re Working With Web Apps
Written by: Vernon Richards

We’re In A Trust Crisis. Here’s What We Can Do About It.
Written by: Greg Satell

Do You Know Folks Who Are Needy?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

The future of cyber security: Ransomware groups aim for maximum disruption
Written by: Marcus Fowler

Family Ghosts in the Executive Suite
Written by: Deborah Ancona and Dennis N.T. Perkins

Quote of the day:
“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.” -Ellen Glasgow

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Five Blogs – 27 August 2021

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API Security 101: Injection
Written by: Vickie Li

How to Use UI Test Automation Correctly
Written by: Eduardo Fischer

Are Your Test Cases Really Effective?
Written by: Nishi Grover Garg

Why Innovation Heroes are a Sign of a Dysfunctional Organization
Written by: Steve Blank

Base Rate Fallacy
Written by: Thomas Cagley

Quote of the day:
“It’s never too late to be wise” -Yrsa Daley Ward

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Five Blogs – 2 June 2021

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How communication styles trigger interview bias
Written by: Dorothy Dalton

Watch Out- These 5 Tips Could Be Hurting Your Leadership
Written by: Scott Cochrane

Not good enough
Written by: Chris Kenst

Scaling by the Bubble
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Leadership in Test: Documentation
Written by: Paul Gerrard

Quote of the day:
“The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.” -Michael J. Fox

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Five Blogs – 10 March 2021

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Do We Want Tech Companies Running Our Towns?
Written by: Peter Varhol

Don’t try to change your organization; change the underlying forces that make it what it is
Written by: Dan Oestreich

Don’t Believe Everything You Think!
Written by: Greg Satell

Free Yourself from Overwork
Written by: Michael Hyatt

The Test Data Bottleneck and How to Solve It
Written by: Maarten Urbach

Quote of the day:
“The willingness to do creates the ability to do” -Peter McWilliams

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