Five Blogs – 27 April 2023

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

Test Automation Rivers And Other Appreciable Differences
Written by: Paul Grizzaffi

Successful People Skills: How to Deal With People You Don’t Like
Written by: Kate Nasser

7 Simple But Important Habits All Great Leaders Master
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Leadership Tip 21: How to Know if People Are Working Hard
Written by: Johanna Rothman

User Story Template: What It Is and Why It Works So Well
Written by: Mike Cohn

Quote of the day:
“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.” -Steve Prefontaine

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Five Blogs – 5 April 2023

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Logical Fallacies for Testers IV: The Straw Man Fallacy
Written by: Kristin Jackvony

Test Isolation as a Best Practice
Written by: David Ingraham

User Stories: How to Create Story Maps
Written by: Mike Cohn

To Build The Technology Of Tomorrow We Need To Create The Ecosystems Today
Written by: Greg Satell

How to Stop Being Afraid of Bugs and Start Loving Them
Written by: Stanislav Ivanov

Extra:

How to Best Work With A Leader Who Is Totally Disorganized
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.” -Yasmin Mogahed

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Five Blogs – 21 March 2023

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What is OpenAI’s GPT-4 and how does it improve upon ChatGPT?
Written by: Tom Acres

Selenium Cucumber BDD framework with ChatGPT
Written by: Dr. Çağrı Ataseven

Teachable moments in Quality Coaching
Written by: Gerard McCann

How to Run a Successful User Story Writing Workshop
Written by: Mike Cohn

Learn to Earn
Written by: Steve Keating

Extra:

Why is Collaboration Difficult For Some Leaders and How to Make it Easier
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“A day without laughter is a day wasted” -Nicolas Chamfort

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Five Blogs – 21 December 2022

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Estimating the time to test a software product
Written by: Nataliia Syvynska

Think twice before hiring QA for your startup
Written by: Mike Sonders

What Are Agile Story Points?
Written by: Mike Cohn

Praise and Criticism
Written by: Steve Keating

Know These Hidden SAP Security Dangers before Uploading Files
Written by: Christoph Nagy

Quote of the day:
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” -Albert Einstein

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Five Blogs – 6 December 2022

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The Value of Old Systems
Written by: TuxCare

Why Managers Matter
Written by: Michael McKinney

Preparing for a Russian cyber offensive against Ukraine this winter
Written by: Clint Watts

The best user story!
Written by: Bhagya Perera

E2E testing manifesto
Written by: Victor Slavchev

Quote of the day:
“What seems like a reasonable distance to one person may feel too far to somebody else” -Haruki Murakami

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Five Blogs – 21 April 2022

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The best browsers for privacy: Secure web browsing
Written by: Liam Tung and Taylor Clemons

How to Manage and Track Exploratory Testing
Written by: Matthew Heusser

Five Ways To Put Intuition To Work
Written by: John Baldoni

Test as Transformation – Expectation Management
Written by: Keith Klain

Leveraging The Power Of Story
Written by: Greg Satell

Quote of the day:
“Whatever most captures your attention most controls your life” -Kare Anderson

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Five Blogs – 29 January 2022

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Career Options For Testers Unsure What They Can Do Next In Their Careers
Written by: Vernon Richards

How Testers Can Use Three Coaching Questions To Tell Better Testing Stories That Leave Their Stakeholders Well Informed About Their Work.
Written by: Vernon Richards

Diary Of A Professional Nerd – The Time I Became Will Smith’s Virtual Stunt Double And Made It To A Top Ten List
Written by: Vernon Richards

How I Used My Testing Mindset To Defeat The Infamous Wordle 219 Puzzle Without Cheating or Breaking My Streak!
Written by: Vernon Richards

What Is Egan’s 3-Stage Model And How Can It Help You Lead Without Making Your Team Dependant On You
Written by: Vernon Richards

EXTRA:

7 Ways To Spot The Difference Between Scripted Testing Is Different To Exploratory Testing So Do The Most Effective Work
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“Sometimes we do everything right, and we still lose.” -Ashley Seaver

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Five Blogs – 24 December 2021

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Technical user story writing for agile teams: A practical guide
Written by: Randi Still and Zach Sheehan

TBM 52A/52: Should PdMs “Write Tickets”
Written by: John Cutler

Feedback is a gift
Written by: Tanaka Mutakwa

Resilience In Leadership
Written by: David Amerland

Looking back on the Log4j Weekend
Written by: Vickie Li

Quote of the day:
“You can’t just sit there and moan forever. You’ve gotta deal and you’ve gotta learn how to rise from your mistakes.” -Cassey Ho

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Five Blogs – 21 December 2021

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How to implement user story kick-offs and improve quality as a team
Written by: Kelly Chin

The Five Biggest Cyber Security Trends In 2022
Written by: Bernard Marr

TBM 51/52: Make “Using Data” Easy
Written by: John Cutler

Taking Care of Business
Written by: Steve Keating

Automated testing patterns
Written by: Luís Soares

Quote of the day:
“Sleep tries to seduce me by promising a more reasonable tomorrow” -Elizabeth Smart

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Five Blogs – 3 December 2021

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Intensifying Stories with Limited Input
Written by: Bill Wake

Time to Debrief
Written by: Steve Keating

Focus on the Experience, and the Numbers Will Come – ALWAYS
Written by: Annette Franz

8 Ways to Be a Better Writer
Written by: Marie Leslie

About My Cat, AI, and Interacting with People
Written by: Peter Varhol

Quote of the day:
“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” -Viktor E. Frankl

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