Tag Archives: learning

Diversity Matters

Posted on 2018-10-27 by Karo Stoltzenburg

The latest Cambridge Exploratory Workshop on Testing (CEWT) came along, asking “What Makes Good Testers and/or Testing?“. It made me think: Isn’t it rather nice that I can learn something new about testing everyday, so why try to define based on … Continue reading →

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Twitter Timeline Q1/18

Posted on 2018-04-11 by Karo Stoltzenburg

#March https://twitter.com/Otter_News/status/969523211552591872

Posted in I've liked a thing on twitter | Tagged agile, community, culture, fun, learning, meetups, swtc, testing | Leave a comment

Testers’ Island Discs

Posted on 2018-03-31 by Karo Stoltzenburg

If you want to hear me “knocking it out of the park“, you can now head over to the Testers Island Disc Podcast, where I had the great pleasure of being guest on the 11th Episode. Awesome host Neil Studd and me talk … Continue reading →

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On: What is Testing?

Posted on 2018-02-26 by Karo Stoltzenburg

A place for me to capture resources, definitions, thoughts on a specific topic, here: “What is testing?” By nature an ongoing list, used as a starting point (for me). Often done while I research a topic; out of interest, to … Continue reading →

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Learning Pairing

Posted on 2018-02-17 by Karo Stoltzenburg

The last year was a bit of a journey into pairing for me. Not that I hadn’t paired before and didn’t appreciate and enjoy it. But pairing got amplified in the last year as a more conscious effort and an … Continue reading →

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Ministry of Testing Meetups in Cambridge 2017

Posted on 2018-01-13 by Karo Stoltzenburg

Tis the season! Let’s have a look back at another year of excellent evening events at the Ministry of Testing Meetup in Cambridge. I’m really pleased that we again managed to have events happening pretty regularly each month – a … Continue reading →

Posted in I've attended a thing, I've done a thing | Tagged community, games, learning, show-and-tell | 1 Comment

Software Testing Clinic is coming to Cambridge!

Posted on 2018-01-03 by Karo Stoltzenburg

Back in December I had the pleasure sending out this email to the members of the Ministry of Testing Cambridge Meetup announcing that Software Testing Clinic is coming to Cambridge, with monthly sessions from January 2018 on. I’ve been to a … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to get Started with (Exploratory) Testing as a non-Tester

Posted on 2017-09-15 by Karo Stoltzenburg

This is a companion piece for my talk “Testing Demystified” at the DDD East Anglia, where I encourage people from other disciplines, namely programmers, to get more involved in (exploratory) testing activities (because it’s fun! And worth it!). And here … Continue reading →

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Ministry of Testing Meetups in Cambridge 2016

Posted on 2016-12-21 by Karo Stoltzenburg

2016 saw a really nice range of evening Meetups in the Ministry of Testing Cambridge group – with talks, workshops and open formats like Show & Tell, Games or just drinks scattered throughout – check the line up of our … Continue reading →

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