Diversity starts with empathy
Imagine working hard for years to be part of a profession that you’re excited about. Imagine going to one of your first conferences and seeing well-respected people in your profession …
Preparing for your presentation
Presentations used to terrify me. I remember stressing for days about having to give a 3 minute presentation in high school about a topic of my choice. I chose “ghosts” …
Interview by Fog Creek Software blog
I was recently interviewed by Fog Creek Software’s blog about embedded testers in development teams. Check it out here to listen to me rant about how software testing needs to be …
Introducing Speak Easy
I’m delighted to announce that I have agreed to be a regional patron for Speak Easy – a program designed to increase diversity in tech conferences through dedicated conference spots, mentoring and …
Scaling Up with Embedded Testing
The keynote I presented at CAST 2014 has been uploaded and you can watch it here. CAST was a really great conference – I had an amazing time and had …
Interview at Hack and Heckle – Rise of the “devster”
I’ve been interviewed by my buddy Ben Morgan on his podcast Hack and Heckle. Ben was a pal of mine at university. One of my first memories of Ben was …
Female technologists, let’s be heard
As I do a lot of public speaking these days, I’m often amused to hear the feedback that I’m a “very natural speaker”. People are always surprised when I tell …
Thoughts from #telsum
A few weeks ago I one of a lucky few to have the chance to go to the Telerik Testing Summit (#telsum). It’s an invite-only annual peer conference held in …
One simple suggestion to encourage more women into IT
Last week I wrote a blog post about a conversation I had with a young girl about women who work in technology. I did not anticipate such a massive response! …
Testing Positive
I gave a talk at the Sydney Testers Meetup last year called something very New-Age-sounding like “The Power of Positive Testing”. It was a short talk with a positive message …