It has become a fixture for many testers in the greater Hamburg area: the annual QS barcamp, which took place for the third time. Participants decided to cap visitors at 80 at a session last year without anybody really believing it was necessary. And necessary it was! A week before the event we had to… Continue Reading →
I was finally able to attend TestBash Brighton, the mother of all TestBashes. Getting there took me almost 10 hours, who would have guessed that all the trains to the airport would run on time? Getting home talk me even longer, who would have guessed that 2cm of snow would let European transportation break down? Anyway,… Continue Reading →
This is a short review of the splendid inaugural TestBash Germany conference. Or you could also say that this is the story of how “I wonder what CFP works like” became standing on stage and giving a talk at a testing conference for the first time ever. Manchester 2016 was my first TestBash ever and… Continue Reading →
I had the chance to get a glimpse at the Microsoft HoloLens last week, which is – as wikipedia puts it – “a pair of mixed reality smartglasses”. As I had to fight with my 16 year old nephew for usage time (which I lost of course), I ended up with about an hour of wearing the… Continue Reading →
I spent a few days on the beautiful island of Tenerife. Except from jumping into the Atlantic and having a sundowner occasionally, I caught up on my reading list, which I want to share with you. Impact mapping It’s the book to the website! Well, at least kind of. The books provides deeper insight on… Continue Reading →
I started to listen to podcasts a lot more recently. Mostly while taking a walk during my lunch break or while working out in the gym. Podcast have not supplanted blogs as my main source of information, but have taken a prominent role and become a welcome addition. I would even go as far as… Continue Reading →
Back in the 1990s I was part of the PC demo scene. If you haven’t heard about that, well, you missed out on something. It’s about people creating real time animation, often within file size limits of e.g. 64kb. At so called demo parties people come together to meet other like minded people and generally have… Continue Reading →
I can’t believe that it has been 6 months since I started my new job over at MACH AG. So it is maybe time to reflect on my experiences while looking for a new job. The outline for the job I was looking for were pretty clear (well, at least to me): Greater Hamburg/Lübeck area agile… Continue Reading →
The guys over at the Ministry of Testing proposed a 30 days of testing challenge for july. If you are somewhat interested in testing and out on twitter you will probably have stumbled upon the #30daysoftesting hashtag. If not, well you missed out on something! In a nutshell: The challenge was to perform a certain… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, testing is all about knowledge. Acquiring knowledge, having knowledge, providing knowledge, sharing knowledge. I will exclude specific domain knowledge for this blog post, not neglecting it being of utmost value. This post is about testing knowledge and its acquisition. For me an important part of acquiring knowledge is reading blogs. There are… Continue Reading →