Ep 100: Part Two: The OpenSpace edition

Here we are, as promised with Episode 100: Part Two: The OpenSpace Edition: Colon central! This one is not amazing, sound-wise. The room was echo-y and you’ll hear some noise from the room next to ours as the divider was a bit broken. It’s still audible and I’ve (hopefully) got the sound levels decent enough

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Episode 100!!!!

Honestly folks, this is just a random collection of links that covers some of the things mentioned in some of the sections in this episode. It’s a bit of everything! Links https://www.wired.com/2015/04/reduce-vr-sickness-just-add-virtual-nose/ https://www.pottermore.com/ https://www.warchild.org.uk/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/doctor-who-time-vortex-vr https://nianticlabs.com/blog/wizardsunite/ https://www.ingress.com/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/civilisations-ar https://www.nigella.com/recipes/dark-and-sumptuous-chocolate-cake http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/vegan-brownies-19282 (to make these gluten free use GF flour and add xanthan gum) https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chocolatefudgeicing_83804 https://www.mumsnet.com/food/recipe/1051-Pineapple-ginger-cake-egg-free https://www.nigella.com/recipes/dark-and-sumptuous-chocolate-cake

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Ep 99: All the world’s a stage

Episode 99! I talk to Matt about Performance Reviews, me from the perspective of having my first formalised ones and Matt from the perspective of being a manager doing them. Episode 100 next and still time to get involved! Ask me a question on twitter, email me a question (or a recording!) at letstalkabouttests@gmail.com, leave

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Ep 98: Let’s Get Uncomfy

Hi listeners! So this is late and a little off schedule, but it’s here! I’m currently sourcing therapy as I’ve had a rough time the past few weeks and need a top up, which is why things haven’t been happening. Podcasting brings me great joy, so I will absolutely keep doing it, but my time

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Ep 97: Against Energy and the Caring Angry Friend

This week I talk to Matt Heusser about mental health in the workplace! We cover a lot of things, which are mentioned below, but our conversation generally centres around the unique stresses that a software tester encounters and how to help/deal/cope with these. You can find Matt on twitter, and he recently did a webinar

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Ep 96: “Testers are the canary down the coalmine”

Want to be a part of episode 100? You have TWO WAYS: Ask me a question! Here, letstalkabouttests@gmail.com, slack, or bit.ly/AskGem Coming to #TestBashBrighton? Find me! I’ll have a portable mic and we can have a quick chat

Ep 95: “You don’t need client approval. You just need self approval.”

Title from: https://twitter.com/basithharoon/status/932872776616116224, via @agencyquotes. As a reminder, I am still collecting questions at http://bit.ly/AskGem, come quiz me on things! This week I talk to James Sheasby Thomas about #agencylife! Before I moved to the BBC, I worked in a couple of agencies, and, after talking to a few non-agency testers I realised a lot

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Ep 94: Sound Effects and Overdramatics: The retrospective

This week the Testbash MCR crew is back! Claire, Matt, and I discuss post Testbash feels: how we felt we did, what we’d do differently next time, and our plans for the future. We also talk about Softeare Testing Clinic Manchester! Claire is running it with Richard Bradshaw, and Matt and I will be mentors!

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Ep 93: 2017 in review

2017 has been a year! 24 episodes (inc. this episode and the rebroadcast) 12 interviews 13,544 downloads as of recording 28 Patreon posts, 14 of which were Patreon only More tweets and slack messages than I care to think about 1 new microphone Favourite moments: All of my interviews – finally got some names that

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Ep 92: Everybody’s a critic

This week its just me, talking about critiquing my own testing! I’ve been doing this a lot in my new job – figuring out the priorities of the team and where my focus needs to be, and where this intersects with my weaknesses and biases. It’s been really interesting, and I’ve been trying to be

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