I like to use mind maps to help me test. Mind maps are a visual way of brainstorming different ideas. On a previous mobile team I printed and laminated this mind map to bring along to every planning session to help remind me to ask questions like, “What about accessibility? Automation? Security? or Performance?”: As… Continue reading Mindmaps and Heuristics for testing
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YOW! Sydney 2019
YOW! Sydney 2019 has come and gone and what a conference it was. Here is my summary of the talks I attended (with sketchnotes). You can access a PDF of my sketchnotes here. Or find them all on twitter under #YOW19 and #Sketchnotes. Hopefully I’ll see you at the 2020 conference. If you are interested… Continue reading YOW! Sydney 2019
Women in Tech
When I start talking about diversity in tech there’s a few points I usually like to make. Because I come from both a tech and engineering background there is a lot of overlap with women in Engineering roles and women working in tech. This blog post will compare diversity in tech and engineering. We nearly… Continue reading Women in Tech
DevWorld 2019
I recently attended /Dev/World in Melbourne this week. This is Australia’s only iOS developer conference. Here is my summary of the conference. Themes There were a few themes that gleaned from the talks. These were; Swift is the most talked about language in this space People are still using Objective-C Cross platform remains a hot… Continue reading DevWorld 2019
Right To Left design considerations for mobile apps
We truly live in a global and inter connected society. But have you tested your app using a Right to Left (RTL) language such as Arabic? This blog post is a reflection on some of the design considerations to keep in mind when accomodating this. Why does this matter? Arabic is one of the top… Continue reading Right To Left design considerations for mobile apps
Serverless Days Sydney 2019
I attended Serverless Days in Sydney Today. Overall it had a good sense of community, the venue and food was top notch. This is a community run conference and there’s always good representation from the main serverless cloud providers here. *Cough* Google/AWS/Microsoft *Cough*. Alibaba made an appearance too. Are we at a serverless tipping point?… Continue reading Serverless Days Sydney 2019
Getting started with Google Cloud server less functions
Do you know how many lines of code you need to deploy a google cloud server less function? Short Answer – 4 exports.helloWorld = (req, res) => { let message = req.query.message || req.body.message || ‘Hello World!’; res.status(200).send(message);}; https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/quickstart-nodejs Wait, what’s a server less function? Have you heard of micro services? This is like that… Continue reading Getting started with Google Cloud server less functions
A Mobile App Test Strategy
Test strategy, what a funny concept. Now this strategy isn’t going to help you win any battles (this is where the word strategy comes from after all) but for lack of a better well understood term, this blog post is a reflection on what I imagine will work for my team*. *disclaimer: what might work… Continue reading A Mobile App Test Strategy
Evolution of my CV
My CV has evolved a bit over the years. But there have also been a few constants too. I’ve always tried to keep my CV under 2 pages, my most recent one is 1 page with embedded links, it’s a little experimental and it’s more like a portfolio. 2020-06-26 Update: My 2014 to 2017 resume’s… Continue reading Evolution of my CV
70 days into #100DaysOfLinkedIn
Wow, I’m two thirds of the way through my #100DaysOfLinkedIn marketing campaign. Here is an update of how I’ve adapted and grown over that time. You can read up on the launch of the campaign and a halfway through update too. 2200 connections Before starting this campaign, I had 1400 connections. I’ve now see this… Continue reading 70 days into #100DaysOfLinkedIn