Birthday Reflections

I recently survived another year on this rock rotating around the sun. It doesn’t feel that long that I was reflecting on turning 30 last year. I also set myself some goals at the start of the year but 2020 has been a doozey and put lot’s of those intentions on hold. This blog is… Continue reading Birthday Reflections

Mental Health check-in

Q. Hey Sam, how’s your mental health going? A. To be honest, it’s been pretty shit. This whole pandemic thing hasn’t been great for my mental wellbeing. Q. Yeah it’s all been pretty stressful, ay. What’s been bothering you? Would you like to talk about anything specifically? A. My sleep has been all kinds of… Continue reading Mental Health check-in

Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing

A few weeks back, Pradeep Soundararajan; founder of Moolya testing and I were having a conversation on twitter on test strategies for mobile apps. He suggested trying Bugasura for running a bag bash. Bugasura is an android app and a chrome extension. it helps with keeping track of exploratory testing sessions and comes with screenshot annotation and jira integration.  Here are… Continue reading Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing

Coronavirus and superannuation

This is not financial advice, this blog is a reflection on how unit prices and stock markets impact superannuation (Australian retirement funds), all prices listed are in AUD. At the end of last week I rolled over my superannuation from Verve to Sunsuper because I wanted more flexibility over my investment allocations. Verve had 1… Continue reading Coronavirus and superannuation

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Beta releases for mobile apps

My team is going through a beta release for our mobile app to get early feedback. We’ve noticed that our android app is struggling compared to iOS. It seems that having an extra hurdle with signing up for the android beta program impacts installations. Naturally we’d expect the android engagement to lag a little behind… Continue reading Beta releases for mobile apps