Testers' Island Discs

By Ministry of Testing

Welcome to Testers' Island Discs, a podcast focused around software testing and storytelling hosted by Neil Studd.

The concept is straightforward: each episode, Neil interviews a different member of t... more

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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

Testers' Island Discs episodes:

April 20, 2018Testers' Island Discs Ep13 - Andrew Morton
Podcast Links:
Rosie Hamilton - Discovering Logic in Testing
Danny Dainton - Learning to Learn: My Struggles and Successes
Alan Page - Experiences in Modern Testing
99 Second Talks
Screen Testing: Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin (feat. Andrew Morton)
Andrew Morton & Anna Baik talk at TestBash Brighton 2016
Meetup.com: South West Test
Twitter: South West Test
Neil Studd: Lessons learned from six months of refining a presentation
Wikipedia: Inductive reasoning
Wikipedia: Deductive reasoning
Wikipedia: Abductive reasoning
Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles
TED Talks: Shawn Achor - The happy secret to better work
Amazon.co.uk: Adam Kay - The Remains of Tom Lehrer
YouTube: Tom Lehrer - Pollution
Alan Page's Angry Weasel blog
AB Testing podcast
Looney Labs: Fluxx
Ministry of Testing: Choose Not To Be A Software Testing Hero (Ali Hill)
Let's Talk About Tests, Baby: Episode 100 (Live from Brighton)
Patreon: Gem Hill
Elizabeth Sandifer: TARDIS Eruditorum essays
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32min
April 03, 2018Testers' Island Discs Ep12 - Melissa Eaden
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Agile Alliance: Pair Programming
Llewellyn Falco: Llewellyn's strong-style pairing
ThoughtWorks: Effective Navigation in Pair Programming
Angie Jones: Pair Programming as an Automation Training Technique
Lisa Crispin: Pairing for Learning - Across the Team
Zoom
Slack: Screenhero is now built into Slack
Danny Dainton's blog posts about Postman
Danny Dainton: Pairing is caring
Rapid Reporter
Mob Testing: An Introduction & Experience Report
Melissa Eaden: TestBashNYC == Mind Nova!!
Ministry of Testing: Call for Writers
Ministry of Testing: Become a MoT Author
Ministry of Testing: MoT Writer's Guide
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35min
March 18, 2018Testers' Island Discs Ep 11 - Karo Stoltzenburg
Podcast Links:
Karo's Twitter @karostol
Karo's blog
Meetup.com: Ministry of Testing Cambridge
BBC News: Cambridge bucks Brexit trend (73.8% voted Remain)
Ministry of Testing Dojo: TestBash 2012 (Cambridge)
Toby Sinclair: Are You Really Coaching? (Scale of Influence)
Elisabeth Hendrickson: Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
Santhosh Tuppad: Heuristics Cheat Sheet Presentation
Beren Van Daele: Consult the TestSphere
Ministry of Testing Store: TestSphere
Marcel Gehlen: RiskStorming - Mapping Risks with TestSphere
YouTube: How To Do Risk Based Software Testing Using TestSphere
BBC News: Meet the man trying to cycle from Scotland to Brighton (interview with Beren Van Daele)
Amazon.co.uk: Jerry Weinberg - Are Your Lights On?
Buster Benson: Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet
Agile Alliance: Three Amigos
Wikipedia: Known Knowns
Wikipedia: Dunning-Kruger Effect
James Thomas: Weinberg's Rule of Three
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37min
January 18, 2018Testers' Island Discs Ep 8 - Gem Hill
Podcast Links:
Gem's Twitter links @Gem_Hill, @LetsTalkTests and @InnerPod
Gem's talk "AUT: Anxiety Under Test" from TestBash Manchester 2017
Let's Talk About Tests, Baby
Inner Pod
BBC Taster - Tell Me Your Secrets
BBC Taster - The Mermaid's Tears (content warning: child death)
Amazon.co.uk: Michael D. Watkins - The First 90 Days
LTATB Ep #90 - New job weirdness
Geek Mental Help Week
Patreon - Gem Hill
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
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38min
December 28, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 7 - Lisa Crispin
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You can reach Lisa on Twitter @LisaCrispin
Discover more about Lisa's work on Agile Testing with Janet Gregory at https://agiletester.ca/
YouTube: Sallyann Freudenberg - Neurodiversity and Software Development (CAST 2016)
Google Slides: Guna Petrova - Me and My Deadly Sing (ATD 2017)
Ministry of Testing Dojo: TestBash Philadelphia - 99 Second Talks
Agile Testing Days
Lisa Crispin - Inclusive Conferences
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43min
December 15, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 6 - Christmas Special
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22min
November 21, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 5 - Alan Page
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Alan on Twitter @alanpage
Read Alan's blog http://angryweasel.com/
AB Testing podcast
Alan Page - The "A" Word
Gerald M. Weinberg - Becoming a Technical Leader
Mike Cohn - The Forgotten Layer of the Test Automation Pyramid
Phillip Armour - The Five Orders of Ignorance
Ministry of Testing Blog Feed
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35min
November 16, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 4 - Rich Rogers
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Visit his website (including his monthly Q&A column) at https://richrtesting.com/
Changing Times: Quality for Humans in a Digital Age
Three Dimensions of Quality blog post
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28min
November 02, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 3 - Paul Grizzaffi
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Paul can be reached on Twitter @pgrizzaffi
Read more of his automation thoughts at responsibleautomation.wordpress.com
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38min
October 19, 2017Testers' Island Discs Ep 2 - Cassandra H. Leung
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Get in touch with Cassandra via Twitter @Tweet_Cassandra
Cassandra's website www.cassandrahl.com
Checkout Cassandra's template cards for Tester Bingo
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32min

FAQs about Testers' Island Discs:

How many episodes does Testers' Island Discs have?

The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.