Three Ways that Blogging Helps Me Reflect & Learn

At Atomic, we all share the pain of writing blog posts to help with our marketing efforts. As well as helping the company, I’ve found that writing a regular blog post also helps me. The obvious benefit is that it improves my writing skills, encouraging me to share my ideas and thoughts in a succinct […]

“Who Tested That?” Probably Someone Like You

I’m sure many of you have come across errors like the one above when you are surfing the internet or using an app. Your first reaction might be, “Who tested that?” You know your site and app would never have an error like this in production! Or would it? Here are a few reasons why […]

More Ways to Test – Vacation Bugs

My last post referenced some issues I’d found when planning a vacation. After taking that vacation, I discovered some more issues.

More Ways to Test – Travel-Inspired Bugs

My vacation is coming up soon, hurrah! This means a lot of planning and booking and surfing and searching to find cool and unusual places to stay and things to do. It also usually means I find some bugs along the way which give me ideas for testing at work.

3 Ways I’m Honing my Presentation Skills by Building Good Habits

I’ve given a fair number of talks over the last few years, and I always try to keep improving. Before my recent talk at Beer City Code, I tried a few new things that (based on the feedback I got) worked very well. 1. Watch a recording of yourself giving a talk. If you can […]

More Ways to Test – Testing Error Conditions

Humans are going to use your app, and they are not going to get everything right every time. If and when they make a mistake, how does your app cope? This can be a fertile ground for testers looking for issues, as often the Happy Path case is written first and assumes everything is good, […]

More Ways to Test – Using Tea/Coffee Breaks in your Mobile Testing

Testing is often thought of as dull and monotonous, yet something that has to be done. However, I’ve found some fun ways to add variety and incorporate extra testing into everyday routines.

More Ways to Test – Alternating Phone Models Per Test Cycle

Phone simulators are great for helping development move quickly, but they are only simulators. Testing on a real physical device should be part of your workflow.

Four Web Accessibility Testing Tools/Practices to Start Using Today

I recently ran some quick tests to see how accessible a website was. To do this, I used four different techniques which can test for different types of issues.

Using Game Titles to Estimate Testing Scope

At Atomic, we have multiple projects happening at once, with team sizes ranging from a solo maker to teams of six and up. The teams are also working on different technologies (web, mobile, IOT devices) with different project risks—it might be a quick and dirty MVP, an app for a high-profile event used by tens […]

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By: Phil Kirkham

Author: Phil Kirkham