How can we know that the products we're building are going to make a positive impact on the world? Could it be that it's only good for people like us, but does harm to others? What can we as individuals do to improve the products we're building?

In this season finale episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to Catherine Flick, a Professor of Ethics and Games Technology at Staffordshire University. Tune in to learn some fascinating research and stories about ethics, tech, and... video games.

Find Catherine on:

• Her website: https://liedra.net/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-flick/

Mentions and resources:

• The exercise of the Black Mirror Writer's Room by Casey Fiesler: https://cfiesler.medium.com/the-black-mirror-writers-room-teaching-technology-ethics-through-speculation-f1a9e2deccf4
• ACM's Code of Ethics: https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics

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Have you ever heard of W. Edwards Deming? What about... the Toyota way? Lean? DevOps?

John Willis is one of the pioneers of the DevOps movement, and, has recently released a book "Deming's Journey to the Profound Knowledge". In this latest episode of Quality Bits you'll hear more about this book, and the ideas of Deming that we can still learn so much from when wanting to build high-quality products and teams.

Find John on:

• His website: http://www.johnwillis.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwillisatlanta/

Mentions and resources:

• Article "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
• Books 📚 :
  • "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future" by John Willis
  • "The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations" by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis
  • "The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  • "The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win" by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
  • "Toyota Kata" by Mike Rother
  • "The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition" by Steven J. Spear
  • "Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification" by Gene Kim, Steven J. Spear
  • "Out of the Crisis" by W. Edwards Deming
  • "The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education" by W. Edwards Deming
  • "Thinking in Systems" by Donella H. Meadows

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Imagine the world with no sight. No hearing. No mobility. It's hard to comprehend how to navigate the world then. It's a reality for more people than we imagine. It also may have been or might be yours - there as well may be situational or temporary times in your life when you need a more accessible world.

In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to an accessibility consultant Azra Tayyebi. Tune in to learn more about accessibility, its misconceptions, where we all can improve, and how we can create not only more inclusive products but society overall.

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azra-tayyebi-5494b227b/

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What does it mean to be a "team glue"? Why does it matter? Why QA should be positioned as a tech leadership role?

Tune in the latest episode with the inspiring Vernon Richards to get the answers to these questions and so much more.

Find Vernon on:

• His website: https://www.vernonrichards.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vernonrichards/
• X: https://twitter.com/TesterFromLeic

Mentions and resources:

• Tanya Reilly on Team Glue: https://noidea.dog/glue
• A conversation with Kanika Selvan (could not find yet her talk Pet to Threat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LY5iOZN14
• On brag documents: https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/
• Diary of the CEO podcast with Adam Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPXjt6beYbg

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Learning is essential, but... It's easy to fall into a learning fatigue. It can feel like one more thing in our already overflowing to-do list. To make matters more challenging, the number of online resources to learn from is growing daily.

Marie Cruz is a Senior Developer Advocate: her job is to learn and share what she has learned. In this episode, Lina talks to Marie about creating the habit of continuous learning in this busy world. You'll get a chance to learn from some of the best Marie's tips and resources on approaching your learning journeys better.

Find Marie on:

• Her website: https://www.testingwithmarie.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariedesireecruz/
• X: https://twitter.com/mcruzdrake

Mentions and resources:

• Adobo and Avocados live stream Marie does with Nicole (our previous guest, too, check out listening recommendations below): https://www.youtube.com/@adoboandavocados
• Test Automation University: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/
• Ministry of Testing 30 days challenges:
  • 30 Days of Testing
  • 30 Days of Accessibility Testing
• Books 📚:
  • "Atomic Habits" by James Clear
  • "The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy
  • "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck

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If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy these past episode of Quality Bits:
Learning Culture, Collaboration, and Experiments with Andrei Bechet https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/14182594

Performance Testing with Nicole van der Hoeven
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/13909242

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Automated E2E (end-to-end) tests frequently are the first thing companies introduce trying to reduce the efforts of manual testing: "There's this big manual testing regression suite, so why don't we automate it? Right? ... Right?"

Well, Bas Dijkstra thinks otherwise. In this episode, we'll talk about automating the right things instead, and, why E2E tests are not always the best idea. You'll hear about test models, test ownership, and where to start when you want to learn more about automation in a bit less common way than most of testing courses recommend.

Find Bas on:

• His website: https://www.ontestautomation.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basdijkstra/

Mentions and resources:

• Bas' article "Breaking down your E2E tests - an example": https://www.ontestautomation.com/breaking-down-your-e2e-tests-an-example/
• Other recommendations by Bas:
  • Article "Proving E2E Tests are a Scam" by Elliot Murray: https://elliottmurray.medium.com/proving-e2e-tests-are-a-scam-21d39e88913
  • How to grow in automation:
    • Bas' learning path suggestion: https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/resources/test-automation/a-test-automation-learning-path/
    • "Quality Engineer Learning Roadmap" by Blake Norrish: https://medium.com/slalom-build/quality-engineer-learning-roadmap-fddfcb77409e

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More and more software delivery teams embrace the whole team quality approach. Where does testing fit into that? Modern testing principles are there to help to understand what the industry is moving towards.

In this episode, Lina talks to Alan Page - one of the creators of modern testing principles. He's an avid blogger who has quite a few opinions on better software delivery. Tune into this episode to learn more about how modern testing principles can help to embrace the whole team quality approach, and more.

Find Alan on:

• His website: https://angryweasel.com/blog/
• Substack: https://substack.com/@angryweasel
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-l-a-n/

Mentions and resources:

• Modern Testing: https://www.moderntesting.org/
• Alan's article "Don't blame me": https://angryweasel.substack.com/p/dont-blame-me
• Books 📚
  • • "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig
    • "Accelerate: The Science Behind Devops" by Nicole Forsgren et al
    • "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries
    • "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge" by John Willis

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Ever been in a situation where you're trying to make a point to someone and as much as you try to phrase it differently, it just does not go through? On the other side, have you ever had someone approach you and despite you first having the opposing point of view, they quickly convince you otherwise? Those are the persuasion skills in action.

After hearing Thomas Shipley's talk on persuasion, Lina talks to him about it in this episode. Tune in to learn more about 3 Ps of persuasion, in which situations you could benefit from those skills, and why it matters overall.

Find Thomas on:

• His website: https://tomdriven.dev/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshipley/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomdrivendev

Mentions and resources:

• Thomas` talk on persuasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOIzzwMSi4
• Books
  • • "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson
    • "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It" by Chris Voss
    • "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

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