Ian Wells Aug 16, 20152 minTesting in a world of abundance – the importance of asking the right questions Part 2What makes a good tester? Its the ability to ask the right questions and use this to make the right test plan, so says, Paul Theyers This...
Ian Wells Aug 14, 20151 minThe art of being a tester: Am I asking the right question?📷 Paul Theyers and I, in a free ranging, fun conversation today about the joys and challenges of testing, discussed “what makes a...
Ian Wells Jul 19, 20152 minStriving to learn – not by studying – by doing📷 I am traditionally schooled. I used to think that, if I wanted to learn something new, I would take a course on it – go back to...
Ian Wells Apr 21, 20151 minUpstreaming QualityPenny Wyatt, QA manager at Atlassian, gave an insightful talk at the 2014 Atlassian Summit on how to do QA. 📷QA at Atlassian, and other...
Ian Wells Apr 14, 20151 min3 questions to ask when interviewing for a tester roleAs Laszlo Bock also found out after sifting through Google data, its very difficult to predict how someone will do in a job, based on...
Ian Wells Apr 13, 20152 minFour kinds of testersI have hired 50 or more testers and interviewed hundreds of tester candidates. The trick is to hire the right tester for the testing job...
Ian Wells Apr 2, 20154 min9 Characteristics of Excellent Software Tools📷 Excellent software requires excellent tools Those who know me, know I am partial to a few software tool providers, namely Atlassianand...
Ian Wells Mar 27, 20151 minInterns can help NZ universities keep up with the rate of tech changeTechnical change is occurring at an increasing rate. All of us, technical or not, work to keep up. At Universities, the cycle of adding...
Ian Wells Mar 26, 20152 minInterships: Value for business – need for dataI am a big supporter of internships – they are a fantastic way for students to get started in their careers. How about business? Could...
Ian Wells Mar 25, 20151 minWaterloo co-op students become entrepreneursI hired 20 co-op students from the University of Waterloo to work on my test team here in New Zealand over several years. These...
Ian Wells Mar 24, 20152 minHow to improve Internships in NZIn my previous posts I described my experiences with one world-class internship program - the University of Waterloo co-op program. New...
Ian Wells Mar 23, 20155 minWorld Competitive NZ internships: Direct value to businessThis is the second in a series of posts looking internship programs in New Zealand and how they compare to world-wide competition. 📷 In...
Ian Wells Mar 22, 20159 minWaterloo example of world class internship programIn this post, I describe student internships and explore the opportunities in New Zealand to create a world class technology internship...
Ian Wells Mar 18, 20154 minMy recommended podcastsTraditional Podcasts Many of these are existing radio shows, rebundled as podcasts. All great to listen to. Kiwimana bee podcasts - I was...
Ian Wells Mar 18, 20153 minTraditional PodcastsMany of these are existing radio shows, rebundled as podcasts. All great to listen to. Kiwimana bee podcasts – I was recently introduced...
Ian Wells Mar 17, 20152 minThe Emerging Podcast Eruption DisruptionThis is my first post here on venduco.co.nz. So this is for fun. I ponder the effects of podcasting on traditional New Zealand media...
