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It can very easy to overthink a technical solution for a simple and analogue approach.

I still need to finish writing and practice it, and hopefully I get a good turnout.

I may figure out a way to have an altered version with no workplace branding, and share it online.

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May 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Next week it is Learning at Work Week, and I'll be giving an internal workshop on sketch noting.

After plenty of overthinking on how to show concepts and approaches in a remote-only event, I realised why not sketch what I wanted to show and take a picture.

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Photo of a page, with 4 simple drawings surrounding text. From top left they are: The word Billboard, on a simple line drawing of a billboard. The word Pins, in a box with pins sticking out the top corners. The words Double Box, in box with a second outline around it. The word Clouds, in a drawing of a cloud. Photo of a page, with stick figures of people. Top row has one with a triangle body, one with a rectangular body, and one with a round body. Bottom row has three half circles grouped together, with circles for heads, to represent a team of people. Photo of a page, with the words "common icons", and five simple drawings around it: a computer, a light bulb, a cup with a handle and liquid inside, a clock, and a music symbol. Photo of a page, broken into four quadrants, and each quadrant has six tiles. The top left have the tiles going 1 to 6, in a pattern going down, right, up, right, down, with 1 in the top left and 6 in the bottom right. The second quadrant has blue arrows connecting the tiles in a zig zag pattern, going down, up and to the right, down, up to the right and down again. The third quadrant has the tiles going A to C in the top row, to D in the bottom right, and to the left E then F. The fourth quadrant has green arrows, starting in the top left and connecting the top row, then going from the top right to the bottom left with a long arrow, and further arrows across the bottom tiles.
May 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
If you prefer to read blogs, I have a blog I used to post on from December 2016 to April 2022.

Some of it may be dated, others are things I don't do anymore, but it can give an onsite into my journey.

thepiratetester.wordpress.com

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The Pirate Tester
Sailing against the testing establishment
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November 20, 2024 at 8:49 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Whilst I've slowed down in what I've made, if you enjoy videos, I do have a YouTube channel, that you can find at youtube.com/@pirateteste...

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Pirate Tester
I am Lee the Pirate Tester, sailing the seas of misinformation, plundering knowledge, and sharing my good fortunes with all of you, my crew. On this channel I will be sharing my advise and experience...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:46 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Ahoy to my new followers 👋

I'm not as active these days, but hopefully Bluesky growing will encourage that from me.

I've been in testing 10 years, focusing on exploratory training and knowledge sharing.

Lately I've started learning about screen readers, to advocate accessibility.

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October 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
I'm live!
#TuesdayNightTesting
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thepiratetester.bsky.social Lee Marshall 🏴‍☠️ (Discord: thepiratetester) @thepiratetester.bsky.social · Aug 29
Just under 2 hours until the next #TuesdayNightTesting live stream, where I test a website live, seeing what I can find, and showing how I go about testing.

I'd love you to join me in the chat, as it makes it much more fun for me.

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youtube.com/live/Phpegio...
August 29, 2023 at 7:01 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Just under 2 hours until the next #TuesdayNightTesting live stream, where I test a website live, seeing what I can find, and showing how I go about testing.

I'd love you to join me in the chat, as it makes it much more fun for me.

#PirateTesting

youtube.com/live/Phpegio...
August 29, 2023 at 5:06 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Next week's #TuesdayNightTesting is made.

I don't know what site I will test yet, though after the success and last minute decision of the previous stream's website, I am optimistic as to what it will be.

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youtube.com/live/Phpegio...
August 23, 2023 at 12:49 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Nothing like ending the stream by trying to do so many things to the site, the built in security stops me doing anything!

#PirateTesting in action!

Join me next week, for more #TuesdayNightTesting!
August 22, 2023 at 8:05 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
The stream is now live folks!
Enjoy a few minutes of peaceful music before I begin this week's #TuesdayNightTesting.

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youtube.com/live/xph0N0p...
August 22, 2023 at 6:58 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
After the success and energy I got from #TuesdayNightTesting last night, I wanted to maintain the momentum, and get the next one scheduled in.

It is at 8pm BST (UTC+1) on Tuesday 22nd August.

I look forward to seeing you then.

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https://youtube.com/live/xph0N0peyZc?feature=share
August 16, 2023 at 2:44 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Was lovely to see familiar faces on my stream today for #TuesdayNightTesting.

Thank you to friends for popping by, as well as others who did who I may not know.

18 views, with peak of 8 concurrent viewers!

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August 15, 2023 at 8:50 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
A reminder that #TuesdayNightTesting is back on tomorrow, Tuesday 15th August, at 8pm BST (UTC+1).

Join me for an hour of live streaming, where I will be testing @exit23games.bsky.social website, thanks to Christopher Chant.

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https://youtube.com/live/Jd3mc2-sbBU
August 14, 2023 at 10:33 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
And here is the link to my next #TuesdayNightTesting, for Tuesday 15th August, at 8pm BST (UTC+1).

https://youtube.com/live/Jd3mc2-sbBU?feature=share

Mark it in your calendars, and I'll see you then!

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August 7, 2023 at 1:04 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Due to illness, there will be no #TuesdayNightTesting this week.
Join me next week, where I will be testing @exit23games.bsky.social website, thanks to Christopher Chant (can't find him, if he is here).
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August 7, 2023 at 9:48 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Had an interview today, and they watched back my stream this morning, giving them a great idea of what I'm like as a tester, problems I find, and tools I use.

Woo!

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August 2, 2023 at 3:29 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Had my live stream for #TuesdayNightTesting last night, and the energy from it was different, muted.
I think because there wasn't engagement from the chat this time, so I felt more like I was talking to myself.
It won't stop me continuing to stream though!
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August 2, 2023 at 9:53 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
My latest #TuesdayNightTesting: Exploratory Testing the website 'JPetstore 6' https://www.youtube.com/live/iWvxpsCXOkg?feature=share via @YouTube has gone live.
Background music as I make sure everything is ready to start for 8pm BST.
Feel free to join the chat and say hi!
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August 1, 2023 at 6:54 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Just over 12 hours until my next live stream of me testing. I'll show you how I test, the journey my mind and process go through, and try to get some tool use in this time too.

See you then!
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thepiratetester.bsky.social Lee Marshall 🏴‍☠️ (Discord: thepiratetester) @thepiratetester.bsky.social · Jul 28
My next #TuesdayNightTesting live stream is going to be on Tuesday 1st August, 8pm BST (UTC+1), where I will be testing the website "JPetstore 6".

Join me as I look for bugs, and show how I would test a website.

See you then!

#PirateTesting
https://youtube.com/live/iWvxpsCXOkg?feature=share
August 1, 2023 at 6:45 AM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
My next #TuesdayNightTesting live stream is going to be on Tuesday 1st August, 8pm BST (UTC+1), where I will be testing the website "JPetstore 6".

Join me as I look for bugs, and show how I would test a website.

See you then!

#PirateTesting
https://youtube.com/live/iWvxpsCXOkg?feature=share
July 28, 2023 at 9:36 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Looking at sites for my next #TuesdayNightTesting, and found https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/best-demo-websites-for-practicing-different-types-of-software-tests/, which has lots of options.
Are there any people have used before, or would like to see how I would test it?
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Best Demo Websites for Practicing Software Testing | Abstracta
Trying a new tool or preparing a demo? It's hard to show testing without a site! Here are some useful demo websites for practicing software testing.
abstracta.us
July 28, 2023 at 11:10 AM
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Heck - just to get it out of my head. Here's the starting place for how to build that feed (you can make additional adjustments):
Screen shot of skyfeed for feed generation. Input > entire network, 7 days. Regex #piratetesting Regex (inverted) bad words code
July 26, 2023 at 6:40 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
Tuesday Night Testing: Exploratory Testing the website 'SelfCare Backpack' https://www.youtube.com/live/61MOSY0D9hI?feature=share via @YouTube is about to go live!

I'm going to have the stream start 5 minutes early with music playing, to make sure everything is set up.

Time for some #PirateTesting
July 25, 2023 at 6:43 PM
thepiratetester.bsky.social
I made a post on LinkedIn, which ended up being nearly 2000 characters, and so wouldn't work well on Twitter...

It's expanding my stream idea, and looking for websites, user stories, and test cases I could review during a live stream.

Would folks be interested?
I was having a call with 🐞 Richard Bradshaw about my ideas for streaming and video content earlier today. I mentioned my idea to stream my learning journey, such as me learning about API and putting it into practice. He built on my idea, and suggested what about also showing off skills I have, such as taking websites and showing how I might test it. This could be actually testing the functionality of the site (UI, buttons, forms, etc.), but could also be looking at the user stories for how the site was made. Or what test cases were made for it, and what else I would have come up with. Or how I would convert test cases into charters to focus on different areas. I could then also demonstrate how I would raise bugs for anything I found, and then what I would do with those bugs. How do I evidence what I have found? How do I prioritise them? How would I make sure they don't go on a backlog and get forgotten about? (Continued from previous image as too much text) Demonstrate not just the act of testing a site, but all the work that goes on before and after, that may not be seen and realised by others, or to highlight the work that goes into testing that is just assumed to magically happen. I will show the audience HOW the journey of testing happens for me. The ideas I come up with, explaining the process my mind goes through to come up with throughout the stream. And if audience members turn up, they can ask questions and give suggestions during it all too. I aim to stream for roughly a one hour session, days and times to be worked out. Likely 1pm UK time (UTC+1 currently). As such, do you have a website, set of user stories, or test cases, that you would like me to review during a live stream? If so, let me know in the comments below, message me here on LinkedIn, or email me at thepiratetester@gmail.com. #PirateTesting
July 19, 2023 at 3:22 PM