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A mnemonic is used to help people remember.
Using images or drawings can also help people remember...
Putting those two together, you get a visual mnemonic, even easier to remember!

The mnemonic in today's cartoon was created by Dan Billing.
There are many software testing mnemonics. Lynn McKee has created a long list of them.
Why don't you create your own visual mnemonic?


Would you like to learn about visual thinking and how using images can helps us during testing? At the end of March I'm running a half day tutorial on Visual and Creative thinking at TestBash (U.K.). Hurry and book while tickets are available: Be-creative: a visual testing workshop.
I'm also running a shorter version of this at RTC 2014 (Romania).

Do check my Facebook page for any updates on the up coming The Cartoon Tester ebook: https://www.facebook.com/cartoontester 

I'm a wrecking ball

But of course we don't break software... the software is already broken before we get to test it (see http://www.developsense.com/blog/2013/09/very-short-blog-posts-3-the-software-is-already-broken/)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

For the latest news on the book, check The Cartoon Tester Facebook page.

Test Leadership

What came first?

Yesterday marked Grace Hopper's 107th birthday. She was one of the first computer programmers and is famous for spotting the first ever bug (a moth to be precise). My question is, did the bug come first which then lead to testers doing testing or was it other way round? I think testers came first otherwise the bug would have never been 'raised'. You need someone (i.e. a tester) to identify an issue or a problem which can then be confirmed as a bug (or something else like a new feature!).

I have two NEWS items:
1st) I will be leading a workshop in May 2014 at Test Bash 3 about being creative as a tester and visualising the testing which can help with test planning and design as well as reporting. More details here: http://www.ministryoftesting.com/training-events/be-creative-a-visual-testing-workshop/

2nd) The 1st draft of the Cartoon Tester book is nearly ready. You can follow the progress here: https://leanpub.com/thecartoontester

3rd) This isn't news, but don't forget to follow The Cartoon Tester Facebook page :) https://www.facebook.com/cartoontester