... uh, ok. Not really.
A better title for this might be something along the lines of "So what do testers do at night, during test conferences?"
Well, one year, we went to Seaworld. At some testing conferences, there is the potential to do Gambling; at others you can take a tour.
At my last big conference, we stayed in,
got the Alliance together, and had a tester party - including indian food, testing challenges, lots of dice, and yes, a presentation or two.
Eric Jacobson offered up his room - he was comped to the Conciege Suite - which, it turns out, had a very wide-screen TV with a VGA input.
So we kicked things off with lightning talks.
Selena Delesie recorded then on her little flip-phone thing and put them up!
Keep in mind, it was the day after we'd all presented; we were a little loopy and having a little fun. So the spirit is a little different for these talks, but I'm proud of the work.
... and here they are! Links to blogs on the left, links to Video Talks at right.
Lanette Creamer:
Herding Cats
Adam Goucher -
Everything I learned about Agile I learned from Pirates
Matt Heusser -
The Software Practitioner Maturity Model
Shmuel Gershon -
An exploratory test tool experiment
Jon Bach -
How Do you Think?
Justin Hunter -
Combinatorial Testing and the Quadrant of Doom
If things work out, I'd be happy to do more rebel alliance gatherings at other conferences -- or do your own. If you see me, and you'd like to be involved, well, I'll be around.