It's better not to do anything at all, than to try something and have someone take it away. Maybe 'better' isn't the right word. Safer? No. Less risky... Okay, I can go with that. I struggle so much with control issues. If I feel like the result of my efforts… Continue Reading 'It won't fail because of me'
TL;DR I've made ~$6k building and selling an online course over the past 9 months. Hoping to at least double that over the next 6. So, this is my personal story of entrepreneurship that I thought might be helpful for folks to hear. I still "work for the… Continue Reading 'Here's my story so far, and my plan for the near future'
I've been building out a bunch of content for my WebdriverIO course recently and wanted to share a neat idea (I think so anyways) for a minor addition to your WebdriverIO suite. Update: WebdriverIO now supports "watch" mode out of the box Using two NPM packages and a… Continue Reading 'Continuous local WebdriverIO testing with 'onchange' and 'node-notifier''
A little while back I wrote aboute how to install WebdriverCSS with WebdriverIO 4.x. Well, that no longer works :\ The future of WebdriverCSS is still up in the air. Right now the official direction is that it will merge with wdio-screenshot, but progress on that front has been a… Continue Reading 'A stop-gap for WebdriverCSS'
Many presenters share their slide deck on the web after their presentation. But many times the slides are only a shell of the real talk. Fortunately, with HTML5 audio, we can add our voice back to our slides and recreate the real presentation. Sample Example To show what we're trying… Continue Reading 'Add Narration to Your Slide Deck With HTML5 Audio'
I recently read a fantastic post by a trans-man named Graham Daniels about his journey to discovering his true self. It's one of those posts that takes soul to write and a willingness to be vulnerable to publish. Coming out shouldn't be a big deal. Actually, scratch that. Maybe it… Continue Reading 'I'm bad at diversity'
There are plenty of big names in the tech industry. Folks with twitter follower counts in the 10's and 100's of K's. You'll find them giving keynotes at conferences and writing up blog posts that skyrocket to the top of social aggregation sites. And for every big name, there are… Continue Reading 'Being heard when you're unheard of'
Inspiration for this post light-heartedly comes from "10 Things Productive People Do Before 10 a.m." on the Ms. Career Girl blog. #1. Wake up early Like really early. 2am in the fucking middle of the night early. That's right. And they don't even have to set an… Continue Reading '10 Things Productive Parents Do Before 10 a.m.'
Here's an idea: Fill out a form and get a WebdriverIO script that tests the login/registration process on your site. Not a generic script that you have to customize. Once already set up to your specific page elements with your specific URLs and specific text. That's the idea behind… Continue Reading 'Test Your Login'
I'm going to try something crazy. I'm going to try and type a blog post while watching my 2 year old son. I should follow that up with "watching him destroy the already messy kitchen as he unpacks dirty dishes from the dishwasher I was trying to fill moments… Continue Reading 'Crazy for trying'
I LOVE automation. It's just so cool. And it helps me be incredibly lazy. Dishwashers, Dryers, Self-driving cars (although I'm not quite rich enough for that one yet). Say what you want about lost jobs and such, but automation sure does take the mundane work out of our lives. Maybe… Continue Reading 'Here's 3 reasons you should unit test that have nothing to do with actual testing'