Testers' Island Discs Ep21 - Matthew Bretten

Our latest castaway is Matthew Bretten, joining us to discuss his upcoming adventure in presenting a talk titled "You Can Become A Toolsmith Too" at the inaugural Test.bash(); Manchester. Continuing the discussion from the previous episode about toolsmiths, Matt shares examples of how testers can break into creating valuable tooling, finding developer allies, and there's some meta-discussion about preparing and running technical workshops. Matt's song selections are linked to different pivotal moments of his life, touching upon his favourite live artists, the films that he watched growing up, video games, and the Manchester musician with a connection to Matt's grandmother. If you'd like to catch up with Matt, you can find him on Twitter @matthewbretten. Matthew's Links: Let's Talk About Tests, Baby Screen Testing - Hackers Test.bash(); Manchester 2018 Football Manager YouTube: Frank Klepacki - Hell March Let's Talk About Tests: Episode 94 (TestBash Manchester 2017 retrospective) Twitter: Marton Hipszki Twitter: Liz Keogh Twitter: Swarnim Kumari Ministry of Testing: Tester Types e-book IFTTT (If This Then That) Ministry of Testing: How To Use Python To Automate Almost Anything Twitter: Kristoffer Nordström Wikipedia: Music of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter