James Lyndsay (workroomprds)
@workroomprds.com
Getting better at software testing. Singing in Bulgarian. Staying in. Going out. Listening. Talking.
Thursday 13 at 5pm London time – picking parts for your custom tools.
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Workroom Playtime 038: Parts for Tools
Thursday 13 November, 5pm London time, Parts for Tools
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Thursday 13 at 5pm London time – picking parts for your custom tools.
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Thursday 6 November: join me to play with xargs for testers. 4pm London time, on Zoom.
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Workroom Playtime 037: xargs tool for testers
Thursday 6 November, 4pm London time
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thursday 6 November: join me to play with xargs for testers. 4pm London time, on Zoom.
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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Bleak-box testing
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Bleak-box testing
This @adalovelaceday.bsky.social , celebrate the generosity and wisdom of Elisabeth Hendrickson ( curiousduck.io ), the perspective and persistence of @lisacrispin.bsky.social
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths
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October 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This @adalovelaceday.bsky.social , celebrate the generosity and wisdom of Elisabeth Hendrickson ( curiousduck.io ), the perspective and persistence of @lisacrispin.bsky.social
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
Thursday 28 Aug at 4pm – draw a (testing) chart, tell a (testing) story in this week's Workroom PlayTIme.
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Workroom Playtime 028: My Story Chart
Thursday 28 August at 4pm London time. Telling a story with a picture.
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August 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thursday 28 Aug at 4pm – draw a (testing) chart, tell a (testing) story in this week's Workroom PlayTIme.
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If there are directions to the lost city, is it really lost?
August 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If there are directions to the lost city, is it really lost?
This is a generated summary of a 90-minute conversation about ephemeral testing environments.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is a generated summary of a 90-minute conversation about ephemeral testing environments.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
@suw.bsky.social you didn’t film ‘Fieldwork’, did you?
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@suw.bsky.social you didn’t film ‘Fieldwork’, did you?
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
Tomorrow’s Workroom PlayTime
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Workroom PlayTime 026: Shared Inspiration
Let's exchange ideas about something that has inspired us, as testers. 4pm 14 Aug 25
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August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tomorrow’s Workroom PlayTime
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It's unlike me to post a Swifty.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's unlike me to post a Swifty.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
Info: Next Workroom PlayTime on 14 August
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No Workroom PlayTime until 14 August
I've stepped away to be with family, and to sing. Tomorrow I'm travelling all day. You'll know that I had hopes of doing Workroom PlayTime 26 at a different time this week – hasn't happened, and now c...
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July 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Info: Next Workroom PlayTime on 14 August
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Today's most pointless graph.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today's most pointless graph.
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This is where I post from...
July 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is where I post from...
Here's a bookmarklet to bring some control to your LinkedIn feed. Born out of frustration (and enabled by easy access to LLMs).
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Clear up your LinkedIn feed
A bookmarklet to afford me some control over my LinkedIn feed.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Here's a bookmarklet to bring some control to your LinkedIn feed. Born out of frustration (and enabled by easy access to LLMs).
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No menu bar.
Nothing to quit.
But apps are working.
I may be about to be aware of how bad a day I’ve been having.
Nothing to quit.
But apps are working.
I may be about to be aware of how bad a day I’ve been having.
June 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
No menu bar.
Nothing to quit.
But apps are working.
I may be about to be aware of how bad a day I’ve been having.
Nothing to quit.
But apps are working.
I may be about to be aware of how bad a day I’ve been having.
...and with the arrival of @nomansbsky.bsky.social here, I don't see myself back on {twitter} for the foreseeable.
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
...and with the arrival of @nomansbsky.bsky.social here, I don't see myself back on {twitter} for the foreseeable.
Who thinks this UI works?
June 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Who thinks this UI works?
The Eva Quartet are glorious. They’re in London on Saturday 7 June. Details in video (and I’ll post in a comment shortly)
June 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Eva Quartet are glorious. They’re in London on Saturday 7 June. Details in video (and I’ll post in a comment shortly)
Systems are օԁɗ.
The unexpected isn't naturally revealed by hewing to expectations.
The unexpected isn't naturally revealed by hewing to expectations.
May 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Systems are օԁɗ.
The unexpected isn't naturally revealed by hewing to expectations.
The unexpected isn't naturally revealed by hewing to expectations.
For me, @fastmail.com vanished for about 20 minutes this evening. That's the _first_ time in five years I've noticed any downtime.
I reckon you should avoid free mail services. Fastmail's great.
I reckon you should avoid free mail services. Fastmail's great.
May 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For me, @fastmail.com vanished for about 20 minutes this evening. That's the _first_ time in five years I've noticed any downtime.
I reckon you should avoid free mail services. Fastmail's great.
I reckon you should avoid free mail services. Fastmail's great.
How and when did terms like 'addictive' and 'addicting' become ways to praise something?
More importantly, why?
#ShoutingIntoTheAbyss
More importantly, why?
#ShoutingIntoTheAbyss
May 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
How and when did terms like 'addictive' and 'addicting' become ways to praise something?
More importantly, why?
#ShoutingIntoTheAbyss
More importantly, why?
#ShoutingIntoTheAbyss
Save yourselves.
The interest rate is exceptional.
The interest rate is exceptional.
May 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Save yourselves.
The interest rate is exceptional.
The interest rate is exceptional.
If you need an LLM to generate ideas, then your idea-making thing may be starved.
Feed it by playing. By making. By experimenting. By taking an idea for a walk. By taking a walk. By reading. By talking with people. By listening. By being bored.
But feed it. Imagination is excellent.
Feed it by playing. By making. By experimenting. By taking an idea for a walk. By taking a walk. By reading. By talking with people. By listening. By being bored.
But feed it. Imagination is excellent.
May 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you need an LLM to generate ideas, then your idea-making thing may be starved.
Feed it by playing. By making. By experimenting. By taking an idea for a walk. By taking a walk. By reading. By talking with people. By listening. By being bored.
But feed it. Imagination is excellent.
Feed it by playing. By making. By experimenting. By taking an idea for a walk. By taking a walk. By reading. By talking with people. By listening. By being bored.
But feed it. Imagination is excellent.