QAuDHD Weekly

Yes I'm banging the Accessibility drum again this week, both in our Neurospicy topic of the week and our main topic, as we cover the importance of Flexibility in design. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #accessibility #a11y

We return to our regulalry schedueld programming this week with a flashback to playing tennis as a kid which caused some upset, and a look at how to assess games for their Ease. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ease

This week's episode is a special one, because being ill (again) brought to light the realities of just how hard it is to parent on your own and that in turn finally gave me some inspiration on how to support a great campaign that's running right now via The Dad Shift and Pregnant Then Screwed .

It can be difficult to own up to your mistakes, especially in a workplace and especially in an industry still suffering from so many layoffs. But it's essential for learning and growth, developing (and re-establishing) trust, and so-on. Handling mistakes is also essential in game design, since failure is often an expected part of the experience, which is why we're covering Tolerance this w...

Having gotten over whatever man-flu had me down for the count last week, we're back! This week we're talking, perhaps unsurprisingly, about how I handle being off sick (spoiler alert: not well) and about Consistency in game design. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd...

This week we're discussing the complex nature of "truth", especially when it comes to being honest about ourselves. Following that, we go through how to test our next UX Design Principle: Perceptibility. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ux #truth #perceptib...

This week we're talking about climbing corporate ladders and testing our next UX Design princuple - Mapping! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ux

This week I'm debunking terrible medical advice, defending my own existence and talking about the three steps to effectively asses Signifiers in your game. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ux #tylenol

This week I complain about neurotypicals and ex-girlfriends, then talk about how test teams can assess a game for it's Simplicity. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ux

It was only after everything was uploaded and scheduled that I realised I should instead have gone with the Creed line "I'm having a little trouble motivating..." for the title of this week's QAuDHD. Oh well! This week we're talking about how to test Discoverability in your game, and also chatting a bit about self-motivation and (shudders) homework! As always: please share, d...

And we've finally reached the end of Part 1 for this mini series on UX Design, as we cover off the final design principal before taking a look at how to test against each of them. Our other topic this week centres around how to keep in touch with your team at work, either as a group or individually. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future...

Sorry everyone! The last couple of weeks have been understandably hectic, but I managed to find some head space (somehow) to get things going again. This week I'm talking about processing change (or not) and covering the penultimate two UX design principles in our current mini-series. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videog...

We're nearly at the end of this short series of deep-dives into some core UX design principles, but fear not - that just means we can start talking about how to test them soon! I also talk about the concept of fairness, why it's so important, and why it's so frustratingly illusive, especially for us neurodivergent folks. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your th...

Disability Pride Month ends this week! Today I'm despairing at some estimates and results from various experts and researchers around ADHD, then covering two more UX design principles. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #disabilitypride #ux

Disability Pride Month continues! Two days ago was #ImpactDay and I've been over the moon with the response to my talk. In case you missed it and just can't get enough of me rambling on about things, please check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eJVwzENV This week, I ramble more about turning disavantage into advantage, and cover two more UX Design principles! As always: please share, drop in...

It's still Disability Pride Month (all month, in fact - weird), so this week I'm talking "pride"... and how difficult that is for me in general. Fair warning, I do my best to give myself a little shout-out for my achievements in the industry so far, so apologies if this is cringeworthy. But I also continue going through some core design principles as I build towards the "and...

Happy Disability Pride Month! It can often feel like a difficult thing to be "proud" of, especially when it generally causes you so much pain and you're so often made to feel like a burden. This week I talk about my "imposter syndrome" when it comes to the disability community, as well as differet models of disability and how UX desgin and accessibility can work together to...

It's exam season - even for me! So I'm wishing good luck to everyone taking, or waiting on the restults of, any exam of any kind. On that subject, this week I talk about how much I generally hate taking exams, why "exam craft" is so ridiculous and why going beyond the test as written is so important in QA. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/su...

How 'bout that weather we're having eh? Everyone enjoying the unbearable heat?! That's right, this week I'm doing the most British thing I can possible do - complain about nice weather! I also talk a bit about how teaching others is such a great way to further develop your own understanding of a topic. Oh and it's hot... so very hot. As always: please share, drop in comments an...

Today I'm celebrating Father's Day (albeint a little late) with some insights into my own experiences as a dad, a little window into how my diagnosis came about, and what it's liking bringing a new life into the world... of game quality. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #aud...

Today I wanted to share a revalation I had during a meeting at work last week and try to put an end to those situations where work stalls because it isn't clear who is meant to be doing what. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #perfection #doomsdaydevice

What's in a name? Well, it turns out, quite a lot! This week, I break down why ADHD could do with a rebrand and also talk about the exciting launch of the GameQuality Academy and new certification programme! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #names P.S Here's the l...

Happy Pride Month! This week I'm talking a bit more about how the language we use can further the cause of marginalisation within the neurodivergent community, and about bug workflows (no link, just two hopefully useful topics). I leave you with an additional thought: if your argument against EDI is that you're afraid someone will take your job because they're part of a margianalised c...

We are now officially into Season 2 of QAuDHD! I finished last season on a two-part-er cliffhanger about test cases, so this week let's finish off that little section while also talking about the downsides of the neurodivergent ability to think "outside the box". As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #ga...

Can you believe it's been one whole year since I started QAuDHD? Me neither. I mean I knew I could ramble on about my special interests until the cows come home, but how I've not run out of topics, I don't know. Anyway, this week I'm talking scripts: both social and for testing. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #...