"Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright"- Morgan Freeman, Shawshank Redemption. This blog is from one such bird who couldn't be caged by organizations who mandate scripted software testing. Pradeep Soundararajan welcomes you to this blog and wishes you a good time here and even otherwise.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Testing Circus, Tea Time With Testers & The Testing Planet magazines

It is a proud moment that a magazine on testing started by a tester in India who did not have any funding or money to run it has completed 1 year and has matured well over the last couple of months.

It is testers like Ajoy and his team of volunteers listed here are the ones who are going to make a difference to this world in all good ways. It re-iterates a good point that passion can make things and sustain it. Many with huge budget but no passion can't achieve this. Even if they achieve, it may be with just business objective.

I want to congratulate Ajoy and his team for the efforts they have taken to bring this magazine out every month. Ajoy wanted to have enough money to run this and Moolya was the first company to sponsor ads in Testing Circus.

It wasn't just to promote Moolya but to help Ajoy and his team dream bigger with Testing Circus. To all those involved, I bow to you, salute you for what you have done. I know, probably more than anyone else, how difficult it is to have achieved it.

So, this post is dedicated to you folks.

There is another set of testers from India, Lalitkumar Bhamare and Pratikkumar Patel who are also doing a good job. They are the Tea Time With Testers. I want to mention and thank them for their efforts. I sincerely appreciate your work, passion and style.

Now, to both these magazines, your goal over the next couple of years is to be better than The Testing Planet. That appears to me as a golden standard for testing magazines to achieve. Rosie Sherry and her team of volunteers have not just set but raised the standard too high for others to try beating. I still remember the day when Rosie Sherry started the software testing club and pinged me on Skype to tell about it. I think Rosie should write a book on how she built all this so well.

All in all, this is becoming a good age to live in as a software tester. Those who are blind to all great work happening in testing deserve it because their children or grand children are probably not going to respect them :)

Subscribe to these magazines and you will thank me for asking you to do it. 

11 comments:

Gaurav Khanna said...

Correct. I have been a reader of testing circus magazine and wish that it keep going.

Ajoy Kumar Singha said...

Thanks Pradeep for your encouraging words. Last one year has been a great learning experience for us. When we look back and compare our first issue last September with our annual issue last month we see a sea change in our content and concept. You are one of the compasses who guided us to show the right direction with some timely help and advice. We at Testing Circus believe that we have more effort to put in and long journey to travel. We know "no one can climb a smooth mountain" and we have more mountains to conquer.

~Ajoy Singha
http://testingcircus.com

JaijeetPandey said...

Congratulations Ajoy for a fantastic 1 year journey with Testing Circus. Now a days Testing manager's are refering testingcircus.com to their team mates to inhance their testing skills. Would like to salute your priceless effort's here............ keep this testing going on....

Sathishkumar said...

Congratulations ajoy and team...

Sunil Godiyal said...

Testing circus is an encouraging magazine for all level of testing people.They can increase their knowledge as a fresher as well as experinced level.I have also enhanced my concepts from this magazine.So read and enjoy.

Fake Software Tester said...

A suffix to Ajoy's last sentence... "and a mountain to create for other's to conquer" :)!!!

Thanks to Ajoy for letting people read my writings... ramblings, rather!!!

John Martin said...

Testing Circus Magazine's style is unique. I hope Testing Circus will continue its journey and covers miles in coming years. Good work Ajoy and his team.

Anuj Batta said...

Good to see Pradeep praising Testing Circus team. Testing Circus is an effort by testers, for testers and of testers. It is a pleasure to be a part Testing Circus team.

Senthil said...

Dear Ajoy and Team,
My hearty wishes and Congratulations for this achievement,

The world need you type of people...

Keep Going!!!

Naresh Bisht said...

Congratulations....
Testing Circus magazine provide platform to freshers and opportunity to share your experience in testing which help people to think differently. I hope this journey will continue...

I appriciate effort from people for sharing there knowledge & feedback.

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