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# late-April Updates
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/late-april-updates/
- Published: 2019-04-26T20:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-09T17:07:40.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: Recaps, Testing, Writing

April has come and is nearly gone without any prose being published. I couldn’t have that. You see I’ve been writing but I haven’t condensed that prose into a nice enough package to share. In the meantime lots of things are happening that are worthy of sharing:

- - On Friday, May 3rd at 10:00am PST, I’ll be hosting Doug Hoffman for the AST’s May webinar on “The Often Overlooked Test Oracle: The Key to More Powerful Testing”. I love talking with Doug because he’s so knowledgeable and frankly I think Test Oracles aren’t very well understood. [Learn More](https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2019/04/02/webinar-overlooked-test-oracle-with-doug-hoffman/?ref=kenst.com) or [Sign Up](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6619211029995126019?ref=kenst.com).
  - Speaking of the AST, our conference [CAST 2019 is open for early bird registration](https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/conference/cast2019/?ref=kenst.com) AND all the speakers have been announced. I’m already signed up! You should too.
  - Despite being the “just” the Treasurer for the AST, I’m actively involved in most aspects of the business including finance, marketing, SEO, IT, conferences, education and elections to name a few. Ultimately what this means is I spend a good deal of my time trying to help improve the organization. It’s a fun challenge.
  - I’ll be doing a half-day tutorial at StarWest 2019 on “[Testing Today’s Web Applications: Tools You Can Use](https://starwest.techwell.com/program/tutorials/testing-todays-web-applications-tools-you-can-use-starwest-2019?ref=kenst.com)” which I’m super excited about.
  - I’ve agreed (and am excited) to be doing an online conference talk on my experience of being an Automation Engineer. More details to come.
  - I made an appearance on the [AB Testing Podcast’s 100th episode](https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-100-the-ab-testing-fanfest/?ref=kenst.com) two weeks ago. It was a lot of fun and honestly it’s my favorite (testing) Podcast.
  - Two weeks ago I interviewed with Joe Colantonio for what will eventually become an episode of his [TestTalks podcast](https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/?ref=kenst.com). I’m really excited to see how this turns out!

That’s enough about me, what have you been up to?