As we prepare to say goodbye to the summer in the northern hemisphere (or, if youâre in the UK, wonder whether it ever arrived at all), itâs time to get reflective about the best testing-themed audio posts on Racket during the past month! 
Racket is constantly adding improvements to its platform, and just this past month theyâve added a pause button to their recording studio! So if you get an attack of the sneezes / giggles / Amazon delivery driver mid-recording, you can hit pause and continue once everything settles down.
For more about getting started on Racket, check out Simonâs thread about our Monthly Racket Club.
This monthâs Rackets:
Welcome to Racket, @al8xr! In a marvellously considered post, responding to a question from @ThePirateTester about what he would change about our industry, Oleksandr talks about the importance of testers developing technical skills, and helping to reshape peopleâs perceptions of how technically-skilled testers can be.
If youâve been on Racket for a while, or even if youâre a newcomer, one thing will become obvious very quickly - @kristof is your go-to guy if youâd like to hear some amusing anecdotes about testing experiences. Kristof responds to this AMA question from Racket creator Matt Guay, talking about some of the bugs that have escaped his teamâs eyes (and that itâs practically impossible to avoid bugs slipping through).
Did you know that @emna_ayadi has co-authored a book, â21st Century Skills for Testersâ, which is related to gamification and can be found on Leanpub? In response to an AMA, Emna shares the story behind what led her to collaborate with testers to write this book.
Thereâs a new technology podcast on the scene, and youâll already be familiar with two of the hosts; one of them is me, and another is @gwendiagram! On Tech Team Weekly weâre talking about the hot topics in the product / technology space, and encouraging comments from listeners. @bethtesterleeds took the creative step of creating a Racket in response to our request for thoughts about the ânew normalâ with her experiences of working during the pandemic.
Itâs a two-month streak on the Racket Roundup for @ckenst, cautioning us as a community when trying to push too many extra-curricular activities onto already hard-working testers, and that thereâs nothing wrong with being âin it for the moneyâ.
What Rackets do you want to share?
Heard anything good lately that youâd like to highlight for next monthâs roundup? Feel free to post them below for consideration, and donât forget to share the love! 
