Hurdling Roadblocks
StickyMinds.com column, September 21, 2006
Get to the Point
StickyMinds.com column, June 26, 2006. Coauthored with Rick Brenner.
Wreaking
Havoc With Simple Tests
StickyMinds.com column, April 1, 2006
A Look at Command Line Utilities
Better Software
magazine Tool Look article, March 2006
Exploratory Load Testing
StickyMinds.com column, January 9, 2006
"A Look at PerlClip"
Better Software Tool Look article, September 2005
Five Minutes
Ahead of the Boot
StickyMinds.com column, July 11, 2005
After the Bug
Report
StickyMinds.com column, April 4, 2005
Not Your
Father’s Test Automation: An Agile Approach to Test Automation
StickyMinds.com column, January 10, 2005. Co-authored
with James Bach.
Browser-Based Testing Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, December 2004
Seeking the
Inner Ring
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2004/January 2005, vol.
4 #6
Technology
Bulletin: Web Link Checkers
Open
Testware Reviews, November 2004
Free Test Tools are Like
a Box of Chocolates
Invited presentation at STARWest 2004, November 2004
Test Tools for Free: Do you get more than you pay for?
Keynote presentation at the TISQA Test Automation Today Conference and
Expo, October, 2004
Keyword-Driven
Testing
StickyMinds.com column, November 8, 2004
How to Make your
Bugs
Lonely: Tips on Bug Isolation
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 2004
The Consultant
as Human
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, October/November 2004, vol.
4, #5
Open Source
Development
Tools: Coping with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (PDF slides)
2004 Better Software Conference
Keywords are the Key to Good
Automation (PDF slides)
DFW
Mercury Users Group, September 14, 2004
Being
Resourceful When Your Hands are Tied
StickyMinds.com column, August 30, 2004. Co-authored by Alan Richardson.
Software
I
Don't Install
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, August/September 2004,
vol.
4, #4
Review: MWSnap
Open
Testware Reviews, August 2004
Stress Test Tools
Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, July 2004
Meaningful
Connections
StickyMinds.com column, July 26, 2004
Alphabet Soup for
Testers
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, June/July 2004, vol. 4, #3
Review: Mantis
Open Testware Reviews, May 2004
A Testing Career in 3-D
StickyMinds.com column, May 25, 2004
Linking up on LinkedIn
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2004, vol. 4, #2
Interviewing the
Interviewer: Turning the tables on Vipul Kocher
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2004, vol. 4, #2
Book review: The Book of VMware
StickyMinds.com Books Guide, April 5, 2004
Testing,
Zen,
and Positive Forces
StickyMinds.com column, March 15, 2004
My Mentor: The Internet
Better
Software magazine, February
2004
Review: FitNesse
Open Testware Reviews, February
2004
Out of the
Terrible Two's
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, February/March 2004, vol 3, #6
Scripting
Language Survey
Open Testware Reviews, January
2004
Books in the
Pipe
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2003/January 2004, v3 #6
Let's Hear It for the Underdogs
Better Software, 2004
Tools
Directory, December 2003
Review: The Grinder
Open
Testware Reviews, December
2003
Screen
Capture Tools Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, October
2003
Technology
Bulletin: System Call Hijacking Tools
Open
Testware Reviews, October
2003
What Is
This "Testing" Thing?
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, October/November 2003, v3 #5.
Republished on StickyMinds as "Dear Aunt Fern."
Data
Comparator Survey
Open
Testware Reviews,
September 2003
Review: QMTest
Open
Testware Reviews,
September 2003
Test
Design Tool
Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, August
2003
Review: Holodeck
Enterprise
Edition (Trial Version)
Open
Testware Reviews, August
2003
Trip Report
from a USENIX Moocher
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix User's Group, July 2003, reprinted in the Tejas
Software Consulting Newsletter, August/September 2003, v3 #4
Review: JUnit
Open
Testware Reviews, July 2003
Diving
in Test-First
developer.*, July 26, 2003
Populating the
Boneyard
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, June/July 2003, v3 #3
Testware for
Free: Adventures of a Freeware Explorer
StickyMinds.com column, May 19, 2003
GUI
Test Driver Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, May 2003
Review: InstallWatch
Open
Testware Reviews, May 2003
Unit Test
Tool Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, April
2003
Review: Sclc Metrics Tool
Open
Testware Reviews, April
2003
Convex is dead,
long
live Convex
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2003, v3 #2
Black Box
Test Driver Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, March
2003
Review: OpenSTA (Open
System Testing Architecture)
Open
Testware Reviews, March
2003
Bug Report: But It's a Feature!
STQE Magazine,
March/April 2003
Defect
Tracking Tools Survey
Open
Testware Reviews, February 2003
Review: ALLPAIRS Test
Case Generation Tool
Open
Testware Reviews, February 2003
Yes
Virginia, We Do Want Our Software to Work
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2002/January 2003, v2 #6
Mini-Review
- How
to Break Software
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2002/January
2003, v2 #6
The Making of
an Open
Source Stress Test Tool (paper)
slides in zipped
pdf format
Quality Week 2002 track session
Event-Driven
Scripting
(html slides)
Presented at the July 12, 2001 meeting of the DFW Unix Users Group.
A Lesson in
Scripting
(pdf)
STQE magazine, Mar/Apr 2002
Book Review:Mastering
Regular
Expressions
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, March 2002
A Year at
Tejas
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, February/March 2002, v2 #1
A Bug Tracking Story
(500K pdf file)
Position statement -
"Overcoming Resistance" (pdf)
Slides from my presentation at the ASEE Software Engineering
Process Improvement Workshop, 2002, plus my position paper for the
panel session
Position
Statement
- "Technology and Your Business" (written for a non-technical
audience)
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council Breakfast panel
session, February 13, 2002
Use Your Resources
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2001, v1 #9
Boom! Celebrating a
Successful Test
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, October 2001, v1 #8
"Reference Point: Testing
Applications on the Web"
STQE magazine,
November/December 2001
Book review - The
Art of Software Testing
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, September 2001, v1 #7
Scripts
on My Tool Belt
Fall 2001 Software Test Automation Conference (PowerPoint slides).
Tools, Tools,
Everywhere, but How Do I Choose?
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, August 2001, v1 #6, and also a
letter from the Technical Editor on StickyMinds.com.
What's on Your Tool Belt?
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, July 2001, v1 #5
Software Quality Notes: Test
Tools for Free
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, June 2001
Book Review: Load Testing for eConfidence
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, v1 #4, June 2001
Watts Humphrey on Teams
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, May 2001, v1 #3
Performance Testing
Terms - the Big Picture
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April 2001, v1 #2
Setting up a Mailing List with
Subscribe Me Lite
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, April 2001
Consumer protection efforts
threatened by UCITA
Dallas-Fort Worth TechBiz,
April 30, 2001.
Software Quality Notes -- A
Return to Fundamentals in the 00's
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, March 2001
My observations on UCITA in Texas
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, February 2001
Seamless Risk
Management from Project to CEO (PowerPoint slides)
February 12, 2001 meeting of the IEEE Dallas Section
Consultants Network.
Developing Your Professional Network
The Career Development column in the January/February 2001 issue of Software Testing and Quality
Engineering magazine.
References from the article are available on the STQE web site.
Position Statement: Is
Software Reliability an Oxymoron?
Panel Session at the Technology Business Council Software Roundtable,
Richardson Chamber of Commerce, October 26, 2000
Book Review: The
Cathedral & the Bazaar
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, April 2000
Asynchronous
Improvement: a cst-improve experience report
Presented at the ASEE
Annual Software Engineering Process Improvement Workshop, February 19,
2000
Book Review: Open Sources
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, October 1999
Getting Published, or, Help Bring
Software
Engineering out of the Dark Ages and Help Your Career Too
The Career Development column in the July/August 1999 (Volume 1, Issue
4) Software Testing and
Quality Engineering magazine.
Book Review: Managing Mailing Lists
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, October 1998 (10/98)
The PIT Crew: A Grass-Roots Process
Improvement Effort
Presented at the Software Test, Analysis, and Review conference, May
1998.
Software Defect Isolation
Co-authored with Prathibha Tammana. Presented at the High-Performance
Computing Users Group, March 1998, and InterWorks, April 1998.
Integrating Perl 5
Into Your Software Development Process
Co-authored with Orion Auld. Presented at the High-Performance
Computing Users Group, March 1998, and InterWorks, April 1998.
The Jargon of J. Random Hacker
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, November 1997
Usenetters Leaving the Homeland
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, July 1997
Book Review - The FAQ Manual of
Style
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, June 1997
The Scourge of Email Spam
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, January 1997
What Color is Your Surfboard?
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, December 1996
Hunting for Unix Knowledge on the
Internet
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group
newsletter, November 1996
I was quoted in "Getting the Most Out of Conferences," by Alyn Wambeke, Software Testing & Quality Engineering, May/June 1999. Here's an excerpt.
I was quoted in "Flying Solo: Is Consulting for You?" by Alyn Wambeke, Software Testing & Quality Engineering, September/October 2000. In this article I am the poster boy for consulting firms. Of course, now I'm an independent consultant, but working as an employee at a consulting firm served as a stepping stone that gave me the confidence to go independent. Here's an excerpt.
Books I've done pre-publication reviews for include Testing Web Security by Steve Splaine, Software Testing by Ron Patton, Bad Software by Cem Kaner and David Pels, and Exploring Expect by Don Libes. In two of them, they published my marketing blurbs in the front of the book. Someday I'll have my name on the other side of the front cover. :-)
O'Reilly quoted my review of Open
Sources on their web site.
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