This summer I’ll be coordinating TestRetreat, a one-day retreat with a goal of launching major new initiatives for the software testing world. That said, I’d like to tell you about […]
Tomorrow’s Excelon Development
Johanna Rothman, the famed consultant, author, and former Agile Conference Chair, just put out a blog post called The Company Doesn’t Love You. It is probably more important to your career […]
The Big, Big, BIG News!
It has been an incredibly busy few months for me. The first, largest, and happiest announcement I have is that TestRetreat is finally a go – August 24th in Madison, […]
A Good Thing
I’ve developed a new habit of starting lecture presentations with an audience self-assessment. Basically I tell the audience what I will present, and, if they already know it, invite them […]
Springtime in Southern Michigan …
For the past couple of months I’ve been in Michigan, doing consulting/contracting for a local client. Whoever romanticized long-term road trips was wrong; it is nice to be home every […]
Awards – an Interview of Matt – and lots more!
The cruise was wonderful, but it didn’t last long enough. Christmas came and went, and it’s time to close the books on 2012 for Excelon. Speaking of 2012 and Excelon, […]
… And One More Thing
If you can’t wait a week to hear from me, there is other news embedded in the newsletter that you might be interested in. This week I start blogging for […]
Excelon 2012 Newsletter!
It’s December! … and gosh I haven’t been blogging much here lately. Plenty of articles everywhere else, unconnected and all over the place, but not much here. It’s time I […]
How To Speak To An Agilista (If you absolutely must)
I gave an emerging topics talk at CAST 2011 titled “How to Speak to An Agilista.” I did not mean disrespect by the title; I was going for comedy. It’s […]
i18n Test of the Day
Last year I wrote an article for SearchSoftwareQuality.com on Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n) – the ability to have people user international characters in software, and the ability to change […]
Just Sign Right Up We’re Hard to Miss …
. For about three years now, the Excelon Development jingle has made reference to a mailing-list. Wait, you don’t know the jingle? Ok, it goes like this(*): You […]
New Articles — and an announcement
I just got back from interop, the conference for emerging technologies that connect business – from data center to cloud to switches, servers, and software. It was an incredibly busy […]
Prior Events
These events have passed. In some cases, likes contain reference materials, PDFs, etc. Others may contain links to websites Excelon does not control that may no longer be valid. To […]
Physical Books
In addition to books where Matt made a major contribution, he has also been involved as a contributor, reviewer, or reference in several other publications: You can find Matt in the […]
Software Test and Quality Assurance Magazine
An interview column with new, upcoming, exciting, and important people in the world of software testing, where the questions come from the readers! (Matt also does some guest articles) An […]
Software Test and Performance Magazine
Chris McMahon and I did a two-year column, back when STQA Magazine was called Software Test & Performance. It was a good run, at least we thought so. I am […]
Informit.com
Ongoing interviews about new developments in the world of software development, testing, and general IT. Managing the Unmanageable: An Interview, October 2012 Driving Your Development With Acceptance Tests: An Interview with […]
SearchSoftwareQuality.com
Loads of articles, mostly on quality, testing, and the human side of software development, for SearchSoftwareQuality. A free registration may be required. Software Testing Conference Spotlight: Agile Testing Open Northwest, […]
SoftwareQualityConnection.com
More how-to’s, and a few “who’s who” lists, for SoftwareQualityConnection. What Medieval Castles can teach you about Web Security, May 2012 25 Agilists to Follow on Twitter, May 2011 Three […]
Better Software Magazine and it’s subsidiaries, Stickyminds/Techwell:
Understanding Whole Team Testing (link to entire issue), Better Software Magazine, January, 2014 Considering the Modern Technology Career, Stickyminds.com, also Techwell, September 2012 Serious Acceptance Checking, Stickyminds.com, also Techwell, May […]