As most folks know, I am increasingly disappointed in X-Driven-Y. Test Driven Development, the Original X-Driven-Y, was an actual thing that you could do, measure, and see positive results in. […]
It’s a wiki, wiki world –
I have just accepted a full-time employee position with SocialText, the Palo-Alto, California based maker of enterprise wiki software. I will continue to work out of my West Michigan Office, […]
Do you Ning?
Ning.com is a meta-social network. It is similar to myspace, facebook, and all the other new-media thingees, only instead of having a universal network that you are plugged into, it […]
Test-First Development Vs. Test Driven
There’s been a interesting amount of discussion on the Software-Testing Yahoo Group recently. Personally, I have used and I enjoy Test-Driven Development, which is a software-developer process involving writing unit […]
Fail Fast
I just made this post to the SW-IMPROVE discussion list – Tom Walton Wrote:I have had people tell me that it impossible to produce any design documentation until after the […]
What I *really* think of *most* software architecture
Read it here. — Taken from BugBash.net, my new favorite site. 🙂
You keep using that word …
Last week I wrote that: There’s something going on here with the way we use terms like “Test” and “Requirement” that causes confusion and misunderstanding. Fundamentally, various groups, like the […]
Working with a recruiter?
I seem to hear the same kinds of questions asked over and over again. I recently replied to a thread on JoelOnSoftware about how/when to work with recruiters. I figured […]
Strategy Letter VI –
“Writing applications that work in all different browsers is a friggin’ nightmare. There is simply no alternative but to test exhaustively on Firefox, IE6, IE7, Safari, and Opera, and guess […]
In the mean time …
Here’s a comic that had me laugh out loud, I thought you might enjoy. The image is clean and appropriate for work(*). It’s a little story about the difference between […]
… and Steve Poling Replies
This went out over SW-IMPROVE, my software discussion list. I will post my reply tomorrow … I heartily agree that the first two items are anathema to effective software development. […]
Interlude
This looked so interesting I had to post it: “Myths in Software Engineering” – A few of my favorite myths: – Software development consists of discrete, separate activities that can […]
… And Carry a Big Stick
Yesterday I copied over my iTunes Library as well as some key conference CD notes. Big Mistake; I’m up to 2GB and haven’t started yet. 🙂 Both James Bach and […]
Look Ma, the works of Shakespeare on a stick!
At STAREast this year, James Bach had a “portable testing training kit.” Roughly the size of a small purse (or, er … a “man’s bag”), I’m sure it had various […]
At my limit …
About two months ago, I stopped exercising. “Just until I can get over this stressful period.” I also gave up my dietary restrictions. About a month ago, I stopped blogging. […]
The Secret and the Sabbath
The Secret In the last conference post I promised to explain my system to generating ideas to present or write about. It’s really simple. First, you know enough of the […]
A thought …
Meta-Warning: This post is not meant as criticism of any individual or group I just joined the testdrivendevelopment yahoo group, and saw an announcement for this public workshop by Ron […]
Errata
Last week Sean and I had lunch with Elisabeth Hendrickson, where we kicked around our ideas on interface-based testing. Working with Elisabeth was great. A lot of “gurus” like to […]
Lightning Talk Mojo – II
Hopefully, in the past few posts, I convinced you that we do lightning talks every day – the questions are: 1) Do we do them well?2) How can we improve? […]
Creative Chaos Link of the Day
The link of the day is: What Works in Software Development (Or – How To Be Lazy Without Really Trying) (HTBL) HTBL is, essentially, an agile methodology for one person. […]