Work on the Korean version of HWTSAM is wrapping up, and we're looking for a few more of what the editors like to call "praise quotes". These are the nice things people say about the book that either go on the back cover or on the inside pages.
If you've read the book and want to add your words to the Korean version of hwtsam, just send me email (alan dot page at microsoft dot com).
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So far, the blogosphere in general has had a better experience with the book than the amazon reviewers :)
Here is a link to the latest review I found. Thanks Michael for taking the time to write this up.
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It looks like (pending paper composition and acceptance) that I?ll be heading three hours south this October to present at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference in Portland, OR. I?ll be presenting on ?The role of experienced testers on software quality? (or something like that).
I?m also excited that (at least) two of the bloggers I follow will also be presenting.
Marlena Compton, who has some great ideas on metrics and visualization in testing, and the Testy Redhead (who I believe won best paper last year) will also be presenting. On top of that, Elisabeth Hendrickson will be giving a keynote. I?m excited to be a part of it and think it will be a fantastic conference.
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It?s been a busier than normal for me at Microville recently. My friend (and frequent soccer match viewing partner) James Whittaker ended his 3-year run at Microsoft last week. James still lives locally, and I expect that we?ll continue to collaborate in the future. The pettier downside of James? departure is that some of our shared projects now fall to me ? it?s a bit more work, but all stuff I love to do (although it may not be the stuff that my boss wants me to do). I?m sure I?ll figure out a way to fit it all in.
It looks like you can preorder Beautiful Testing on Amazon. I wrote a chapter for the book on Large Scale Test Automation. I?ll leak some details in this blog between now and when the book comes out.
The Chinese and Korean translations of hwtsam are well under way. I hope I can get my hands on a copy of each of the translations when they are available.
Next week is the yearly ?engineering forum? at Microsoft. We take one week every year and hold something that?s quite similar to a conference like SD West or PDC. We have a hundred or so talks spread over 5 days, including keynotes from the bigwigs. Our group (the larger group ? not just my little team) are responsible for putting it on, so there?s a bit of ?ship stress? in the air at building 21.
Things should be back to normal shortly. Now, it?s time to get back to those 30 ?red? todo items and 50 or so unread emails in my inbox.
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Been a busy week, but wanted to send a link to my materials from STAR. My presentation style is generally more discussion based, so you may not get a lot from these, but I'm happy to answer questions if you have them.
I will take some time in future blog posts to rehash some of the points for those who were not able to attend star.
The presentation is here.
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Another review of HWTSAM is here. My favorite quote:
All in all, this is an impressive work with a great deal of wisdom and principles - underpinned by sound theory - that would be of interest to any company that produces software of reasonable complexity.
Keep those reviews coming (and keep sending pictures of you and HWTSAM in "special" places)
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I'm catching a red-eye tonight to Orlando for the STAR conference. If you're at the conference, look for a bleary eyed man pecking away on a laptop waiting for check-in time and say hello - it will be me.
I have some follow up posts based on the metrics talk I'll be giving Thursday, and you can also expect tweets and conference specific notes as I see fit.
Oh yeah - I'll be signing hwtsam from 4:00 to 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon. Actually - that's my "official" book signing slot, but if you can track me down (hint - look in the bar), and you really want me to devalue the ebay price of your book by writing my name or a short note inside, I'm sure I will be able to accommodate.
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Ken Johnston (the HWTSAM author that isn't me or Bj) has started his own blog. Ken's blog will primarily cover issues in testing software plus services, but I'm sure he'll respond to comments and talk about whatever you?d like if you ask nicely enough.
His blog is here - http://blogs.msdn.com/kenj.
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Linda Wilkinson has finally posted her review of HWTSAM. Like most of Linda's blog posts it's completely on the money - especially her questions (many of which are probably worth a follow up blog post). Read her review here! (oops - Thanks Phil)
I?d really love to hear what more of you think about the book. Keep those blog posts and amazon reviews coming.
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I've discovered that either live writer, blogengine.net, or the interaction of the two causes some problems with the display of quotes (and the o umlaut in Konisberg.
I was going to fix it manually, but it looks like I have some debugging to do on the web site first.
Sorry for the inconvenience - for now, if the display problems bother you, you can read this content (except for this post) over on http://blogs.msdn.com/alanpa
Ed. Fixed (manually) for now. We'll try to figure out why live writer is having problems another day
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