It’s been too long. Hello again. I’m still working on the next installment of Jerry’s Story. I’m going to restart it once again, and some day I’m going to get it right. Meanwhile, I dug up a list of my articles, presentations, and other content from 1995 – 2009, both self-published and otherwise, and found working URLs for them (I appreciate archive.org so much!). I’m putting them here mostly for future reference, but if you do delve in, please let me know if any of the links still don’t work.

One bonus if you scroll all the way down–my very first feature article, from 1987.

There are also some posts on my Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter blog that I may republish here. Many of the articles linked below have outdated contact information. I’d love to hear from the modern you either in a comment on this post or via Twitter.

So with no further ado, in reverse order of musty outdatedness, here is my long list of nostalgia.

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Testers from Another Planet
StickyMinds.com column, January 26, 2009

January 2009 StickyMinds SoundByte podcast
I was interviewed about the “Testers from Another Planet” column here.

Unit vs. System Testing-It’s OK to be Different
StickyMinds.com column, October 20, 2008

Real-World Math
StickyMinds.com column, July 14, 2008

Peeling the Performance Onion
StickyMinds.com column, April 21, 2008. Coauthored by Rex Black.

StickyMinds SoundByte, late April 2008
I was interviewed for this podcast, talking about the Peeling the Performance Onion column.

March 2008 Gray Matters podcast (mp3)
Jerry McAllister interviewed me for this podcast, where we talked about the testingfaqs.org Boneyard and the strength of the worldwide test tools market.

Bisection and Beyond
StickyMinds.com column, January 7, 2008

Communicating with Context
StickyMinds.com column, October 15, 2007. Coauthored with Michael Bolton.

Synthesize Your Test Data
StickyMinds.com column, July 20, 2007

Do You Work in IT?
Last Word column, Better Software magazine, June 2007

Toolsmiths—Embrace Your Roots
StickyMinds.com column, April 2, 2007

Challenges of the Part-Time Programmer
StickyMinds.com column, January 8, 2007

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 Bug Begets a Bug
StickyMinds.com column, October 3, 2005

A Look at PerlClip
Better Software Tool Look article, September 2005 (free membership required)

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

Two Years at Tejas
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, February/March 2003, v3 #1

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

Strawberry Jam and Self-Esteem: A Review of More Secrets of Consulting
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, October/November 2002, v2 #5

The Dark Underbelly of Certification
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, August/September 2002, v2 #4

A Survey of Freeware Test Tools (zipped pdf slides, 420K)
Quality Week 2002 quickstart tutorial

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.

What Flavor is Your Freeware?
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, June/July 2002, v2 #3

Test-First Maintenance: A Diary
Dallas/Fort Worth Unix Users Group newsletter, June 2002

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  (pdf)
Slides from my presentation at the ASEE Software Engineering Process Improvement Workshop, 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” (book review)
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 (PowerPoint slides)
Fall 2001 Software Test Automation Conference.

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, reprinted in the Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, March 2001, v1 #1

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

Experience with OS Reliability Testing on the Exemplar System: How we built the CHO test from recycled materials (slides)
Presented at Quality Week ’97 and the May 16, 2000 meeting of the IEEE Reliability Society, Dallas Chapter.

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

Tester’s Toolbox column: The Shell Game
Software QA magazine, pp. 27-29, Vol. 3 No. 4, 1996
Using Unix shell scripts to automate testing. Basic information about the available shells on Unix and other operating systems.

Tester’s Toolbox column: Toward A Standard Test Harness
Software QA magazine, pp. 26-27, Vol. 3 No. 2, 1996
The TET test harness and where it fits into the picture.

Tester’s Toolbox column: Testing Interactive Programs
Software QA magazine, pp. 29-31, Vol. 3 No. 1, 1996
A concrete example of using expect to automate a test of a stubborn interactive program.

Tester’s Toolbox column: Using Perl Scripts
Software QA magazine, pp. 12-14, Vol. 2. No. 3, 1995
The advantages of using the perl programming language in a test environment, help in deciding whether to use perl and which version to use.

Apple Kaleidoscope, Compute! Magazine, pp. 111-112, issue 91, Vol. 9, No. 12, December 1987.
I was interviewed about this article for “The Software Update” episode of the Codebreaker podcast, released December 2, 2015.