notes and rants

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news of the world

Nothing about a queen album nor a tabloid here. Just a quick note before I do a (gasp) real post. My...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/16/2005

Be careful what you wish for

Long time readers (ha ha ha) will know that one of the main reasons I'm blogging is to work on my...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/01/2005

10 years at Microsoft

It kind of snuck up on me, but I'm a few days away from my 10 year anniversary at Microsoft. I say...

Author: Alan Page Date: 05/31/2005

How did I get here - changing jobs at Microsoft

I'm sure this topic has been discussed before, but not by me. During my transition, I was asked a...

Author: Alan Page Date: 05/05/2005

A slight change in direction

One of the things I like the least about Microsoft is how large the company has become - it also...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/30/2005

Boiled Frogs

The fable of “Boiled Frogs” says that if you drop a frog into a pan of boiling water, it will jump...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/19/2005

Tracer Bullets

In a machine gun, tracer bullets are phosphorus bullets spaced at consistent intervals in the clip....

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/15/2005

Now Tasting…

I think everyone has seen blog postings that have a little “what am I listening to?” p.s. statement....

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/12/2005

Don’t Live With Broken Windows

Pragmatic programming says “Don’t Live with Broken Windows”.  The hopefully non-copyright...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/12/2005

Update

I’ve noticed a few things about blogs lately. One is that just about every time I say I’m going to...

Author: Alan Page Date: 03/12/2005

The Pragmatic Tester

One of my favorite programming books is “the pragmatic programmer”.  I’ve toyed for a long time with...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/28/2005

The Role of Test

What is the Role of Test?  The answer, of course, is “it depends”.  Those that know me know that...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/25/2005

Tracking Requirements

This isn’t technically a testing topic, but it is a topic close to tester’s hearts.  Software...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/23/2005

Curly brace positioning redux.

I can't say I didn't enjoy the conversations around this question - it's just that I only got two...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/14/2005

Quick survey on curly brace positioning

I absolutely don't want to get into a debate over whether it is better to put curly braces on their...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/12/2005

Auto Post

Not Automatic, but Automobile. I'm babysitting this morning (and now afternoon). I had some errands...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/11/2005

How many tests are enough?

How many tests are enough?  How much code coverage is enough?  How relevant are the number of tests,...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/10/2005

EDC Topic suggestions?

The next Embedded Developers Conference is May 10-12 in Vegas.  I haven’t submitted any proposals...

Author: Alan Page Date: 02/01/2005

The Changing Role of Test

“Testday” was Monday.  As with most test conferences, several talks were on “Moving Quality...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/26/2005

Self Diagnosing Software

A week or so ago, I read an article in Better Software (from the folks at sticky minds) called “Tell...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/19/2005

Testing Windows CE (part 2)

Perhaps “strange” was inappropriate above – CE is definitely different, but I guess I should let you...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/12/2005

Testing Windows CE (part 1)

Testing CE is strange.  I spent my first 7 years in testing working on products that my mom could...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/07/2005

Meetings and Efficiency

Let's skip right to a random topic - let's call it a brief rant about meetings. How often are...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/06/2005

I hate resolutions

It's not that I don't want to change - I just hate that people tie self improvement goals to a...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/05/2005

Happy New Year

This is just a quick blog post to test out w.bloggar. Assuming this works, more info to follow in...

Author: Alan Page Date: 01/04/2005

Test Fest 04

We just finished up this years version of the Windows CE Test Fest, and since I put a link to my...

Author: Alan Page Date: 10/22/2004

A few random notes...

Although this is (as the title implies) not a typical blog, I've determined that I should post here...

Author: Alan Page Date: 10/01/2004

Tux Function Table Explanations

For nearly everyone who has written tux based tests for Windows CE, the tux function table is a big...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/28/2004

EDC Follow up

Thanks to everyone who attended my talks at edc. I thought the tux hands on labs went very well - I...

Author: Alan Page Date: 07/06/2004

EDC Decks

These are the (mostly) final slide decks for my embedded devcon presentations. The first is a broad...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/24/2004

I'm not a blogger

Sometimes, however, circumstances make it necessary to consider exceptions. From time to time I have...

Author: Alan Page Date: 06/18/2004

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