The Galactic Patrol
Saving the Universe from Boskone and Bugs
BBC: "Microsoft has announced that new versions of its mouse will be fitted with wheels that tilt as well as roll."
BBC: "Microsoft has announced that new versions of its mouse will be fitted with wheels that tilt as...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Easy-to-use component stereo?
With WiFi and Howl, would it be possible to have a component stereo system without any cables at...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
My laptop is so slow
Fairly frequently these days, my laptop just slows down to an unendurable crawl. Everything...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Back in time
If you went back in time to the 1800s – what one thing from the present would you bring with...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Wiki is very cool (but not perfect)
The more I play with this Wiki thing, the more cool it seems. The ability to let people build...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Wiki Tiki Tavi
I’m really getting into this new (to me anyway) collaborative tool called a...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Closing the cycle between test and customers
I was thinking about the role of test this morning. We measure the quality of the...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
I use NewsGator; and love it!
I use NewsGator to aggregate blogs so I can read them in Outlook (where I spend much of my...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
An example of Test-Driven Development
A fairly long description of a project using TDD can be found at:...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Life-changing moments...
My wife and I recently found out that she is pregnant; our first! A very exciting (and scary)...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Lawrence Lessig and the public domain
Interesting ideas about the public domain from Lawrence Lessig......
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Athens PC and my phone
At the recent WinHEC conference, a prototype PC dubbed 'Athens' was unveiled. One of its...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
If a metric falls in the forest, did it make a sound?
I heard a comment today that really struck home with me: "If you aren't willing to act on a...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Is test listening to customers?
I believe the ultimate arbiter of quality is the customer. In my imaginary world, I wish...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Checking out Technorati
Technorati asked me to add this to my blog so they can confirm it is really mine...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003
"By Design" a desirable resolution?
Keith Stobie (a test architect on my team) made a comment recently, along the lines of: "If testers...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003
characteristics of testing
A new PM just joined my team, and he scheduled time to come talk to me about the role of testing in...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003
some older posts...
I have a few older posts from my internal blog that I’m going to copy out here to my...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003
Contacting me
If you would like to contact me, my work e-mail is bwill@microsoft.com, my home e-mail is...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003
Howdy
Ah, the first post on my public blog. I’ve had an internal blog for a couple months now, and...
Author: bwill Date: 08/12/2003