May 2007 - Posts

How To Research Efficiently
Building guidance takes a lot of research. Over the years, I've learned how to do this faster and easier. One of the most important things I do is setup my folders (whether file system or Groove) Initial Folders /Project X /Drafts /Research /Reference Read More...
Posted 28 May 07 05:51 by J.D. Meier | 7 Comments   
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Performance Testing Guide Beta 1 is Available
Today we released our Beta 1 of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide . It shows you an end-to-end approach for implementing performance testing, based on lessons learned from applied use in customer scenarios. Whether you're new to Read More...
Posted 25 May 07 04:42 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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TFS Guide Beta 1 is Available
Today we released our Beta 1 of Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide . It's our Microsoft playbook for TFS. This is our guide to help show you how to make the most of Team Foundation Server. It's a distillation of many lessons Read More...
Posted 23 May 07 07:33 by J.D. Meier | 19 Comments   
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Put Your Thinking Hat On
I'm a fan of using different techniques for improving thinking. Here's a write-up on Six Thinking Hats . This book presents a simple and effective thinking framework. What I like about the approach is that it's both effective for individuals as well as Read More...
Posted 18 May 07 05:27 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Feed Readers
Darren asks Which Feed Reader is Best? I was going to just add a comment, but it quickly turned into a post. I've used Bloglines, Google.com, Google Reader, Live.com, Newzie, OMEA Reader, and RSS Bandit. I know I've used more that I'm forgetting. They Read More...
Posted 13 May 07 06:32 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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The Better Adapted You Are, the Less Adaptable You Tend To Be
I was skimming The Secrets of Consulting and I came across this nugget: “...Many years ago, Sir Ronald Fisher noted that every biological system had to face the problem of present versus future, and that the future was always less certain than the present. Read More...
Posted 13 May 07 05:34 by J.D. Meier | 9 Comments   
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ARCast.net - Defending the Application
Ron talks security with Alik in ARCast.net - Defending the Application . If you want to hear some practical advice on security, listen to Alik. He's in the field doing security every day with customers. It doesn't get anymore real-world than that. The Read More...
Posted 12 May 07 10:41 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Per's Blogging
Per Vonge Nielsen is blogging ! He's been my manager for several years at patterns and practices . He's also been a mentor for myself and many others, so it's great to see him share his learnings more broadly. Per has a way of distilling information down Read More...
Posted 12 May 07 10:11 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
Security Guidance Share Experiment
SecurityGuidanceShare.com is an experiment. I'm testing different ways to maintain and share a large body of guidance. I'm also exploring ways to factor and maintain a comprehensive set of more stable principles and practices, while dealing with more Read More...
Posted 10 May 07 05:00 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Jason Taylor is Blogging
Are you experiencing anxiousness, self-doubt or guilt? It might not be your fault. A parasite might be controlling your mind. Jason explains how in Mind Control and the Friendly Mouse . I've worked with Jason for a few years from building software to Read More...
Posted 07 May 07 04:58 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Incremental Environments for Performance Excellence
Mark Tomlinson shared an emerging industry practice with me. Customers are setting up incremental environments. The environments are incremental steps from a developer environment to production. Incremental Environments Component-level performance testing. Read More...
Posted 07 May 07 01:18 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Baking Performance Into the Life Cycle
To engineer for performance, you need to embed a performance culture in your development life cycle, and you need a methodology. When you use a methodology, you know where to start, how to proceed, and when you are finished. Keys to Performance Engineering Read More...
Posted 05 May 07 08:52 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
Lean Software Engineering
I'm jazzed to see Corey and Bernie on the blog scene. They're partners in crime on a Lean Software Engineering blog . They have real advice for real people doing software. Why listen to what Corey and Bernie have to say? They know what they're talking Read More...
Posted 05 May 07 06:30 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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patterns & practices Security Engineering Explained
I don't think our patterns & practices Security Engineering Explained guide is very findable, so I'm blogging it. This could very well be the short guide that forever changes how you do security engineering. The techniques in the guide are timeless Read More...
Posted 01 May 07 05:47 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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