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BI-related Blogs:Chris Webb Book-related Blogs:Microsoft Press Software Development-related...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/18/2009

Microsoft Press Blog

For all the "book heads" out there, Microsoft Press has a blog (I just found out about this).

Author: ronpih Date: 03/18/2009

Reading "Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008"

When I'm reading a book, a glaring error makes me start to think the book wasn't well reviewed. And...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/12/2009

I need to review my list of Software Testing Blogs

My list of Software Testing Blogs hasn't been updated in a while. Some links are stale and I'm sure...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/09/2009

SQL Server 2008 BI books

I'm starting to see 2008 versions of Analysis Services and other BI-related books starting to come...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/03/2009

Got Me a Netbook

I'm having fun with my latest new toy: a Samsung NC10. Nice looking screen, great keyboard, 150G...

Author: ronpih Date: 12/18/2008

Page Counts for Books at Amazon

I just noticed that, for some books, the page counts listed at Amazon are incorrect. For example,...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/29/2008

GTAC 2008 Videos

GTAC is a cool idea. I see that there are videos of this years talks.

Author: ronpih Date: 11/23/2008

Patricia and Robert Fripp

Saturday morning I went to see the Fripp Siblings speak. I have long been a King Crimson fan but I...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/09/2008

Reentry

Back from AYE conference today. I'm going to sleep now...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/07/2008

AYE 2008

It's Sunday evening and I just got back from the traditional welcome dinner for AYE 2008. It was...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/03/2008

The Gemini Project

For the past year and a half I've been working in the SQL Server Analysis Services team. This week,...

Author: ronpih Date: 10/09/2008

Continually Improving Tests

I had a conversation with someone this week about how to improve the efficiency of our automated...

Author: ronpih Date: 10/04/2008

Tester Center - Where's the Updates??

MSDN Tester Center hasn't been updated in a while. We haven't given up the ghost - we just lost some...

Author: ronpih Date: 09/24/2008

Books

I know it's old already but I just read Jeff Atwoods post on programming books. I love reading...

Author: ronpih Date: 09/22/2008

Testing Videos?

Jonathan Kohl, in a recent blog post, says we need testing example videos. I agree. CAST 2007 had an...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/28/2008

James Whittaker has started blogging

His first post is here.

Author: ronpih Date: 07/22/2008

CastNotes 2008 - Day 1

Day one of CAST 2008 consisted of day-long tutorials. I attended Scott Barber's Analyzing...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/15/2008

Thai Food in Toronto?

I'm in Toronto for a few days and looking for good Thai food. I have no context so I just walked...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/15/2008

Software Testing / James Whittaker on Channel 9

This is very cool...

Author: ronpih Date: 05/05/2008

Clint Huffman added to Software Testing Blogs List

Looks like some interesting perfromance testing related stuff there....

Author: ronpih Date: 04/28/2008

James Bach's Book

Last year at CAST, I spent time in James Bach's class, Self Education for Testers. That class really...

Author: ronpih Date: 04/06/2008

SSAS Blogs

Similar to my software testing blog list, I'm starting a list of blogs related to SQL Server...

Author: ronpih Date: 04/06/2008

This page contains the list of Analysis Services/BI blogs that I know about. Darren GosbellTeo...

Author: ronpih Date: 04/06/2008

The (Lack of) Testing Death Spiral

Titus Brown gets added to the list due to a nice post on test automation.

Author: ronpih Date: 03/25/2008

Video Tutorials - BI with Excel 2007

I saw this from Bogdan Crivat's blog. I haven't checked it out yet but it's on my "to do" list.

Author: ronpih Date: 03/23/2008

The Turkey Test

This is a great post on things to be aware of if you ship a global application. It turns out that...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/16/2008

By no means complete but the page will live here as it develops.

Author: ronpih Date: 03/10/2008

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005Foundations of SQL Server Business...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/08/2008

Software Testing Books at Tester Center

I'm involved in MSDN's Tester Center in the area of software testing book reviews. The current "Note...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/01/2008

URLs in Testing Books I've Read

This page contains URLs in books I've read. I'm doing this because when I read the books I'm not...

Author: ronpih Date: 03/01/2008

My List of Software Testing Blogs

It's a start

Author: ronpih Date: 02/23/2008

Software Testing Blogs

This page contains the list of software testing blogs that I know about. James BachMichael BoltonCem...

Author: ronpih Date: 02/23/2008

Books on Software Testing That I Have Read

Testing Computer Software Software Testing Lessons Learned in Software Testing The Art of Software...

Author: ronpih Date: 01/02/2008

Five Questions (with whoever Michael Hunter can get to answer)

https://www.ddj.com/blog/debugblog/archives/2006/09/five_questions.html;jsessionid=TSBJ1GVJBYVUOQSNDL...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/28/2007

Lean Software Engineering Blog

I need to add this to my blogroll... https://leansoftwareengineering.com/

Author: ronpih Date: 11/28/2007

Happy Thanksgiving

This year has been a year of change for me. Most have been good and all have been possible due to...

Author: ronpih Date: 11/22/2007

Microsoft Tester Center

Today at StarWest, Microsoft announced a new website focused on software testing - Tester Center....

Author: ronpih Date: 10/22/2007

VC++ on Channel9 - Exceptions

I haven't listened to this Channel 9 episode yet but will this weekend. These guys are the ones in...

Author: ronpih Date: 09/21/2007

Hiring Testers

John Overbaugh (former MSFT-er) has some nice posts on how he approaches hiring testers: Recruiting...

Author: ronpih Date: 09/19/2007

Scott Hanselman's 2007 Developers and Power Users Tool List

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2007UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.as...

Author: ronpih Date: 08/29/2007

PowerShell

Before last week, about all I knew about Windows PowerShell is that it was supposed to ship in Vista...

Author: ronpih Date: 08/28/2007

Steve Rowe

Steve Rowe joins my blogroll due to a nice post about Keeping your BVTs Clean.

Author: ronpih Date: 07/25/2007

Amazon Best Sellers - Software Testing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4133/ref=pd_ts_b_nav/002-7084076-2503248?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIK...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/20/2007

StickyMinds Podcasts

https://www.stickyminds.com/PodCasts/PodCasts.asp

Author: ronpih Date: 07/20/2007

CAST 2007: Esther Derby Keynote

Esther Derby gave the afternoon keynote on Monday. Her presentation was on peer coaching - how do...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/15/2007

CAST 2007: Mike Kelly, Specialists and Other Myths

The two non-tutorial days of CAST 2007 were structured like this: Morning: Keynote Sessions (pick 1...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/15/2007

Cast 2007: Lee Copeland Keynote

(This is based on my notes for the keynote. We've been told we'll get Lee's slides and when they do...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/15/2007

CAST 2007 Pages

I found the CAST 2007 testing conference to be beneficial and inspiring. I want to make sure to...

Author: ronpih Date: 07/14/2007

Back To Work

...after 3 days at CAST 2007. I spent day 3 in James Bach's tutorial on self education for testers....

Author: ronpih Date: 07/13/2007

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