Ancient Writings and Presentations by Danny Faught

publications prior to 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

An Elusive Diagnosis
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2002, v2 #2

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 (500K pdf file)
Position statement - "Overcoming Resistance" (pdf)
Slides from my presentation at the ASEE Software Engineering Process Improvement Workshop, 2002, plus my position paper for the panel session

Position Statement - "Technology and Your Business" (written for a non-technical audience)
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council Breakfast panel session, February 13, 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"
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
Fall 2001 Software Test Automation Conference (PowerPoint slides).

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

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

Citations

I was quoted in a handful of places in the book Roundtable on Project Management now available from Dorset House Publishing.

I was quoted in "Getting the Most Out of Conferences," by Alyn Wambeke, Software Testing & Quality Engineering, May/June 1999. Here's an excerpt.

I was quoted in "Flying Solo: Is Consulting for You?" by Alyn Wambeke, Software Testing & Quality Engineering, September/October 2000. In this article I am the poster boy for consulting firms. Of course, now I'm an independent consultant, but working as an employee at a consulting firm served as a stepping stone that gave me the confidence to go independent. Here's an excerpt.

Books I've done pre-publication reviews for include Testing Web Security by Steve Splaine, Software Testing by Ron Patton, Bad Software by Cem Kaner and David Pels, and Exploring Expect by Don Libes. In two of them, they published my marketing blurbs in the front of the book. Someday I'll have my name on the other side of the front cover. :-)

O'Reilly quoted my review of Open Sources on their web site.

Articles written for Software QA magazine

I wrote some articles for the "Tester's Toolbox" column in Software QA magazine before it became Software Testing and Quality Engineering. Some of the information in these articles is outdated, but perhaps they're still useful.
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