FrazzledDad

Bleary-eyed ruminations of a work at home Father.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Don't Start With Automation

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I’ve lost track of the number of times new testers have asked me some variant of “I’m new to testing. What automation tool should I start l...
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Friday, February 13, 2015

Fixing Slow/Hanging VMWare Guests

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Problem: Your VMWare guests may be incredibly slow or all together hang. Solution: (One potential one) Check if your VMs disks have beco...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Fixing Outlook Search Issues

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Problem: Outlook’s “instant search” isn’t returning any results, or search isn’t returning results unless you change the scope from its def...
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Thursday, February 05, 2015

Speaking on Leadership at KalamazooX Conference

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I’m really pleased to be returning to the KalamazooX Conference as a speaker. KalX is my second favorite conference in the world, right behi...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

I'm Listed in Top 21 Automation Blogs

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I was surprised to find my blog as #3 on Testbuffet ’s list of the Top 21 Test Automation Blogs for 2014 . That’s quite flattering, and I’d ...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Book Update

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Update: Wow, StackEdit did a horrible job of posting this! I had to fix several format issues including the book's price, which is is $1...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Find me at CodePaLOUsa 2015

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I’m very pleased to announce I’ve been selected to give two pre-conference workshops at CodePaLOUsa 2015 ! If you’re not familiar with it,...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Hone Your Craft, Raise Your Hand

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Last week I was talking with some folks at Pillar in Columbus, Ohio, and we were discussing career progression. The discussion evolved into ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

CodeMash Session Follow Up

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For those readers who attended any of my three sessions at CodeMash: Thank you! I appreciate the great audiences I had, especially those who...
Monday, December 29, 2014

My CodeMash Sessions

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UPDATE:  I had the days wrong. Leadership workshop is Tuesday starting at 8am in Salon H. My Web UI Automation workshop is Wednesday from 8-...

You Broke My Code? It's My Fault

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I was having a conversation with a few smart folks a couple weeks ago and one of them mentioned a great mindset their organization has: “You...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Book In The Works: The Leadership Journey

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I swore I’d never write another book after finishing 1300 pages of Windows Developer Power Tools with my co-author James Avery. Famous la...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Choose Wisely AND Back Out Easily

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Alan Cooper (Yes, that Alan Cooper) had a great-sounding Tweet yesterday that made me stop and think: Instead of choosing the correct pat...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Rethink Your Hiring Critieria

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This article on  how Google's changing their hiring practices  really hit home with me. I've long viewed learning ability and pro...
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Monday, December 15, 2014

Hire me!

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I'm open for work! Last week I parted ways with Falafel Software. They’re a great bunch of folks, but we weren’t a good match cultura...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Xamarin Studio: Publishing to Device Fails

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Problem: Attempting to publish an app from Xamarin Studio to an iOS 8.x device fails.  You may see various error messages about unable to wr...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Dealing with Legacy Codebases? Find me at ThatConference!

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I'm honored to have been selected to speak at ThatConference Aug 11th-13th at the Kalahari Resort at Wisconsin Dells . I'm giving ...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Handling State for Browser Testing

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Marc Escher asked a great question on Twitter about browser testing and state. He actually wrote a Gist on it , but I thought the question...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

TIL: Arrowhead Anti-Pattern

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Today I Learned : The term “arrowhead anti-pattern” from Jeremy Miller’s tweet . (If you’re interested in software craftsmanship and you’re ...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

Dear Jeff: Good. For. You.

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Jeff: You don't know me, we've never met, but you've run across a nasty spate for your post on how men can help address some of ...
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Jim Holmes
I'm the owner/principal of Guidepost Systems. I help lots of great folks figure out what works and what doesn't in the world of delivering quality software -- something I'm very passionate about. I'm also a Father trying to remain sane while trying to build great software, herd my kids around, fix school lunches and handle the yardwork. (And roast great coffee!)
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