FrazzledDad

Some time ago I posted about my visual resume . I think visual resumes are a great way to show off things you’re proud of in your career, so...

Problem: You’re writing Gherkin in Eclipse and you can’t figure out how to adjust font size in your Feature editor. Solution: It’s actua...

I’ve had a Surface 3 Pro now for three months, and I thought I’d share my experiences with it for those interested. TL;DR version : I hate...

It’s another new chapter for me today: I’m joining Pillar Technology as an Executive Consultant! I’ve known folks at Pillar for years in ...

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...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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

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

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-...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...