Gerald Weinberg's Secrets of Writing and Consulting
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Reader Feedback: Sample Pages

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If you want to have a successful business, you have to pay attention to customer feedback. In the case of eMarketing, that feedback can be f...
Thursday, April 02, 2009

eNovel Store: First Month Report and Lesson

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It's been about a month since I opened my eNovel store. After a snappy first two weeks, activity slowed to zero, and I thought nobody wo...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

eNovels for Nerds

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I've decided it's past time for me to join the electronic age. Five years ago, I gave myself the assignment of spending five years l...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

My Favorite Bug

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Michael Hunter asked me to write something for his blog about "my favorite bug." At first I thought it was a silly assignment, but...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Three Lessons from a Thirty-Year Bug

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Reader Michael Bolton writes: I'm reading General Principles of Systems Design , and enjoying it. I'm confused by something, and I ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

A Life-Changing Experience for You

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In one month, Esther, Johanna, and I will be starting our next Problem Solving Leadership (PSL) workshop here in Albuquerque. Thus, the timi...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Problem Solving Leadership Workshop

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We're giving the next offering of the famous Problem Solving Leadership (PSL) on March 22-27, 2009 Albuquerque, NM led by me, Esther Der...
Saturday, February 07, 2009

Estimating (continued)

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Back on April 17, 2006, I posted an entry called "Estimating Projects: A History of Failure." I try to make entries that are not e...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

Testability and Reproducibility

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Doug Szabo has asked me two interesting questions, and we thought we would share my answers. Doug: Can you point me to some guiding literatu...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

How We Used to Do Unit Testing

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Reader Charles sends a question I've frequently had when consulting with testing organizations who are weary of having code thrown at th...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

What is an Alcoholic?

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A commenter describes his drinking habits and says they don't interfere with work. He wants to know how I define "alcoholic"? ...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

The Sense of Smell

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I've been in less than tip-top condition lately, so you haven't seen any posts here for a long time. I just don't have the where...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Jerry Weinberg's New Website

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At long last, my new website design is up and running(?). Same url, http://www.geraldmweinberg.com , but some of the links to individual pag...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Consultant's Money-Back Guarantee

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On LinkIn, recently there was a question about what a client had to do to hire a consultant who wouldn't rip them off, just taking money...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

How Can You Recognize Alcoholism in a Service Provider?

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Jeff wrote: "Do you have a specific test for that [alcoholism in service providers]? Many of the alcoholics I've known hid their pr...
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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Services for a Small Consulting Business

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I haven't blogged for almost two months. I've been too busy. Busy is usually good for a consulting business, but not this time. A mo...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Where Does the Magic Come From?

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Clarke's Third Law In my career, I have at times run a succe...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

My Career, An Interview

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Magnus Ljadas has just published an interview with me on the Citerus (Sweden) website (www.citerus.se). I've been interviewed many time...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Developing Emotionally, Part 3

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William Responds to Melissa: Melissa, my secret is this: I have learned to really enjoy interaction on the emotional level. Perhaps "be...
Saturday, October 27, 2007

Developing Emotionally, Part 2

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A client, let's call him Robert, who wishes to remain anonymous, writes about the body inventory: "This was one of my key "les...
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Gerald M. Weinberg
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