I recently received an email containing the following paragraph: "A tester peer of mine here in town recently told me a great story ...

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I slow down from time to time, which may signify that either (a) I'm sick or (b) I...

As promised, here's the rest of Michael Mahlberg's interview: Michael: One of your books that comes to mind after experienci...

At November's AYE Conference, participant Michael Mahlberg asked if he could interview me for a German magazine. The interview and his...

Perhaps the nicest feature of WIGGLE charts is the way they can be used with just about anybody's diagrammatic technique. The follo...

Today's idea is embodied in a medal established in Austria. According to Wikipedia, the military order of Maria Theresa. "It ...

On a recent flight out of Chicago, I found myself seated next to Jack, a IT manager in a medium-sized company. Jack was on his way to inter...

I've been slow posting on this blog for the past few weeks, and now you know why: I've been finishing the next novel in my Residu...

Wiggle Charts (Part 2) Perhaps the nicest feature of WIGGLE charts is the way they can be used with just about anybody's diagrammatic...

This year I created a Christmas present for all my faithful readers. It's about one of the characters in my series of novels, The Stri...

WIGGLE Charts—A Sketching Tool for Designers There's no sense being precise about something when you don't even know what you...

Today, I'm revisiting a post I put here almost exactly three years ago. At that time, I was announcing the resumption of PSL (Problem...

A book (or a blog) can give you only what the author has to tell. But the learning that comes through self-knowledge has no limit. To learn ...

There's nothing more practical than a good theory. - Kenneth Boulding Reading a book is one thing. Applying what you learn is quite an...

The liberation of a tree is not the freedom from its roots.- Rabindranath Tagore The Grand Tour shows you what's going on now, but perh...

There are many reasons why a program brought out of hibernation could incur costs: 1. The hardware environment has changed. 2. The syste...

In many IT installations today, the number one problem is program maintenance. Although the total problem is far from simple, there are a n...