J.D. Meier's Blog
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How To Research Efficiently
Building guidance takes a lot of research. Over the years, I've learned how to do this faster and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/28/2007
Performance Testing Guide Beta 1 is Available
Today we released our Beta 1 of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide. It shows...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/25/2007
TFS Guide Beta 1 is Available
Today we released our Beta 1 of Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide....
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/23/2007
Put Your Thinking Hat On
I'm a fan of using different techniques for improving thinking. Here's a write-up on Six Thinking...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/18/2007
Feed Readers
Darren asks Which Feed Reader is Best? I was going to just add a comment, but it quickly turned into...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/13/2007
The Better Adapted You Are, the Less Adaptable You Tend To Be
I was skimming The Secrets of Consulting and I came across this nugget: “...Many years ago, Sir...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/13/2007
ARCast.net - Defending the Application
Ron talks security with Alik in ARCast.net - Defending the Application. If you want to hear some...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/12/2007
Per's Blogging
Per Vonge Nielsen is blogging! He's been my manager for several years at patterns and practices....
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/12/2007
Security Guidance Share Experiment
SecurityGuidanceShare.com is an experiment. I'm testing different ways to maintain and share a large...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/10/2007
Jason Taylor is Blogging
Are you experiencing anxiousness, self-doubt or guilt? It might not be your fault. A parasite might...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/07/2007
Incremental Environments for Performance Excellence
Mark Tomlinson shared an emerging industry practice with me. Customers are setting up incremental...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/06/2007
Baking Performance Into the Life Cycle
Note: This article is updated at Baking Performance into the Life Cycle. To engineer for...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/05/2007
Lean Software Engineering
I'm jazzed to see Corey and Bernie on the blog scene. They're partners in crime on a Lean Software...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/05/2007
patterns & practices Security Engineering Explained
I don't think our patterns & practices Security Engineering Explained guide is very findable, so...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/01/2007
Guidance on Managing Source Control Dependencies in Team System Now Available
Our Explained: Managing Source Control Dependencies in Visual Studio Team System is now available....
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/21/2007
How To Reference Web Services and Databases During Development
One technique for pointing your Web services and database references to alternate locations during...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/21/2007
Team Foundation Source Control Guidelines Now Available
Our Team Foundation Source Control Guidelines are now available. You can read the Team Foundation...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/11/2007
Downloads Now Available for Visual Studio Team System Guidance
We have a Downloads Index for Visual Studio Team System Guidance in our patterns & practices...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/11/2007
7 Habits of Highly Effective Program Managers
Note: This article is updated at 7 Habits of Highly Effective Program Managers. What does it take to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/09/2007
What's Their Story?
"What's their story?" ... With one cutting question, my manager exposed the fact a colleague had...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/05/2007
More Effective Feed Reading
I want more from the information that's out there today. I want to spend less time hunting and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/01/2007
My Tag Cleanup
I made some changes to my tag cloud and learned some lessons along the way: A few useful tags are...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/31/2007
New Video: How To - Personalize Team System Guidance with Guidance Explorer
If you are a hunter and gatherer of guidance, you'll want Guidance Explorer. Watch Video: How To -...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/28/2007
New Video: What Is - Branching
We just added Video: What Is - Branching to our Visual Studio Team System Guidance Project. Watch...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/27/2007
New Video: What Is - New in Team Foundation Server Source Control
We added Video: What Is - New in Team Foundation Server Source Control to our Visual Studio Team...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/27/2007
New Prescriptive Guidance for Visual Studio Team System
Our patterns and practices team has just released new prescriptive guidance for Visual Studio Team...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/26/2007
Video-Based Guidance for Visual Studio Team System Now Available
As part of our Video-Based Guidance Experiment, we've released an initial set of VSTS Guidance...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/26/2007
Video-Based Guidance Experiment
We're piloting some video-based guidance. Here's what I want to accomplish for the videos: Factor...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/26/2007
Why 30 Day Improvement Sprints
Why 30 Day Improvement Sprints? I get asked this often enough that I think I should distll the keys:...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/25/2007
Journaling for Improvement
Whether I'm working on a 30 Day Improvement Sprint, or working through a complex problem, I find...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/25/2007
Prioritizing Scannable Outcomes
How do I efficiently and effectively prioritize my day ... my week ... my life? In an earlier post,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/25/2007
patterns & practices Security Videos
We did a focused set of security videos with Keith Brown a while back. The problem is they're not...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/23/2007
Security Mantras and Metaphors
After reading Alik Levin's Security Language That Everyone Understands and Michael Howard's Security...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/23/2007
The Secret of Time Management
The secret to time management isn't more time management hacks at all. Here's the keys I've found:...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/21/2007
Worst Things First
This a practice I learned long ago and it's actually helpful whether it's day to day or building...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/21/2007
Life's an Experiment
It's amazing how much the metaphors we use can be enabling or disabling. For example, I used to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/21/2007
Hacking Web Applications Exposed, 2nd Edition
I like Hacking Web Applications Exposed, second edition. I really do. Here's the foreword I wrote:...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/21/2007
Performance vs. Load vs. Stress Testing
This conversation (er, debate) comes up a lot. What's the difference between performance, load and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/21/2007
Team Foundation Server Branching Guidance Now Available
The Team Foundation Server Branching Guidance whitepaper is now available! It's a comprehensive...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/20/2007
5 Tips for Blogging
Here's some quick blogging tips I shared with a colleague, that they found helpful: Have a purpose...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/19/2007
Building a Custom Set of Guidance with Guidance Explorer
Today I was reminded of the powerful scenario for building a custom set of guidance on the fly using...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/19/2007
Security Influencers
IT Security posted their list of The 59 Top Influencers in IT Security. They say their list includes...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/19/2007
Perspectives Frame
Note: This article is updated at 4 Perspectives to Keep in Mind. Building software involves a lot of...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/18/2007
MUST vs. SHOULD vs. COULD
Whether I'm dealing with software requirements, or I'm prioritizing my personal TO Dos, I think in...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2007
Tag Big Buckets First
Here's an example of a mistake I made tagging to illustrate how I'm now thinking about tags. I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2007
View-Driven Tagging
I'm not satisfied with the browsability of my blog. While I can get to a lot of the nuggets I need,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2007
Code Sharing in Team Foundation Server
How do you share code in Team Foundation Server? That's what our team is working through at the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2007
Progressive Development Blog
How do you turn around your software development practices? Well, follow along in the adventures of...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2007
Thinking About Career Paths
I'd like to share some of the insights that others have shared with me over the years about choosing...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/16/2007