Podcasts are brought to you by the editors of StickyMinds.com.   Subscribe to the podcast that feeds: • Gray Matters • The StickyMinds SoundByte • Conferences Podcast                                                                                  Featured Podcasts     Matthew Heusser  July 18, 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by Pragmatic Software                                          Matthew Heusser          Joey McAllister speaks with Matthew Heusser about career paths for testers, the use of Web 2.0 tools in a corporate setting and in a software development environment, and the concept of technical debt. (22.9 MB, 24:58 min.) Podcast Links • Read Matthew’s April 2008 Better Software article, "Where Do I Go From Here?" • Check out more by Matthew on StickyMinds.com • Visit Matthew Heusser’s blog, Creative Chaos • Email Us               Naomi Karten and Johanna Rothman July Early 2008—Soundbyte Sponsored by Pragmatic Software                                     Naomi Karten       Johanna Rothman In this episode, Francesca Matteu talks to Naomi Karten about the power of writing well. Then Francesca talks about Johanna Rothman’s upcoming column about exploratory testing in an agile environment. (8.95 MB, 9:47 min.) Podcast Links • Visit the Column Archive • Peter Elbow, —Writing with Power—  • Anne Lamott, —Bird by Bird— • Gerald Weinberger, —Weinberger on Writing— • Visit Naomi Karten’s Web site • Visit Johanna Rothman’s Web site • Email Us               This is a podcast series featuring content about and from Software Quality Engineering's conferences: STAREAST, STARWEST, the Better Software Conference & EXPO, and the Agile Development Practices Conference. • Email Us       STAREAST 2008 Live: Jon Bach   conferences Podcast     In this podcast, recorded live on the floor of the STAREAST 2008 EXPO hall, Joey McAllister speaks with Jon Bach about his half-day tutorial, The Craft of Bug Investigation.     (10.6 MB, 11:30 min.)     Podcast Links • Read Jon Bach's blog at Quardev.com         STAREAST 2008 Live: Elisabeth Hendrickson   Conferences Podcast     Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joey McAllister chat about her STAREAST 2008 keynote presentation, "Testing Lessons from Extreme Programmers," which you can view on the StickyMinds.com Video Page.     (7 MB, 7:33 min.)     Podcast Links • Read Elisabeth's Test Obsessed blog • Watch Elisabeth's keynote presentation, "Testing Lessons from Extreme Programmers"       STAREAST 2008 Live: Antony Marcano  Conferences Podcast     Joey McAllister speaks with Antony Marcano about his STAREAST tutorial, "Behind Every Bug is a Story," as well as some of the other conference sessions that Antony attended and enjoyed.     (16.9 MB, 18:27 min.)     Podcast Links • Read Antony's blog at testingReflections       Bart Mediratta and Antoine Picard                     April 22, 2008—STAREAST Conference     Bart Mediratta and Antoine Picard’s STARWEST 2007 keynote, “Testing on the Toilet: Revolutionizing Developer Testing at Google,” was so popular that we’re bringing them back to present at STAREAST 2008. In this podcast, they talk about how Testing on the Toilet has changed since STARWEST and what you can expect to learn by attending their STAREAST keynote.     (6.5 MB, 7:03 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STAREAST  Conference • The Google Testing Blog • STARWEST 2007 podcast with Bart and Antoine         John Fodeh   April 08, 2008—STAREAST Conference      John Fodeh speaks about his keynote, “Ready to Ship?” in which he will describe a set of helpful metrics and conduct a role-playing exercise in which audience members will examine a set of metrics and decide whether the given system is ready to ship.     (4 MB, 4:21 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STAREAST  Conference         James Whitaker     April 07, 2008—STAREAST Conference      In James Whittaker’s STAREAST 2008 keynote, “Testing Dialogues—In the Executive Suite,” he’ll talk about why he believes the software development ecosystem is sick. In this podcast, he discusses just a few of the reasons.     (3.6 MB, 3:54 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STAREAST  Conference         Michael Mah  March 18, 2008—Better Software Conference & Expo     In this, the first episode of the 2008 Better Software Conference & EXPO podcasts, Michael Mah discusses his upcoming conference keynote, “The Good, the Better, and the Rather Puzzling: The Agile Experience and Five Companies.”     (6.57 MB, 7:10 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the Better Software Conference & Expo 2008         Tom Wissink  March 14, 2008—STAREAST     In this podcast, Tom Wissink talks about his STAREAST 2008 keynote presentation, “Transforming Your Test Culture: One Step at a Time,” in which will discuss how the value of testing has been misunderstood by many in senior management over the years and the steps organizations can take to change a culture of misunderstanding into a culture of appreciation, satisfaction, and excitement.     (5.2 MB, 5:39 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STAREAST  Conference         J.B. Rainsberger  December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this podcast, the final of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with J.B. Rainsberger about evolving design, why simple code is better than complex code, and the value of refactoring.     (21.1 MB, 22:57 min.)     Podcast Links • Visit J.B. Rainsberger's Web site, jbrains.ca. • Learn more about The Agile Development Practices Conference.           Linda Rising  December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this podcast, the second of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with Linda Rising about implementing change, influence strategies, and where agile and Sarbanes Oxley meet.     (19.8 MB, 21:36 min.)         Jean Tabaka  December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this podcast, the first of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with Jean Tabaka about collaboration, decision making, and how the agile community and federal government can work together.     (8.1 MB, 8:45 min.)           Bharat Mediratta &  Antoine Picard  October 15, 2007—STARWEST     Google's Bharat Mediratta and Antoine Picard discuss their STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "Testing on the Toilet: Revolutionizing Developer Testing at Google," in which they will talk about the Google Testing Grouplet and "Testing on the Toilet," a clever way of distributing information and education.     (9.5 MB, 8:16 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STARWEST  Conference.           Frank Cohen  October 12, 2007—STARWEST     Frank Cohen, founder and CEO of PushToTest, discusses his STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Coming SOA Revolution: What It Means to Testers," in which he will talk about how SOA makes test designs more complex but makes executing tests much easier.     (8.5 MB, 7:24 min.)     Podcast Links • Visit PushToTest.com.           Lee Copeland  October 12, 2007—STARWEST     Lee Copeland speaks about his STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Nine Forgettings," in which he will take a look at nine important things that the testing community has forgotten.     (8.4 MB, 7:16 min.)         Mike Cohn  October 8, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Mike Cohn about his Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Overcoming Waterfallacies and Agilephobias: Tales of Resistance and Woe," in which Mike will discuss reasons why some people fear and resist the switch to agile and how to overcome those obstacles.     (11.4 MB, 9:55 min.)         Theresa Lanowitz  October 2, 2007—STARWEST     In this episode of the STARWEST 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Theresa Lanowitz about her STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "Customer Advocacy: The Key to Testing Success," in which Theresa will talk about how testers should be viewed as customer advocates rather than the pessimists of the software world.     (10.6 MB, 9:12 min.)         Andy Hunt  September 26, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Andy Hunt about his Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Looking Toward the Future of Agile," in which Andy will take a look at how the business world changes over time and what place agile might have in the future.     (13.6 MB, 11:51 min.)         Jutta Eckstein  September 14, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Jutta Eckstein about her Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Scaling Agile Practices," which will cover how agile processes designed for small or mid-sized software development projects can be tuned to scale up to large projects.     (8.6 MB, 7:27 min.)         Mary Poppendieck  September 7, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Mary Poppendieck about her Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Welcome to the Mainstream," in which she'll discuss software development fads and how organizations can find agile success by avoiding three proven paths to failure.     (13.3 MB, 11:36 min.)         Lee Copeland  August 31, 2007—Agile Development Practices     In this, the first episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Software Quality Engineering's Lee Copeland about what prompted the creation of the new conference, which will be held December 3-6 in Orlando, Florida. Lee also talks about what attendees can look forward to learning from the agile experts who will be speaking at the conference.     (5.4 MB, 3:57 min.)         Lloyd Roden  2007—STAREAST     Lloyd Roden discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "Test Estimation: A Pain or ... Painless?"     (4.3 MB, 4:38 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about the STAREAST  Conference         Steven Splaine  2007—STAREAST     Steven Splaine discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "Positioning Your Test Automation Team as a Product Group."     (6.9 MB, 7:27 min.)         Randall Rice  2007—STAREAST     Randall Rice, author of Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing, discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Risks of Risk-Based Testing."     (7.1 MB, 7:41 min.)     Podcast Links • More about Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The StickyMinds.com Gray Matters podcast series has interviews with software development experts and other audio to feed the stuff between your ears. • Email Us         Linda Rising June 20, 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by Rally      In this episode of Gray Matters, Joey McAllister chats with Linda Rising at the 2008 Better Software Conference & EXPO about deception. Do we deceive ourselves and others about estimation? Do we have a choice?     (8.3 MB, 9:02 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about Linda's session "Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves" • Read articles by Linda on StickyMinds.com • Visit Linda Rising.org • Email Us         Johanna Rothman   May 16, 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by Telelogic      Johanna Rothman responds to a StickyMinds.com Discussion Board thread about managers who spend more time pushing paper than connecting with their teams. She also discusses one of her current projects, a new book on project portfolio management.     (21 MB, 22:50 min.)     Podcast Links • Visit the StickyMinds.com Discussion Board to read more on "Role of Test Manager" • Rothman Consulting Group • "What Do They Pay You to Do?" by Johanna Rothman, in the Better Software magazine archive • "Boss Puts Development Team on Craigslist" available on the The Register           John Engle   April  2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by ThoughtWorks     At last year's Agile Development Practices conference, John Engle led participants in a collaborative discussion called Open Space. John will be leading Open Space again at STAREAST 2008. In this podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with John about Open Space, its history, and what you can expect to see if you attend Open Space at STAREAST this year.     (7.2 MB, 7:52 min.)     Podcast Links • Learn more about Open Space at John Engle Associates • Visit the STAREAST conference page           Danny Faught  March 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by TestComplete      Joey McAllister speaks with Danny Faught, proprietor of Tejas Software Consulting and creator of TestingFAQs.org, about a section of TestingFAQs.org called The Boneyard, which lists tools and tool organizations that have changed names, been absorbed into other tools or organizations, or been discontinued altogether.     (14 MB, 15:14 min.)     Podcast Links • Read articles by Danny Faught on StickyMinds.com • Tejas Software Consulting • The Boneyard at TestingFAQs.org           Lee Copeland  January 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training      This episode of Gray Matters features clips from Lee Copeland's STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation "The Nine Forgettings." See the Podcast Links section below for a link to the new StickyMinds.com Videocasts page, where you can watch Lee's presentation in its entirety.     (9.8MB, 10:36 min.)     Podcast Links • View "The Nine Forgettings" on the StickyMinds.com Videocasts page • Read more by Lee Copeland on StickyMinds.com           Esther Derby  December 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by Electric Cloud      Joey McAllister speaks with Esther Derby about the sessions she led at the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, her latest article on StickyMinds.com, and what projects she has in the works. Topics discussed include the value of collaboration and "Change Artistry."     (10.9MB, 11:53 min.)     Podcast Links • Visit Esther's Web site • Read more by Esther Derby on StickyMinds.com         Alberto Savoia  November  2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by Blueprint      Alberto Savoia of Agitar Software is an expert in object-oriented testing methodologies and an evangelist and innovator in the area of software development tools. In this installment of Gray Matters, he discusses the ever-growing challenges for software tools and tool users, as well as his latest project, Crap4j.     (17.7MB, 19:19 min.)     Podcast Links • Visit the official Crap4J Web site • Read more by Alberto Savoia on StickyMinds.com           Ellen Gottesdiener  October 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training      Requirements expert Ellen Gottesdiener elaborates on some of the topics she originally wrote about in her StickyMinds.com article "Adapting Your Requirements Practices."     (33.6 MB, 36:39 min.)     Podcast Links • Read "Adapting Your Requirements Practices" • Read more by Ellen Gottesdiener on StickyMinds.com           Jeff Patton  September 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training      Last month, Jeff Patton received the Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practices from the Agile Alliance. In this installment of Gray Matters, Joey McAllister speaks to Jeff about the award, user-centered design, and Jeff's upcoming tutorials at the 2007 Agile Development Practices Conference.     (19.7 MB, 17:12 min.)     Podcast Links • Read more by Jeff Patton on StickyMinds.com           Scott Barber  August 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training      In this installment of Gray Matters, we listen to Scott Barber's lightning talk from STAREAST 2007, in which he summarizes performance testing in five minutes and one acronym, "CCD IS EARI."     (9 MB, 6:31 min.)     Podcast Links • Read more by Scott Barber on StickyMinds.com • Read "Choosing Testing Performance with Scott Barber" in the Sticky ToolLook archive           Randall Rice  June 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by HP Software      This installment of Gray Matters features a conversation with with Randall Rice about his STAREAST 2007 pre-conference tutorial, titled "Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader." He also talks about the book Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing, which he co-authored and which is being revised for an upcoming edition.