2011

Jan. 19

–  Heather Shanholtzer REALLY likes tea
2010

Dec. 16

–  I'm a Pig

Nov. 18

–  Measure Throughput, Not Utilization

Sep. 16

–  Building Determination One Task at a Time

Jul. 26

–  iDon't Care About What's Wrong With My Phone

Jun. 15

–  World Cup Buzz

May. 18

–  Lard: It Really Makes a Difference

Apr. 20

–  Death by What?!

Mar. 16

–  Speak! Please?

Feb. 16

–  Pairwise Translating

Jan. 19

–  Selectively Orderly
2009

Dec. 15

–  Putting Cheer into Retrospectives

Dec. 1

–  Wellness Works

Nov. 17

–  We've Got Fresh Legs--Use 'em!

Nov. 3

–  Parenting Parallels

Oct. 20

–  Gaps between Different Customers

Oct. 5

–  When Do You Say No to a Customer

Sep. 16

–  Self-defense for Us and Software

Sep. 2

–  Capsized by Squishy Fish

Aug. 19

–  Trap, Fix, Release

Aug. 5

–  We Humans are a Resourceful Bunch

Jul. 15

–  Where the Wild Things Were

Jul. 1

–  Apple Danish with a Side of Meddle

Jun. 17

–  It's How You Play the Game

Jun. 3

–  Out of Scope … and a Little Tacky

May. 20

–  Helping Each Other

May. 6

–  Our Continuing Education

Apr. 15

–  No More Quick Fixes

Apr. 1

–  Bad for Business

Mar. 18

–  Balancing Temperature and Technique

Mar. 4

–  A Reactionary Tale

Feb. 18

–  Test Driving a GPS System

Feb. 4

–  Eight Thoughts about Staying Sane on the Job

Jan. 21

–  Rules of Engagement

Jan. 7

–  Like Getting Sunscreen Off a Cat
2008

Dec. 17

–  From Green to Purple: An Exhibition of Growth

Dec. 3

–  The Power of Perspective

Nov. 19

–  Show and Tell

Nov. 5

–  Not Our Kitty

Oct. 15

–  Word Scramble

Oct. 1

–  Traveler's Disease

Sep. 17

–  I'm a Pig

Sep. 3

–  Stand Up for Time Management

Aug. 20

–  Your Takes

Aug. 6

–  Hard Drive Heartache

Jul. 16

–  Confessions of a Tinkerer

Jul. 2

–  Blazing Shoulders

Jun. 18

–  The Challenge Within

Jun. 4

–  Striving For It All Can Drive You Mad

May. 21

–  Crash Course in Parenting

May. 7

–  Twitter Me This

Apr. 16

–  Creative Golfing

Apr. 2

–  A Tale of Two Customer Experiences

Mar. 19

–  The Way of the Foot and Fist

Mar. 5

–  Finding Process in the Potty

Feb. 20

–  Mistaken Identity

Feb. 6

–  Desensitizing Ourselves for Disaster

Jan. 16

–  Timer Set, Go!

Jan. 2

–  Simplifying Life One Feature at a Time
2007

Dec. 19

–  Secret Santa

Dec. 5

–  Crabbing for Ducklings

Nov. 21

–  Common Ground

Nov. 7

–  Sink or Swim

Oct. 17

–  Deciphering Electronic Impulses

Oct. 3

–  Find Balance with Questions

Sep. 19

–  Natural Progression

Sep. 5

–  Blast from the Past

Aug. 15

–  Life at 25 m.p.h.

Aug. 1

–  Manly Pants

Jul. 18

–  Risky Business, Revisited

Jul. 4

–  For the Love of Hummus

Jun. 20

–  Outgrowing the Nest

Jun. 6

–  We Should Read This

May. 16

–  Navigating Rough Waters

May. 2

–  One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Enterprise

Apr. 18

–  Sorry to Interrupt, but …

Apr. 4

–  Off With Their Heads!

Mar. 21

–  A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Mar. 7

–  My MacGyver Moment

Feb. 21

–  The Consequence of Ignoring Limitations

Feb. 7

–  The Potty-Mouth Glitch

Jan. 17

–  Whatever Works for You

Jan. 3

–  Exterminating My Pack Rat
2006

Dec. 20

–  'Tis the Season of Giving and Receiving

Dec. 6

–  Forget What You Think You Know

Nov. 15

–  Being Thankful

Nov. 1

–  Stage Fright

Oct. 18

–  Betta Splendor

Oct. 4

–  Say What?

Sep. 20

–  For the Love of Nature

Sep. 6

–  The Iron Dog

Aug. 16

–  Pickled Pepper Predicament

Aug. 1

–  Training Day

Jul. 19

–  Scrambling Toward Completion

Jul. 5

–  Mounting Mistakes

Jun. 21

–  Barely Hacking It

Jun. 7

–  Out on Holiday

May. 17

–  Growing Pains

May. 2

–  Hatchlings and Hard Lessons

Apr. 19

–  Email Bloopers and Blunders

Apr. 5

–  Confessions of a Soccer Neophyte

Mar. 14

–  The Headline Method

Mar. 1

–  Losing Our Responsibility

Feb. 15

–  Getting It Together

Feb. 1

–  Auto Mechanics: What Not To Do

Jan. 18

–  Four-Alarm Frenzy

Jan. 2

–  Looking Back on the Good Old Days
2005

Dec. 21

–  Inconvenient Convenience

Dec. 6

–  A Bunny With Diamonds in Her Eyes

Nov. 16

–  Shifting Priorities

Nov. 1

–  The Layers of Fall

Oct. 17

–  Practice What You Preach

Oct. 5

–  Finding Your Team's Funny Bone

Sep. 21

–  Never Say Never

Sep. 7

–  Sunday Driving Every Day of the Week

Aug. 17

–  Spinning in the Black Box

Aug. 3

–  Calibrate Your Brain

Jul. 20

–  Harry Hysteria

Jul. 6

–  Risky Business

Jun. 15

–  Cell Phone Etiquette

Jun. 1

–  Great Minds Think Alike

May. 18

–  Duck Watch--Day Sixty-Eight

May. 4

–  Gambling on High Expectations

Apr. 20

–  Backwards Butterfly

Apr. 6

–  Testing My Knowledge

Mar. 16

–  Taking a Back Seat

Mar. 2

–  (Not so) Spare Change

Feb. 16

–  Super Similarities

Feb. 2

–  Version Aversion

Jan. 19

–  Misery Doesn't Need Your Company

Jan. 5

–  Did You Do It?
2004

Dec. 15

–  Holiday Gift Requirements

Dec. 1

–  The Ghost of Projects Past

Nov. 17

–  You Can Teach Middle-Aged Dogs New Tricks

Nov. 3

–  Talk About Agile

Oct. 20

–  Getting Some of the Glory

Oct. 6

–  Fall Is Here

Sep. 15

–  Procrastination, A Process?

Sep. 1

–  QA Makes a Cameo Appearance

Aug. 18

–  The Sky is Falling

Aug. 4

–  What Can You Do With a Drunken Sailor?

Jul. 21

–  Does a Turtle Need Help Crossing the Road?

Jul. 7

–  Everything I Need to Know About Software

Jun. 16

–  Spray, Scream, and Run

Jun. 2

–  What Does Your Garden Grow?

May. 19

–  Reader's Response

May. 5

–  Do You Homebrew?

Apr. 21

–  The Call of the Riled

Apr. 7

–  It Takes All Types

Mar. 17

–  Running on Overload

Mar. 3

–  Agile Nostalgia

Feb. 18

–  Change Request

Feb. 4

–  Baking in Quality

Jan. 21

–  My Favorite Things about StickyMinds.com

Jan. 7

–  Make It Happen!
2003

Dec. 17

–  Warning Devices

Dec. 3

–  Rapid Rate of Growth

Nov. 19

–  Job Satisfaction

Nov. 5

–  Hey, No Hurry!

Oct. 15

–  The Iterative Artist

Oct. 1

–  New Challenges for QA

Sep. 17

–  Overtime Experiences

Sep. 3

–  Learning How to Conduct a Post Mortem

Aug. 20

–  Wear Their Shoes

Aug. 6

–  Constant Care

Jul. 16

–  De-Flawing the Beast

Jul. 2

–  One Bad Step

Jun. 18

–  Florida's Main Requirement: Air Conditioning

Jun. 4

–  Don't Omit Perception in Your Rush to Make Judgments

May. 21

–  The Discipline of Common Sense Rules the Day

May. 7

–  Communication Is a Discipline

Apr. 16

–  The Difference Between a Karass and a Granfalloon

Apr. 2

–  Endless Points

Mar. 19

–  The Artist in the Software Engineer

Mar. 5

–  Making Better Software

Feb. 19

–  Are You Qualified?

Feb. 5

–  Pandora's Box

Jan. 15

–  Letting Go

Jan. 1

–  New Year's Resolution
2002

Dec. 18

–  Flashes of Brilliance

Dec. 4

–  Situated Reasoning

Nov. 20

–  Quality Control from the Get-go

Nov. 6

–  Difficulty Moving Towards a Goal

Oct. 16

–  Announcing a New StickyMinds.com

Oct. 2

–  Automation: Try Before You Buy

Sep. 18

–  Wicked Problems

Sep. 4

–  Reader's Response

Aug. 21

–  Testers are Investigators

Aug. 7

–  Undervaluing QA Professionals

Jul. 17

–  Design Requirment Metaphors

Jul. 3

–  ROI in a Perfect World

Jun. 19

–  Living Well

Jun. 5

–  The Last 10 Percent

May. 15

–  In Retrospect...

May. 1

–  Reader's Response

Apr. 17

–  Why We Call Them Bugs

Apr. 3

–  Recession vs. Quality

Mar. 20

–  Egads—They Want to Do Peer Reviews!

Mar. 6

–  Having Trouble Communicating with Someone?

Feb. 20

–  The Project and the Expedition

Feb. 6

–  Automation in Context

Jan. 16

–  A Critical Thinking Atmosphere

Jan. 2

–  My Project Assignment: Make a New Year's Resolution