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	Amazon.fr : Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method: Livres en anglais: Gerald M. Weinberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gerald M. Weinberg is one of the most influential thinkers in computer science.
		Weinberg on Writing isn't a computer book, though -- Weinberg describes his life and practices as a writer, enriching the text with more than 40 exercises appropriate for individual or group study.
		Through his 'fieldstone' metaphor, Weinberg richly demonstrates that the human mind is not a straight thinker, but a mind-leaper, thus not 'dependent on any particular order' to succeed in writing a book or article or story.
	www.amazon.fr /Weinberg-Writing-Fieldstone-Gerald-M/dp/093263365X (1054 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method: Books: Gerald M. Weinberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gerald Weinberg, an accomplished author, takes time in “Weinberg on Writing” to explore with us in detail the method underlying his own processes.
		Weinberg’s “Fieldstone Method” is probable in two senses: the apparent reasonableness of what it proposes and the increased likelihood of success for those adopting it.
		Of course, all this would matter little were not his method sufficiently plastic so as to be both adaptable to the particular needs of individuals in all their varieties of personality and moods and applicable to the many types of writing people attempt; and that quality brings us to his method’s psychological soundness.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Weinberg-Writing-Fieldstone-Gerald-M/dp/093263365X (771 words)

	Career :: Tucows Farm
		The article covers the stories told by Gerald Weinberg (who wrote Psychology of Computer Programming and a whole slew of other techie books) during his keynote at the Software Development West 2005 conference that took place earlier this month.
		Weinberg joked that you could tell the real professional programmer's card decks because they were wrapped with two rubber bands.
		Weinberg wrote the program for them, because—like nearly all large companies at that time—it didn't have a programming staff.
	farm.tucows.com /blog/Career/_archives/2005/3/28 (418 words)

	Can't Weinberg keep a secret? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		So, Gerald Weinberg starts out with one strike for his title's silly, annoying, and presumably deliberate misuse of an English word.
		Computing professionals know Gerald Weinberg as one of the most successful consultant/educators in our field.
		Gerald Weinberg's two secrets books, therefore, are valuable on every computing professional's book shelf.
	www.idinews.com /weinbergSecrets.html (249 words)

	Amazon.com: The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition: Books: Gerald M. Weinberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Weinberg writes "This book has only one major purpose--to trigger the beginning of a new field of study: computer programming as a human activity, or, in short, the psychology of computer programming.
		Weinberg should know that the adversarial relationship between testers and programmers is needed to prevent any problems from being overlooked (p.108).
		Weinberg's comment that re-writing a program is far easier than the first writing (p.165) explains the 'success' of the Structured Programming Fad in the late 1970s: "write a program in one day instead of a week".
	www.amazon.com /Psychology-Computer-Programming-Silver-Anniversary/dp/0932633420 (2457 words)

	SS > NF reviews > Gerald M. Weinberg
		This is Weinberg's introduction to General Systems Theory (reprinted 25 years after its original 1975 publication): a way of looking at, modelling, and understanding a complicated, complex world.
		Weinberg goes through the principles, with a bunch of simple but illustrative examples, and some pertinent anecdotes.
		It is most interesting in its final chapter, when it starts talking about taking a more process-oriented (as opposed to thing-oriented) view of the world, and references a book to come.
	www-users.cs.york.ac.uk /~susan/bib/nf/w/grldmwnb.htm (325 words)

	MDA News \| GERALD C. WEINBERG NAMED TO MDA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
		GERALD C. TUCSON, Ariz., July 14, 2006 – Gerald C. Weinberg of Tucson has been elected to the Board of Directors and named President and CEO of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
		Gerald C. Weinberg, President and CEO of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
		Weinberg joined the staff of the Association in 1957, when it was based in New York, and its leadership in 1963, when he was named campaign director.
	www.mda.org /news/060714gerald_weinberg.html (428 words)

	Personal Chemistry and the Healthy Body by Gerald M. Weinberg - developer.*, Developer Dot Star
		Through a special arrangement with Gerald Weinberg and Dorset House Publishing, developer.* Magazine is proud to reprint it here.
		The reason I wanted to republish this classic essay by Gerald Weinberg is that it presents another side of the programmer abuse story: while he certainly does not let employers and managers off the hook, he shows us our own role in the maintenance of work/life balance.
		Weinberg and Dorset House Publishing for allowing this publication.
	www.developerdotstar.com /mag/articles/weinberg_healthybody.html (2066 words)

	Hecksel's Software Zone : Weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		An evening with Gerald Weinberg I had a once in a lifetime opportunity on Monday (03/14/05) to spend several hours of one on one time with one of the IT industry's best and most influential leaders - Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg.
		Here is a reposting of text from another attendee's of Gerald Weinberg's keynote at SDExpo 2005 on Monday: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's opening keynote by author and consultant Gerald Weinberg, "Fifty Years of Software Development--Lessons From the Ancients, " was an entertaining romp through his early years at IBM.
		Here are some highlights: Thinking like a computer: Hired early on as a "computer," or person who performed mathematical computations by hand, Weinberg said that it had affected him ever since.
	blogs.sun.com /developerzone/entry/an_evening_with_gerald_weinberg (1297 words)

	DBWorld Message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Gerald Weinberg's insight into the nature of the software professional has had profound impact on computing organizations worldwide," explains Professor Karl Reed of LaTrobe University Australia, president of the IWCASE, the international industry association which sponsors the Stevens Award.
		"Weinberg's analysis and interpretation of the human side of systems development directly influenced the evolution of many industry practices, methods, and tools.
		The guidance and inspiration he provides has been exceptional." Elliot Chikofsky of META Group, who chairs the Stevens selection committee, says, "In software projects, we have learned that the technical problems are very easy compared to the people problems.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /dbworld/messages/2000-05/960303880.html (511 words)

	Weinberg on Writing
		Continuing my efforts, started in Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method as well as my special writing workshops for graduates of the AYE Conference I'm sharing my learnings and experiences from a half-century writing career, including my new career as a novelist.
		And if the universe is not speaking to you, you might finish your novel, but it won't be very good, and it you certainly won't find it satisfying.
		I've been away for a while, pitching Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method to audiences in New York and New Jersey.
	weinbergonwriting.blogspot.com (3213 words)

	Adjust or Go Extinct: 50 Years of Conventional Wisdom and Eye-raising Anecdotes from Programming Veterans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		hen Gerald Weinberg began working in the information technology industry, he wasn't hired as a software developer or a programmer—not because he wasn't qualified for these positions, but because they didn't exist yet.
		In the decade to follow, Weinberg witnessed the creations of the disk drive, the operating system, and the profession that today is known as programmer.
		Weinberg learned a lasting principle from those experiences: be sure that you never have more than one bug at a time.
	www.devx.com /enterprise/Article/27631 (1246 words)

	Gerald Weinberg
		Gerald M. Weinberg, consultant and prolific author on software development issues.
		Jerry Weinberg is a long-time thinker, writer, teacher, and teacher of teachers on the people side of software engineering.
		If people spent even an eighth as much time examining a problem as they do trying to mend flawed solutions when they are stuck, they'd be much more productive.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?GeraldWeinberg (865 words)

	Amazon.com: Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method: Books: Gerald M. Weinberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Short and sweet: in a thin paperback, Weinberg covers the entire spectrum from mechanics of organizing paragraphs to how to gather and integrate your ideas.
		Weinberg comes from the software field, but knows how to write a book I couldn't put down.
		As a writer, I was very excited about the prospect of learning from Weinberg himself his thoughts on the writing process.
	www.amazon.com /Weinberg-Writing-Fieldstone-Gerald-M/dp/093263365X (2761 words)

	CiteULike: Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		<P>Drawing an analogy to the stone-by-stone method of building fieldstone walls, Weinberg shows writers how to construct fiction and nonfiction manuscripts from key insights, stories, and quotes.
		<P>Gerald M. Weinberg is one of the most influential thinkers in computer science.
		@book{citeulike:788282, abstract = {{Gerald M. Weinberg -- author of more than forty books and more than 400 articles over a forty-year career -- reveals his secrets for gathering, organizing, and discarding writing ideas.
	www.citeulike.org /user/hawkestein/article/788282 (396 words)

	Gerald Weinberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gerald Marvin Weinberg ('Jerry') is an author and teacher of the psychology and anthropology of computer software development.
		Handbook of Walkthroughs / Gerald M. Weinberg, Daniel P. Freedman ISBN 0-933950-39-X
		/ Gerald M. Weinberg, Daniel P. Freedman ISBN 0-932633-19-6
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerald_Weinberg (311 words)

	Dorset House Publishing - Gerald M. Weinberg
		Gerald M. Weinberg has written on topics ranging from computer systems and programming to education and problem solving -- and most recently, on writing, itself.
		Earlier this year, Dorset House released Weinberg on Writing, in which Jerry presents the writing method that has propelled him for more than 40 years.
		Also, Weinberg joined James Bullock and Marie Benesh to edit and release Roundtable on Project Management, a roundtable discussion book drawn from Weinberg's subscription-only, Web-based forum.
	www.dorsethouse.com /authors/weinberg_gerald.html (807 words)

	Gerald M. Weinberg - developer.*, Developer Dot Star
		Gerald Weinberg can be contacted through his web site at www.GeraldMWeinberg.com.
		A more detailed biography and bibliography for Gerald M. Weinberg can be found here, on the web site of his offical publisher, Dorset House.
		This page on the official Gerald Weinberg web site also features an interesting biography.
	www.developerdotstar.com /mag/bios/gerald_weinberg.html (253 words)

	Weinberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Weinberg (writer) (about 1840-), Ukrainian-Russian writer; born at Odessa; His brothers, Peter Weinberg, a prominent writer, and Jacob Weinberg (judge), a judge ([1])
		Wilhelm Weinberg, German physician and co-creator of Hardy-Weinberg principle
		Weinberg (Gemeinde Maria Laach) in Jauerling in Lower Austria
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weinberg (145 words)

	The Secrets of Consulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She was responding to posts on my writing blog, but I think my response ought to go here on my consulting blog, given that all designers are, in fact, consultants.
		Cat: No, I am not a writer, but I do have your book 'Weinberg on Writing' and will be using it in the near future.
		So Weinberg's Target isn't so modest after all, but there's a more important reason for adopting it as your personal goal.
	secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com (6175 words)

	Gerald Weinberg Biography (Jerry)
		For more than 45 years, Jerry Weinberg has worked on transforming software organizations, particularly emphasizing the interaction of technical and human issues.
		After spending between 1956 and 1969 as software developer, researcher, teacher, and designer of software curricula at IBM, he and his anthropologist wife, Dani Weinberg (see her bio for more about Dani), formed the consulting firm of Weinberg and Weinberg to help software engineering organizations manage the change process in a more fully human way.
		Jerry is author or co-author of several hundred articles and more than 30 books.
	www.geraldmweinberg.com /BIOStuff/EachBIO/bio.Jerry.html (748 words)

	Weinberg - Webled.com
		[ THE Weinberg GROUP is an international scientific and regulatory ]...
		[ Gresh and Weinberg, having surveyed the science of supervillains and ]...
		[ Weinberg Center for the Arts serves as the hub of the Frederick County ]...
	www.webled.com /Weinberg.htm (263 words)

	DDJ \| Departments \| Testing & Debugging \| Testing & Debugging Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Posted: September 18, 2006 07:30 AM When I was casting about to decide who to interview first, Gerald M. Weinberg (Jerry to everyone who knows him) seemed the obvious choice.
		He has learned a lot about computers - and people - in the ensuing years, and much of what he has learned he has shared with the rest of us through a plethora of books (see the full list at the his website).
		He also shares his knowledge and wisdom via his Secrets of Consulting and Weinberg On Writing blogs, SHAPE forum, and a variety of conferences and workshops.
	www.ddj.com /blog/debugblog/archives/2006/09/five_questions_1.html (968 words)

	Amazon.de: Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully: English Books: Gerald M. Weinberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With wit, charm, humor, and wisdom, Gerald Weinberg shows you exactly how to become a more effective consultant.
		Weinberg schafft es, durch eine Reihe von leicht merkbaren Regeln, viel Licht ins Dunkel der Soft-Factors zu bringen.
		At the same time, I've noticed that every time I read something by Weinberg, I have a feeling of displeasure for some reason, even though it is hard for me to put my finger on it.
	www.amazon.de /Secrets-Consulting-Gerald-M-Weinberg/dp/0932633013 (1212 words)

	yourdon.com/personal - "The Psychology of Computer Programming," by Gerald Weinberg
		It never occurred to us that the success or failure of our projects, and indeed the very quality of the software we were writing, could be affected by such things as morale, jealousy, loyalty, and other human emotions.
		Weinberg made us realize that programming is a human activity; and this new edition adds the refinements (including a few new chapters) of 25 years of additional experience.
		Once you read this book, you'll also want to see Weinberg's many other excellent books, as well as related classics like Peopleware, by Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister.
	www.yourdon.com /personal/books/gentech/psychology.html (184 words)

	Dorset House Publishing - The Psychology of Computer Programming
		Finding the chapters strikingly relevant to today's issues in programming, Gerald M. Weinberg adds new insights and highlights the similarities and differences between now and then.
		Using a conversational style that invites the reader to join him, Weinberg reunites with some of his most insightful writings on the human side of software engineering.
		Dorset House Publishing is proud to make this important text available to new generations of Weinberg fans—and to encourage readers of the first edition to return to its valuable lessons.
	www.dorsethouse.com /books/psy.html (994 words)

	Shorewalker.com - Required reading: Gause and Weinberg show how to ask for what you want
		This data allows Gause and Weinberg to enunciate a simple principle: you'll quite likely get what you want, as long as you say what it is.
		Mindreading is tough, and Gause and Weinberg aren't afraid to admit it.
		For instance, Gause and Weinberg include an entire chapter on setting expectations, teaching designers to identify the possible and the impossible early so as to minimise a client's disappointments.
	shorewalker.com /section2/explore_reqs.html (873 words)

	The secrets of consulting : a guide to g… by Gerald M. Weinberg \| LibraryThing
		Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method by Gerald M. Weinberg (Amazon
		Gerald Weinberg is one of those ubiquitious big names in software engineering, up there with Tom DeMarco and Ed Yourdon.
		His book on consulting advice is a collection of "rules" and anecdotes about being a good consultant.
	www.librarything.com /work.php?book=6380086 (659 words)

	The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
		In his discussion of "egoless programming", Weinberg observed that in shops where developers are not territorial about their code, and encourage other people to look for bugs and potential improvements in it, improvement happens dramatically faster than elsewhere.
		Weinberg's choice of terminology has perhaps prevented his analysis from gaining the acceptance it deserved - one has to smile at the thought of describing Internet hackers as "egoless".
		While he was nowhere near the first person to realize the futility of the "principle of command", he was probably the first to recognize and argue the point in particular connection with software development.
	www.firstmonday.org /issues/issue3_3/raymond (9625 words)

	I. M. Testy : Test effectiveness
		I had also read that Gerald Weinberg conducted studies at IBM with similar results.
		I recently spoke at the SQS conference in London and in the opening presentation Bob Barlett stated that SQS studies indicated that formal test design was almost twice as effective in defect detection per test case as compared to expert (exploratory) type testing, and of course put into perspective the infamous "death by checklist" syndrome.
		Given a brief functional requirement participants in the case study were asked to define tests to validate a program written in C# against the stated requirements.
	blogs.msdn.com /imtesty/archive/2006/10/13/tester-effectiveness.aspx (2543 words)

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