Gerald Weinberg
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http://www.geraldmweinberg.com
Jerry is Prize-Winning Author of 80 books, International Consultant, Speaker, Teacher, Expert & Coach in all phases of S/W Engineering. Founder of AYE Conf
Listorious Interview
Enough of this interview. I'm stopping now.
They come from inside me. I'm not copying anyone, at least not consciously.
Yes, often, for thoughtless tweeting. "Who" is none of your business.
I tend not to shorten any words. I shorten thoughts, because I value the English language.
air, water, friends, my wife, my dog Caro, my dog Lovie
Any time I have something worth tweeting.
software management, software testing, thinking, problem solving, writing
I have little information about that. I suppose I'm known for my writings--books like The Secrets of Consulting, and my novels http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/Site/Home.html
That it's frivolous. It can be, but we tweeters are free to un-follow frivolous tweeters, so it need not be. It's not frivolous for me--because of who I have selected to follow.
If it's something I would like to find among my followed tweeters, I tweet it.
I suspect they will eventually try to earn money in some way from tweeters. I'd be sorry if they did.
The changes, if they come, will come from the content of the tweets that tweeters send and retweet.
I guess they should have their own reasons, but I try to be informative and thought-provoking. So, if people want information and/or stimulating thoughts, they might enjoy my tweets. I don't usually tweet about what I had for breakfast.
I don't really have "discussions" on twitter. Mostly, the tweets are one-of-a-kind, with nothing to "discuss," but valuable for information, like good books, or articles.
I'm not looking for "funny," but, rather, "profound."
I follow only a select few. I count on them to retweet the occasional thoughtful tweet from someone else. Some of the ones I follow are @estherderby, @stevenMsmith1, @DeanWesleySmith, @chrishedgate, @johannarothman
I haven't found any use for Twitter lists yet. I haven't even tried making a list because I don't see what they do for me.
First of all, how do you know they're not good? We are not good judges of our own work.
Second, get them into circulation somehow. You will learn how to write only by writing and then receiving feedback.
Third, are these stories about you? Your own experiences and your emotional reaction to them--those are the basis for powerful, memorable stories.
Does this help?
The concept of "career" seems almost obsolete these days, with technologies changing many times in the course of a person's working life.
That said, "software testing" seems to be one career that's going to be with us for the foreseeable future. So, if you're looking for stability, S/T seems a good bet.
Of course, you'll have to keep up with changes is hardware and software, but people will continue to possess myths about software quality that haven't changed in the half-century I've been around.
Take a look at http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/Site/Perfect_Software.html
