Just noticed a rare event when all three volumes of Memory Dump Analysis Anthology occupy the first 3 positions on Bestsellers in Assembly Language Programming Amazon list (observed at the time of this writing):
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My drive to generalization led me to place an adornment on the portal to highlight the fact that memory and software trace analysis patterns are under an umbrella of general software behaviour patterns:
http://www.dumpanalysis.org/Software-Behavior-Patterns-Headline
In the forthcoming post series I plan to write about similarities between these two branches and also provide pattern examples from non-Windows platforms. All this material will provide the foundation for the forthcoming book Software Behavior: A Guide to Systematic Analysis (ISBN: 978-1906717162).
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Previously announced book is now available on Amazon:
Memory Dump Analysis Anthology: Color Supplement for Volumes 1-3
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Modern pattern-driven software trace analysis on Microsoft and Citrix platforms urgently requires a practical guide and OpenTask plans to publish this summer the following book in both Practical Foundations and Systematic Software Fault Analysis series:
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It is time to start being systematic. In addition to all-encompassing multi-volume Memory Dump Analysis Anthology OpenTask starts Systematic Software Fault Analysis series with Crash Dump Analysis: Practical Foundations as the first book. It introduces basic definitions, tools, memory dump collection and preliminary analysis methods for Windows platforms including legacy versions. This practical reference guide is a must have for system administrators of Windows server platforms and client workstations, technical support engineers and general Windows users. It builds foundation for the second book Crash Dump Analysis for System Administrators and Support Engineers and the remaining tetralogy books Windows Crash Dump Analysis and Advanced Windows Crash Dump Analysis.
Product information:
Fromt cover:
Table of Contents to be published soon.
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The book is about to be submitted for publication. It has 68 full color illustrations. Here is TOC:
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Memory Dump Analysis Anthology lacks full color inserts. This is rather a current limitation of POD technology that OpenTask publisher uses at the present time. The solution previously announced a year ago is to print a separate full color title with selected articles and illustrations. Finally, it is about to be published next month. The book front and back covers are collages from covers of individual memory dump analysis volumes:
TOC will be available soon. Here is the book data:
OpenTask also plans a separate color supplement for volumes 4 and 5 once they are published.
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Source: Amazon DE (at the time of this writing)
It is also the top best seller among OpenTask titles: http://www.opentask.com/top-bestseller-april-2010
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I’ve decided to adapt archaeological classificatory framework (using my favourite method of inquiry: metaphorical bijectionism) to lay out foundations for yet another attempt to classify DA+TA patterns):
Attribute ↔ Pattern 2
Artefact ↔ Component Artefact1
Assemblage ↔ Component Assemblage
Culture ↔ Memory System Culture
1 Can be either a component-generated artefact or a component like a module or symbol file
2 Typical examples of memory system cultures are Windows, UNIX or even “Multiplatform”
I propose a word Memoarchaeological for such a framework and Memoarchaeology for a branch of Memoretics that studies saved computer memory artifacts from past computations (as opposed to live memory).
Note: In one of the forthcoming issues of Debugged! MZ/PE magazine there will be presented yet another classificatory scheme.
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The Citrix Blog has published a short introduction:
Introducing the Citrix Support Twitter Team
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The following tool published by Citrix follows DebugWare patterns in its overall architecture and design and was implemented by a team of engineers using RADII process:
SsOnExpert - Single Sign-On XenApp Plug-in Troubleshooting Tool
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Twitter page for DumpAnalysis now has the background picture of a memory dump generated by Dump2Picture:
Hope you enjoy the new design 
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OpenTask to offer first 3 volumes of Memory Dump Analysis Anthology in one set:
The set is available exclusively from OpenTask e-Commerce web site starting from June. Individual volumes are also available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores worldwide.
Product information:
Information about individual volumes:
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Time flows fast and I have refined my code I wrote at 6 year anniversary to include finer monthly tracing:
switch (months_at_citrix)
{
case 60:
write_blog_post(”I’ve just passed 5 year mark … “);
wait_for_certificate();
write_blog_post(”Shortly after celebrating 5 years … “);
break;
case 72:
write_blog_post(”Threads in my process run very fast. Not long ago … “);
break;
case 78:
write_blog_post(”Time flows fast and I have refined my code …“);
break;
case 84:
// … TBD
}
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Plan to start providing training and seminars in my free time. If you are interested please answer these questions (you can either respond here in comments or use this form for private communication http://www.dumpanalysis.org/contact):
Additional topics of expertise that can be integrated into training include Source Code Reading and Analysis, Debugging, Windows Architecture, Device Drivers, Troubleshooting Tools Design and Implementation, Multithreading, Deep Down C and C++, x86 and x64 Assembly Language Reading.
Looking forward to your responses. Any suggestions are welcome.
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I’m very pleased to announce that the Korean edition is available:
The book can be found on:
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A silicon based company announced a new product called GoToMyBug for remote viewing of bugs ……fff.fff.f.H.A…t….H..H%….u…A..H.EA.u.H……….ff.L..A…I..A.B..t-I..I.R.L..I..t.I….H..f…I…u.I..[.A…I..L..I……t.I…I..H…..f..H……H…I…u………fff.fff.ff.S…L..H..L..I..I.R…t…L..A…M..H…….I…u.I..[…%…..u.
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Dr. DebugLove is working on a new album release scheduled for April. Its title is simply “Computation”. MP3 download will be available too. Stay tuned to the waves of computation and don’t forget to join Facebook fan group: Music of Computation
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I already had an experience with The Mystical One and a few weeks ago I finally grasped yet another parallel between The Year of Dump Analysis (0x7DA or 0n2010) and the fact that I started doing computer memory dump analysis 7 years ago! The emphasis here is on “computer“; before that I’d been doing general memory dump analysis for decades.
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This is a new methodology I’m working upon. The idea came from reading “About the Author” page in a book I got yesterday in my post:
The Nomadic Developer: Surviving and Thriving in the World of Technology Consulting
I post a review here and on Amazon when finished reading. Just a few words now. This is the first career book I’m reading where I find pages in roman numerals useful. The page xiii itself looks like a good template (or an example) for a business-oriented CV summary. Thinking now about updating my CV book (2nd edition?):
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