Boyd Patterson (President of Patterson Consulting, LLC) just had an article published on the Software Test Professionals site:

http://www.stpcon.com/Item/1022/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=080211-TQA&utm_campaign=NEWSLETTERS

This article introduces the importance of code quality in test automation, and lays the groundwork for a more in-depth conference session at the Software Test Professionals Fall 2011 conference in Dallas, TX.  More on that session is available here.