This is is my weekly speed link post. It is here that I note the web sites that I have run across that interest me – whether it be related to work or play.
Application Development
- Mohammad Azam links us to Tons of Videos on AspAlliance.Videos are a great way to learn and there is an abundance of content these days.
- Robert Dempsey shares with us the Top 5 developer benefits of agile development. I really like the idea of increased team participation and happy developer = productive developer.
- Buddy Lindsey has posted a great overview of TDD as well as links to some of his articles that go into more depth.
- Scott Guthrie continues his Link Listing Series. Love those links!
- Josh Sharp has posted Five easy things that make you a better web developer. I am getting better at some of the things mentioned.
- Ade Miller has a good post titled Gotchas: Visual Studio debugging and stepping through source.
- Eric Wise gives us Questions every .NET developer should be able to answer.
- Rick Strahl has posted about Visual Studio and <location> parsing in web.config.
- Brad Abrams gives us his Software Development Predictions for 2008.
- Joel Cochran has posted Part 4 of his series titled Upgrade your C# Skills.
- Dustin Campbell has posted an interesting experiment in Building Data Out Of Thin Air.
- Rick Schummer has posted about an upcoming VFP Publication. It is good to see the VFP community is still thriving.
- Snippet(s) from CodeKeep: Check for Numeric (VB.NET)
- Tip(s) from Sara Ford: Change the RSS feed on the Visual Studio Start Page
- Tip(s) from DNTOD: A simple method to validate values entered into a textbox
SQL Server Development
- SQL Server Engine Tips announces the New MSDN Books Online search functionality. Pretty sweet.
- Authur Fuller has a great article on Builder AU titled Creative uses for COALESCE() in SQL Server. The article contains a lot of great code samples.
- Simon Sabin has posted an article on SQL 2008 Batch inserts and identity columns using MERGE.
Houston Area & Regional Technology Events
- User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.
- MSDN Event: What’s New in IIS7 and Extending ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Lifehacker has posted a good overview of a new module that allow you to Publish Google Docs Presentations on Your Site.
- Misty Kahn gives us some pointers on Using the Microsoft Outlook Calendar for More Effective Time Management.
- Ask the PC Guide has posted some advice on How to Become a Gmail Jedi Master.
- Google System blog gives us an idea on Creating a Backup for Your Google Account.
Blogging Tools and Advice
- Rick Strahl details some plug-ins he has written for LiveWriter in his article Extending Live Writer for Blog Posting.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- I ran across a good article on WikiHowHow on How To Write a Cover Letter.
- Lifehack has posted a detailed article on How to Use a Todo List to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever. Most of the points I have heard, but there were a couple of new ones.
- Great article on Freelance Switch titled Your work space is killing your productivity. I really enjoyed reading this and agree with it 100%.
- I ran across a great article in the Houston Chronicle called What kind of networker are you? Looks like I need some help in the networking department.
- Web Worker Daily gives us some pointers on more productive reading with their article So Much To Read So Little Time.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Fresh Home has posted some pictures to give us Workplace Inspiration. I am such an organization freak, I just love to look at pictures of other people’s offices.
- Movie Trailers I find interesting: New Harold and Kumar ~ Hellboy 2 ~ Forgetting Sarah Marshall ~ The Eye
- Funny Dilberts this week:
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Great Link Blog Sources
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Steve Pietrek – Links
- Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
- Christopher Steen – Link Listing
- Matt Hinze – Links Today
- Scott Reynolds – Links from the SharpSide
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- Matt Goyer – Links
- Mike Gunderloy – WWD Coffee Break
- Sam Gentile – New and Notable
- Chihn Do – Finds of the Week
- Craig Bailey – Link Blog
- Alvin Ashcraft – Daily Links
- Scott Koon – Links
- Scott Kingery – Links
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Happy Surfing.
