Weekly Link Post 34

This is is my weekly 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/Design

• Scott Hanselman continues his great link series with The Weekly Source Code 20 and The Weekly Source Code 21.
• Josh Smith continues his WPF Podcatcher series on Code project with Part III - The Podcast Management Conundrum.
• Bill Wagner shares his Podcast Roll. Lots of interesting stuff here.
• Mohammad Azam has posted a really great article titled Designing Application Using Test Driven Development. Looks like a great starting point for someone learning TDD.
• Jeff Nuckolls provides a Step-by-step Introduction to LINQ to SQL.
• Scott Hanselman has posted some great articles this week including: Getting LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities to use NOLOCK ~ IronPython and the DLR march on
• David Hayden recommends the Visual Studio 2008 Add-In Sticky Notes and also lists a few other developer tools.
• Dan Wahlin recommends a really sweet utility in his post Want to Learn How to Use LINQ? Check out LINQPad!
• Jesse Liberty provides everything needed for Getting Started with Silverlight 2.
• Good article on DevTopics that gives us 13 Tips to Comment Your Code.
• Rudi Grobler recommends some WPF Snippets for us to add to Visual Studio.
• Tutorial Videos: LINQ TO SQL Grouping
• Article(s) from Code project that Interest me:  Part III - The Podcast Management Conundrum
• Snippet(s) from CodeKeep that Interest me:  Export list of Windows Services via WMI Query (C#) ~ Simple Lambda example (C#)
• Tip(s) from Sara Ford that Interest me: Create and view Todo’s in the Task List
• Tip(s) from DNTOD that Interest me: Add Windows Explorer to your Visual Studio tools menu

SQL Server Development

• Kenneth Downs has posted a great article on joins titled The JOIN is the Cornerstone of Powerful Queries.

Houston Area & Regional Technology Events

• User Group Meetings - This is my monthly listing of user group meetings.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Misty Khan has provided us with some great Outlook information this week in her articles: How To create a Distribution List ~ Could a Plug In Increase Your Outlook Efficiency?
• Web Worker Daily tells us about a new FireFox plugin that incorporates GTD in the post Firefox + Gmail = GTD.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Scott Hanselman has a great post about Twitter titled Twitter: The Uselessfulness of Micro-blogging.
• Ben Cook gives us 7 Steps to Successful Networking.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Joel Cochran has blogged about The Birth of the Cubicle. I “live” in a cubicle everyday and there are definitely pros and cons. Much more of the ladder.
• Here is a post on Lifehack that lists 30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity.
• Erica Douglass provides some great points in her post How I Tripled My Blog’s Traffic in Two Months.

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Here is an article that lists The Worst Foods in America.
• The Planetary Society has a great post about Arthur C Clarke: 1917-2008.
• Movie Trailers:  Pathology  ~  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  ~  Star Trek
• The Best Article Every day lists 20+ Excellent Resources for High-Res Desktop Wallpapers.
• Funny Dilberts this week: 3/17

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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
• David Vidmar - Links of the week
• Matt Goyer - Links
• 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
• Chris Alcock - Morning Brew
• Matthew Griffin - 5 for Friday
• Sam Buchanan - Links
• Tim Boland - Daily Finds
• Darren Stokes - Visual Studio Links

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Happy Surfing.