Arjan’s World

Back with a new episode of links I encountered recently. They’re centered around the area my new business focuses on: advise on Working Smarter and be more productive. More and more I’m convinced we should *build* less software, yet make better use of the tools that are already there. I realize I’m in a wasp nest here with you guys and gals. But so be it

The Linkblog is changing along with mynew business I’m developing right now. Therefore links will be oriented less and less on software development, and more towards effective use of web tools. Hope you’ll be in this journey together with me.

Don’t expect heavy updates though. My market is the Netherlands, and my online activities are mainly done in that language. Feel free to have a look over at my Dutch blog on Working Smarter

I’d be happy to hear from you. We haven’t seen each other for a long time!

• The decision before the decision – Seth Godin
  ‘When you think outside the box, what you’re actually doing is questioning the decision before the decision ‘
• What’s Blocking Your Path Today? – Time Management Ninja
  ‘ While you cannot stop obstacles from appearing, you can choose how you deal with them. Sometimes, it is a matter of perspective. Other times, it is a matter of effort ‘
• 6 Tips To Free Yourself From Your Technology Leash – Time Management Ninja
  ‘ Is your technology a tool that gives you more flexibility in life?
  Or is it a leash to your work that constantly reels you in, causes stress, and never lets you go? ‘
• How to Stay Focused When Plans Keep Changing – Chrissy Scivicque
  ‘ If you find yourself in a situation where plans are fluid and you’re having a hard time keeping focused, try the following techniques ‘
• Choosing your customers – Seth Godin
  Seth on how you (when you’re a business owner / freelancer) choose your customers – instead of the other way around
• Should Email Be a Minimum Job Requirement? – Time Management Ninja
  ‘ (…) at many companies today, email takes up more time than it saves. It actually reduces company efficiency.
  Email misuse (and abuse) can quickly bring a workplace’s productivity to a stand still ‘
  I’m afraid I’ve met *all* characters described here at least once in the last couple years
• Are you addicted to perfection? – David Allen
  GTD going wrong
• 10 Keys To Be A Becoming a Better Communicator – Celestine Chua
  Especially for all you “guy in a room” types
• 7 Simple Ways To Say “No” – Celestine Chua
  On why it’s so hard to say no..and what to do about it
• 11 Creative Ways to Avoid Becoming a Workaholic – Tammy Strobel
  I would really like to read this post…but I’m lacking the time ;-(
• Goodbye to the office – Seth Godin
  ‘ I think in ten years the TV show ‘the Office’ will be seen as a quaint antique ‘
  Don’t know about the time scheme, really, but fact is in time we will see big changes in BigCorp. Don’t know about you, but in the Netherlands, my home country, this New Way of Work is really taking off.
• Choose to Spend Time on High Impact Activities – Srinivas Rao
  On being more productive by thinking about the impact of *what* you do
• You are in control when you can see it all – David Allen
  ‘ (…) “simplifying” our lives.. (…) by that we do not mean lowering our standards, but rather focusing on the ones that are most important to us ‘
• A successful executive – David Allen
  ‘ A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates ‘
  And let that sink in for a second..or two!
• Tips and Tricks about Google – programmerworld
  Handy tips to do a smarter Google search
• The end of busy – Leo Babauta
  ‘ Stop being busy and your job is half done ‘
• How to Really Begin Adding Value – Mark Harrison
  ‘ Einstein wrote, ‘Only a life lived for others is worth living.’ This idea can sometimes be called adding value. Why is this way of looking at things so valuable? ‘
• But what have you shipped? – Seth Godin
  A rebuttal to all the cool wannabee LOLcat programmers out there
• Losing weight with the GTD Weekly Review – David Allen
  I can’t imagine NOT doing a thorough Weekly Review on all incoming stuff, outstanding actions, and new plans. How about you?
• The No. 1 Habit of Highly Creative People – Leo Babauta
  If Leo says it, it *must* be true. This no. 1 habit will appeal to lots of you
• How to replace yourself with a very small shellscript – Hilary Mason
  Hilarious video with a serious overtone on how to implement an auto-responder on your email. As programmers we know that this is feasible. However, it has it’s disadvantages Check this TED-style story!
• Simple five step plan for just about everyone and everything – Seth Godin
  ‘ The number of people you need to ask for permission keeps going down ‘
• Slow Down and Enjoy Relationships – Corey Allan
  We tend to think the world moves at a faster pace than before. This is not the case: the only thing that’s changed is our capability of following events on a much wider scale than before. Time to step back and think about what’s really important
• 100 Incredibly Useful & Free iPhone Apps – Joshua Johnson
  ‘ The best part of the iTunes App Store is that you don’t need to spend a single cent to fill your iPhone with amazing applications. There are tons of developers dishing out quality free applications daily ‘
  Maybe it’s a Dutch trait, but free iPhone apps attract me more than payed ones somehow

• Forming Intentions – Steve Pavlina
  ‘ Hold your breath and put your head underwater. Notice that a clear intention begins to form within a matter of seconds ‘ A short (which is special by itself) post by positive thinker extreme Steve Pavlina
• Plans are nothing. Planning is everything – CustomerThink
  General Dwight D. Eisenhower got it 100% right
• Make Outlook Assign You Random To-Do Items
  ‘ (…) how to make Outlook pick a random [task, ed.] for you, so you can skip the decision-making and get to work ‘
• Trick.ly Shares URLs Semi-Privately – Adma Pash
  URL shortener behind a password you choose yourself. Neat idea
• Beginner Guide to User Styles for Firefox – How-To Geek
  ‘ See how easy it can be to change how websites look with the Stylish Extension for Firefox ‘
• Questions for entrepreneurs should be asking themselves – David Allen
  The answer might surprise you
• 7 Must Read Life Lessons from Abraham Lincoln – Mr. Self Development
  ‘ Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe ‘ and more pearls of wisdom like this
• When Mentoring Goes Bad – Dawn E. Chandler
  On manipulating by mentors…and protégés
• Multiple dumbnesses – Seth Godin
  Did you know there’s seven (7!) kinds of intelligence? Me neither. Makes us a little smarter, now that we know this…?
• 11 Things You Could Do Instead of That Meeting – Time Management Ninja
  Great tips to get rid ot those stupid Meetings *should be forbidden*.. Obvious but useful remedies :
  ‘ top by casually, and instead of asking “What are you doing?” simply ask, “How are you doing?” Then be quiet and listen. You will be amazed what you learn ‘
• Kill Your To-Do List – Leo Babauta
  ‘ Kill your to-do list, and forget about all the things you need to do … except the One Thing you’re passionate about, right now ‘
  Let’s call it bare bones GTD
• 13 Strategies To Jumpstart Your Productivity – Celestine
  Take the time to read throught this list, because there’s some really neat tips in here
• The Myth of Inspiration? :: Echo Enduring Blog
  ‘ Inspiration is not a product to be picked off the shelf. It is much more vital, much more organic and far less predictable. We don’t find inspiration – inspiration strikes at us ‘
  Targeted to designers, but equally applicable to the rest of us, this article gives some great clues what we’re *really* looking for
• You can’t fool your mind – David Allen
  David slaat weer eens de spijker op zijn kop
• 8 things I wish everyone knew about email – Seth Godin
  Lessons for lots of folks out there. Not for you and me of course..or maybe take a look?
• GTD Best Practices of Doing – GTD Times
  Latest podcast from the David Allen team. This one on how to get the “Doing” part of the action management system right
• Expose yourself… – Seth Godin
  ‘ With so many options in media, interaction and venues, you now get to choose what you expose yourself to ‘
• 5 Ways To Combat Reactionary Workflow – Scott Belsk
  ‘ few minutes, more communications are being sent your way. Emails, text messages, voice mails, instant messages, twitter messages, facebook posts…and the list goes on ‘
  Stressful, isn’t it? A possible solution

• Inbox Creep – Meghan Wilker
  How many inboxes do you have..too much?
  ‘ – Google Wave: My brain is melting…
  - Google Buzz: My head has exploded ‘
• Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein: Part Deux – Mr. Self Development
  ‘ Great People Will Always Encounter Great Opposition ‘
  And other motivating quotes
• 5 Questions To Help Organize Your Desk – Productivity501
  ‘ Look at your desk right now. Is it messy? If so, don’t feel too bad. It isn’t uncommon. This post is a series of questions to ask about the stuff that is currently on your desk ‘
• How to Do What You’ve Always Wanted – Steve Errey
  ‘ Perhaps you’d love to open a little coffee shop or brasserie in your neighbourhood or maybe you’ve had brainwave for a neat little product that just might change the world ‘
• 10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Done Yet – Michael Hyatt
  ‘ for several nights in a row, I did not get to bed until almost midnight. As a result, I slept in longer and stopped running. I became irritable and started losing focus. It was clear that I needed to change something—and now! ‘
• The Power of Knowing – Productivity501
  ‘ It turns out that there is a very good reason that so many people recommend this. Good time management has an arch enemy. It isn’t interruptions or even procrastination. The big foe to good time management is indecision ‘
• 5 Steps To Conquer Any Networking Event – Seth Simonds
  ‘ Let’s say you’re single, lonely, and desperate for a date. That, of course, isn’t actually the case so you’ll need to use your imagination for a moment ‘
• 50 Little Things You Can Do to Empower Other People – Donald Latumahina
  Prepare for a long read, since it’s really 50 items. But they’re worth reading!
• View Maps and Get Directions in Google Chrome – How-To Geek
  ‘ While this may look like a rather basic map extension there is more to it than meets the eye at first glance ‘
• Privacy and Technology – Productivity501
  A warning: ‘ (…) some of the things you make public can provide people with ill intent very detailed information about where and who you are. You can’t live under a rock, but understanding what information you are making available is important ‘
• 11 Simple Ways To Avoid Burnout – Seth Simonds
• Why You Still Need Business Cards – Thursday Bram
  You still need businesscards, even in this day and age! Here’s why
• 8-Bit NYC is the coolest map–ever – Don Reisinger
  Way cool Google maps like map displaying New York City
• Chris Pirillo Debuts E-Book: 140 Twitter Tips – Jolie O’Dell
  ‘ Chris Pirillo’s 140 Twitter Tips, a 14-page PDF, is a concise compendium of useful guidelines and helpful hints for every kind of Twitter use ‘
• Do iPhone Apps Really Look Good on iPad’s Screen? – Stan Schroeder
• OneNote and ActiveWords – Ferrari Fast – Ryan Oakley
  I’m not a OneNote guy, but here’s someone who uses it to do GTD. Worth checking out if you’re Microsoft centered
• 9 Unconventional Steps to a Thriving, “Very Small” Business – Chris Guillebeau
• First, care – Merlin Mann
  ‘ Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely ‘
• Real Leaders Go First – Michael Hyatt
  ‘ I thought, You have to be kidding. You have just spent an entire day teaching us something that you have never actually done yourself? This is all theory? I was blown away—and disillusioned. I felt abandoned ‘
• Praise of Online Obscurity – Clive Thompson
• Google Plans to Add Filtering Improvements to Buzz
  ..and thinks it’s about time
• When I want your opinion, I’ll ask for it – Seth Godin
  When I ask you for your opinion I’m not asking you for the right answer. ‘ I’m asking you for your opinion ‘

A couple of diverse links to make your day. Enjoy!

• “You’ve Got Waves”: How to Get Google Wave Notifications – Gina Trapani
• The Most for Your Minute – Productivity501
  Turns out the order in which you do stuff matters. Sometimes a lot.
• Desktop Fun: Starship Theme Wallpapers – the How-To Geek
  these must be the coolest.star trek.wallpapers.evah.
• Who’s In Charge of Your Life? – Ali Hale
  should be you actually, but all to often you let it be someone else
• The relentless search for “tell me what to do” – Seth Godin
  ‘ When asked, resist ‘
• Think I Won’t Pay for Quality Web Content? Think Again – Louis Gray
• See Maps of Street Address Locations the Easy Way – the How-To Geek
• Workspace of the Week: A simple study – Erin Doland
  Being a workspace geek, I can’t help but link to all those beautiful workspaces that catch my eye every now and then. Enjoy and find some inspiration
  And did you know there’s a group on Flickr devoted to this subject -Unclutterer Workspaces- heading toward 3,000 members *drool*
• Get Customizable Distraction-Free Writing with CreaWriter – the How-To Geek
  I already knew about OmmWriter, the great Mac tool for distractionless writing. I helped myself with DarkRoom, a nice replacement..be it a bit too..distractionless Now the Windows platform has a perfect OmmWriter replacement, and I’m definitely gonna give it a whirl!
• Free yourself from distractions with Concentrate – Erin Doland
  ‘ If you’re a Mac user and often find yourself tempted to goof off when you should be working, I want to introduce you to Concentrate ‘
• Stop Wasting Time by Matching Your Past High Levels of Effort – Armen Shirvanian
  ‘ Once your mind reaches a certain understanding, your mind will never go back to not having that understanding. In the same way, you can always return to a production ability, or winning streak, that you once had ‘

• Getting your arms around your priorities – Kelly Forrister
  Getting into detail on one of the less well-known principles of Getting Things Done: the Horizons of Focus
• Understand the Fear of Failure to Overcome Yours – Adam Pash
• View Your GReader RSS Feeds the Easy Way in Firefox – the How-To Geek
• Manage Your E-mail in Google Chrome the Easy Way – the How-To Geek
• The All-in-One Bedroom Office – Jason Fitzpatrick
  Geeks only!
• Negotiate Your Way to Getting Paid What You’re Worth – Lisa Hoover
  ‘ Negotiating your salary is part art, and part science, but there’s one rule that never changes: be nice ‘
• Web Seer Lets Your Compare Topics via Google Suggest – Jason Fitzpatrick
  ‘ Web Seer lets you pit Google Suggest against itself to see how many completions match up between search terms ‘
• Make Your Apps Open Again After Rebooting Your PC – the How-To Geek
• Wave Adds Access Permissions – Gina Trapani
  Another useful Wave addition. Wave is still far from 1.0 as far as I’m concerned, but it get better every week
• SlideShare for Research – Chris Hall
  ‘ It’s amazing what a search on Social Media Basics returns, and you can always modify your search if you don’t get back what you need ‘
• Why Seth Godin’s new book “LINCHPIN” is BRILLIANT and SCARY – Rajesh Setty
  ‘ In LINCHPIN, Seth focuses on BEING rather than DOING. Seth’s compassionate plea is for everyone to “be” an artist – be a Linchpin rather than a cog in the whee ‘
• The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now – Sarah Perez
  I just locked Facebook down a little more. Not that I use it that much, but still, why should everyone be allowed to view lots of private personal information?
• Are You a Productive Person? Look at the Number of People Who Are Waiting On You to Get Back to Them – Francis Wade
  ‘ Many of us are resigned to what we believe is God’s cruel trick – not giving us enough hours in the day to respond to everyone. Others complain that they can never find the time.
  The problem is that almost no-one tells the truth (…) ‘
• Add a “Built-In” Notepad to Google Chrome – the How-To Geek
• Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter – APA Research
  Interesting bit of research, via lifehacker.org

• How I Blocked Myself From Twitter For 3 Days – Ruud Hein
  ‘ I’m a bit hesitant to say this but I blocked myself from Twitter and other (social) media snacking for 3 days – and I liked it ‘
  Test your procrastination addiction by hacking your hosts file. Great stuff!
• Are You Addicted to Self Development – Mr. Self Development
  ‘ People are addicted to self-help books, self-help seminars, and self-help web sites ‘
  Thought provoking post: are you just reading and attending seminars, but not growing towards a goal?
• 5 Tips for Effective Delegation – Ian’s Messy Desk
  Mainly evolving around the golden mantra “get out of the way”
  via Lifehacker.com
• PDFmyURL Generates PDFs from Any Web Address – Kevin Purdy
  ‘ If you just want a PDF of a given URL at a certain time, PDFmyURL gets the job done with no fuss, no muss ‘
• What Apps and Maintenance Tools Do You Run While You’re Sleeping? – Adam Pash
  Get some ideas how to use those otherwise wasted cycles. That is: if you keep your machines humming during the night, which I don’t
• Build a Wall-Mounted Kitchen Computer – Jason Fitzpatrick
  Cool example of House-hacking!
• Google Wave Versus the Rest, Feature by Feature – Gina Trapani
  ‘ Wave combines features from email, instant messenger, Google Docs, wikis, and forums and throws its own spin on things ‘
  A great look into where Wave excels, and where you better use something else

• 4 Billion Time Management Systems Walking Around… – Francis Wade
• 10 Reasons Why Your Last Collaboration Did Not Work – Marshall Rake
  Ego, misinterpretations and more
• Stop Blaming Others – Jason Barr
  Stop whining and take matters into your own hand
• Can We Live In Private and Demand Companies Be Open? – Louis Gray
• Just do something! – Jeffrey Phillips
  ‘ If you are waiting for the sign from above (by that I mean your executive management) that you may now go and be innovative, stop waiting ‘
• Educate Your Clients On What You Offer With a Guide – Thursday Bram
  ‘ There are a few options for providing your clients with a resource that can bring them up to speed on what you can do for them, without you needing to explain over and over again ‘
• Find Your Ideal Business in 5 Simple Steps – Lesley Spencer Pyle
• Do you overemphasize happiness? – Penelope Trunk
• Online Calendar Management Roundup: How Do You Plan Your Days? – Elmer Thomas
  With the most important question: do you use a personal solution or group software?
• Your Passwords Aren’t As Secure As You Think; Here’s How to Fix That – The How-To Geek
  Oops
• Develop Your Greatest Skill – Paul Sloane
• How to Get a Stalled Project Moving Again – Ali Hale
  Get a project back in it’s tracks. Good tips!
• Sleep Cycle Analyzes Your Sleep Patterns for a Better Wake-Up – Lisa Hoover
• Power to Change the Broken System – Tara Hunt
• Why Popularity at Work Matters – Alexandra Levit
• How to Achieve Your Goals in 2010 – Mr. Self Development
• Create an All-Inclusive Control Panel Shortcut in Windows 7 – Kevin Purdy
• Try a Slow Media Diet for 2010 – Kevin Purdy
  While a wonderful plan, I don’t think 2010 will be any slower than last year. Although that depends on ourselves, doesn’t it?
• Delete Giant Email Chains to Speed Up Gmail Mobile Webapp – Kevin Purdy
• Flexamail Helps You Social Network and Browse From Behind a Firewall – Jason Fitzpatrick
  Sysadmins block your social networks. Take the byway: email!
• Resolved: Keep Your PC Clean, Safe, and Backed Up in 2010 – The How-To Geek
• Web 2.0 Suicide Machine Offs Your Online Identity – Lisa Hoover
  I don’t get it, this tool will help you out in automatically deleting your complete online presence. But since this is such a radical and big step, why would you even want to invest time to *maybe* do this later? Only useful for the one you left behind to do it on your behalf, me thinks
• Getting Ready for 2010: My Moleskine Setup – Dustin Was
  I love my notebooks. Not Moleskines, but still
• How Can I Keep Static Electricty from Zapping My Computer? – Lisa Hoover
  Don’t let this ever happen to you! Fortunately, it doesn’t have to happen anymore…

On the brink of 2010 I decided I let you people down long enough. Dragged myself to the working room to churn out an episode of the LINKBLOG. The last one for 2009, for obvious reasons.

Well, to be honest, it was not really dragging myself..I still like to make roundups of what’s new in the blogosphere, but as you’ve noticed, the daily schedule is history for some months now. A couple things have changed, let me explain:

for years I keep an eye on all kinds of software development related blogs. Adding more new blogs than removing others led to an accumulation of hundreds of feeds to follow. At a certain moment I thought “well, since I’m covering a big part of what’s essential in software development out there, maybe other people can benefit too. And that how I started to share links (originally on blogspot.com, and since May 18, 2008) here on my own domain.

While I do this with pleasure, I noticed two things

1. keeping up costs a considerable amount of time (duh!) and
2. my interests started to change: programming no longer is my deepest passion. Oops.

Already for years I’m practicing the art of working as productive as possible (as most of you probably do, too!) but more and more I saw I kept up with blogs in this domain rather that the programming realm.
Added to this came the realization that my long term goal is not staying a software developer. While it’s good to know *what* your goals are, working towards new goals means loosing interest in the old ones, in my case programming related stuff. Like errr, the blogs that were linked to in the Linkblog on a daily basis.

What does this mean? Well, I’m investing a lot of time now in getting towards my new goals. It’s not clear now how it will turn out exactly. What it certainly means is I’m heavily interested in other stuff these days: lifehacking, working smarter, new developments in web2.0 and social networks. What intrigues me is how individual professionals and businesses alike can use tools and practices to their own advantage in a smart way. Add to that the implications this stuff has on our economy and society. Believe me, things are changing. More than a lot of people and companies  realize. But enough on this. For the moment.

Man, cut to the chase and tell us what’s happening to your blog!

Fair enough, you want to know what’s happening, and you’re completely right! I’m wasting your precious time.
Well, to keep it short: my intention here is to keep on posting Linkblogs and other tidbits related to all that lifehacking stuff. While I’m doing my best, it will not be possible to keep up with daily updates, how much I would like that. Time available to me is not evenly distributed, so updates probably will be a bit irregular.

Still I think it’s an exciting world where a lot is happening that defines our future. If you’re not convinced, why don’t you let me show you, by serving you those productive links…in 2010!

Wishing you a great New Year, and be careful with those fire crackers, if lighting them is a habit where you live. It certainly is here in the Netherlands.

Hope to see you all back next year! And do let me know what you think! In a strange way it’s soothing to see I’m not the only one with a Link Blog Problem

Last LINKBLOG for this year. It’s an episode dedicated to working smarter and more productive. For an additional explanation: see the post that will follow shortly!

• You Don’t Need to Regularly Reinstall Windows; Here’s Why – The How-To Geek
  Great tips to keep your Windows top notch..for ages!
• Get Things Done with The Middle Way Method – Jason Fitzpatrick
  ‘ If you’ve tried various productivity systems and found them either too focused on top-down or bottom-up management, you might want to take a peek at The Middle Way Method, a system that blends the strengths of both techniques ‘
• When Doing is Due (and the Things That Keep Us From Doing) – Glen Stansberry
• One Number Checks Unread Counts for Gmail, Wave, Reader, and Voice – The How-To Geek
• Enjoy Distraction-Free Writing with WriteMonkey – the How-To Geek
  Here’s the same idea as below, for Windows!
• Ommwriter Creates Serene, Unadorned Writing Space – Whitson Gordon
  Combination of serence music with a distraction free environment makes this look like a great tool. Mac-only though…
• Are You a Productive Geek? Here’s the Site You Must Belong To – the How-To Geek
• MailDrop Automatically Adds Email Attachments to Your Dropbox – Kevin Purdy
• What Are Your Creative Solutions to Weak Cellular Coverage? – Kevin Purdy
• 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling – Rick Mans
  Reelly, have a look
• 13 New Lessons in Customer Service from a (Good) Car Salesman – Amber Riviere
  ‘ I’m happy to report these latest lessons in customer service from a car salesman (and this time a good car salesman) ‘
  Good news from the car salesmen front for a change
• My Most-Used iPhone Apps of 2009 – Marshall Kirkpatrick
  At the end of every year it’s the same: “best of” list are found everywhere. I don’t do lists like that, but there are a couple that I as a recent iPhone owner am especially interested in
• Evernote Makes Major Updates to iPhone App – Will Kelly
  Great stuff. Evernote is a wonderful app. Be it for you iPhone, Mac or Windows machine. It synchronises to and from everywhere!
• Ten Essential Time Management Tips – Ali Hale
  Time proven time management tips

• How Product Management Must Change to Enable the Agile Enterprise – Catherine Connor
  ‘ When development teams adopt agile practices, product management is often caught off guard by the amount of work added to their already overflowing plate ‘
• Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML: Book Review – Mark Needham
• No More Executive Bonuses! – John Hunter
• Setting and Managing Expectations – Mike Cohn
• NDepending Resharper – Patrick Smacchia
• Emergent Design – Lee Brandt
• .Net 4.0 – Start Reading Between the Lines – Keith Elder
• Diving into the StoryTeller trunk, Part 10: Coordination Baby! – Björn Rochel
• Software architecture is a platform for conversation – Simon Brown
• Is Software Craftsmanship too gender specific? – Mark Nijhof
  ‘ When I hear the word Craftsman I think about the discipline and not whether we speak about a man or a woman ‘
• Optimized Google Analytics Code – Alex Chitu
• Very Old Papers Are Both Awesome and Hilarious – Wired Science
• Hanselminutes Podcast 186: .NET Debugging 101 with Tess Ferrandez – Scott Hanselman
• Go to Definition Tip with the C# ‘var’ keyword – Jason Jarrett
• Your Abomination Is My Clever Hack – K. Scott Allen
• Migrating to Fluent NHibernate – Jimmy Bogard
  ‘ (…) let’s see how we can take an existing NHibernate application, chock full of hbm goodness, and start the migration to Fluent NHibernate ‘
• Top five signs your IT department sucks – Mitch Denny
• Hard drive is officially the bottleneck on the development laptop – Jeffrey Palermo
• The power of “no”… – Eric Gunnerson
• What’s The First Thing To Learn About ASP.NET MVC? – K. Scott Allen
  ‘ My answer is:
  Learn how to use an HTML <form>
  
• Innovating beyond the headlights – Jeffrey Phillips
• What’s your focus? -Eric D. Brown
  ‘ Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question? What are you focused on in your life or your job? ‘
• Programmer Tip: Get Rid Of Those Systems First – Rajiv Popat
  ‘ Tell a developer that you are trying to start a small library to encourage people to read books and chances are that he will tell you how badly you need a library tracking system ‘
• Better Projects: Brittle code and brittle organisations – Craig Brown
  ‘ brittle code (…) leaves you with code debt, which is a sort of maintenance debt ‘
• Backup Your Browser with the New FavBackup – the How-To Geek
  In your backup quest, you could easily forget the browser. Don’t, it will save you time!
• Geek And Poke: The User And The Geek
  Yes, this is humor. To us geeks. Probably not to our customers
• From the Tips Box: Switching Browsers, Wallpaper Schedules, and Quicklink To-Dos – Whitson Gordon
  Some cool reader tips from Lifehacker: Browser switching by hotkey, rotating wallpaper, and more
• Pingtest Assesses the Quality of Your Internet Connection – Jason Fitzpatrick
  Because it’s the facts that matter. Not what you operator says
• Take a Vacation from Your Email! – Stepcase Lifehack
  Great idea: one day a week you don’t open your email box. You just don’t
• Social Networking: Rethinking Productivity