LINKBLOG for September 11, 2008
Sep 11th, 2008 by AZuidhof
Logging enumeration flow – Jon Skeet
‘ (…) yesterday I came across a claim about Enumerable.Intersect which didn’t quite ring true ‘Why I am one of the worst programmers on the planet (in some circles)? – Jay Kimble
‘ (…) it also is very easy for someone to say “yeah, that last guy screwed that up,” because the alternative is that “well, I contributed to the problem that is giving someone else pain” is just not something most people are willing to own up to ‘Moving from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5 – David Brabant
Pointer to ‘ A very interesting white paper (pdf, 60 pages) outlining some of the issues you have to face when migrating from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5. ‘Letting Go of a Project – Celine Roque
‘ Although I look forward to new opportunities, I can’t help but feel sad that this time has come ‘Algorithm to Detect Blank Images – Chinh Do
Mentoring Software Developers – Willie Wheeler
Learn how to hunt bugs ‘ On Friday we released the software to lots of users who hadn’t been previously using it. Over the weekend users started calling tech support reporting that wrong data was showing up on their screens. The CIO himself observed the issue ‘Branching: do it like this and nobody gets hurt – Julian Simpson
‘ Make a Continuous Integration build for the trunk and the release branches. Most projects don’t need anything more clever than this ‘Try Windows Vista Online in your Web Browser Without Downloading Anything – Amit Agarwal
looks cool but it’s one more Microsoft ActiveX control on your machineShelving is the June Cleaver of TFS Source Control – David Starr
‘ I find it best to think of the Shelving feature as SkyDrive for source code. It isn’t sufficient as a source control strategy, but can be pretty handy on occasion ‘NHibernate – When the Fun Begins – Sara Chipps
Restrictions is a member of Nhibernate.ICriterion and provides you with a way to add equations, or search for values to limit your result set ‘Instant VB and Instant C# – Paying Huge Dividends : John Papa
‘ I’ve been using Instant VB for a few months now to convert code snippets in my Silverlight 2 book from C# to VB ‘Business Cards: Distinguish Yourself With A Social Calling Card – Jason Fitzpatrick
Handling Mail Overload: The Hard Copy Edition – Thursday Bram
The (Secret) Agents in Software Projects – Jurgen Appelo
‘ The “secret” of good development management is that, in software projects, only the people are agents. Requirements, features, artifacts, deliverables, tools, technologies and processes are not agents, (…) ‘Troubleshooting ASP.NET MVC Routing – Freedom Dumlao
‘ These 3 steps have helped me to successfully solve every routing issue I’ve come across so far, but if you have any other tips, I’d love to hear them ‘Whose ROI Is It? – Johanna Rothman
‘ I still don’t know how to predict Producer ROI (Project-based ROI), with any sort of assurance I’m telling the truth, but when I think about the users or potential users, I feel as if I’m more of the right track ‘Stack Overflow Podcast #21 – Joel Spolsky
‘ The site itself goes live Monday ‘ ’nuff said. Wishinh J&J all the bestWhy would I want to sit with that bunch of nutters? – ‘Agile Skywalker’
‘ Those that have taken time to notice what is really going on around them and can easily pick up and filter stuff on their radar have a tremendous advantage. Improving your observation ability and the skill to respond creatively can offer huge benefits to you and your team ‘World’s Best Presentations 2008 – Chris Spagnuolo
Overview of some great award winning presentations (not IT related per se), ready to be viewed on slideshare.netTrend Micro sees Windows as Trojan Horse
oops; well, is this humor, or just plain sad for the affected ones… me tends to chuckle, but if it is my system that has it’s critical files moved into quarantine by my virusscanner I probably wouldn’t be so happyWhat Do You Do? – The Braidy Tester
‘ Do you know the unique value you add to your team? I used to think I did, until a series of unfortunate events showed me that I did not. That set me off on a splurge of introspection regarding what I do (…) ‘Identity Farming – Bruce Schneier
‘ It seems to me that our data shadows are becoming increasingly distinct from us, almost with a life of their own. What’s important now is our shadows; we’re secondary ‘“Getting Things Done” in The Enterprise – Jason Rothbart
This especially interests me: there is so much to win for companies using something like a GTD (or other productivity enhaincing methodology); there is a market out there just waiting to be explored, don’t you think?
StackOverflow review on ReadWriteWeb. This means Jeff’s and Joel’s thing is going to the mainstream part of the blogosphereRESTing on the Web with Wcf – Dan Rigsby
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