LINKBLOG for November 4, 2008
Nov 4th, 2008 by AZuidhof
Bin Deploying ASP.NET MVC – Phil Haack
Community Convergence XLVII – Charlie Calvert
News from the C# teamThe people behind the bytes – Sergio Pereira
‘ I think that any developer that creates customer-facing software dreams that their users rave about and show affection for the product ‘
Dream on
Source Code Normalization and Diff/Merge – D. P. Bullington
Vote Agile – Andy Hunt
Hmm, a candidate I wasn’t aware of…The Requirements Myth – Jeff Staddon
‘ The myth: Never start designing and certainly NEVER start writing code until the requirements are defined ‘
We still hear this, don’t you?Tips for Preparing for a Technical Presentation – Scott Hanselman
Good ones!C# 4.0 Feature Focus – Part 3 – Intermezzo: LINQ’s new Zip operator – Bart de Smet
Advices for developers on starting an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) business – Patrick Smacchia
Some words of advice in this regards by someone who is an ISV person himself‘
This is by far the most critical point. You absolutely need 2 fields of expertise: the ability of developing good software but also a strong competence on the field targeted by your product ‘My First Agile Project Part 10: 5 Important Issues for Teams – Matt Grommes
Know Your Users – Chris Spagnuolo
Having trouble imagining your real users?
‘ here’s a suggestion: Stop using generic user types and use personas instead. Give your users some life. Real lives ‘Gmail Backup Archives Your Email Account – Jackson West
Tool time!Marketing lessons from the US election – Seth Godin
How Hard Could It Be?: The Unproven Path – Joel Spolsky
‘ I have some ironclad rules for starting a technology venture. I broke a bunch of them when I started my latest technology venture ‘NH Prof: A guided tour – Oren Ein
Oren’s upcoming (commercial) tool for profiling in an NHibernate environmentUsability 101: Lessons From Odd Places – Jim Holmes
Out of the box thinking is OK, but do it in the right circumstances… ‘ Lesson Which Should Be Learned: Think carefully when you’re trying to bend users’ experience in a concept that’s ingrained and accepted for a long time ‘
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