Arjan’s World

Slowly getting up to speed again tonight, after a couple days of unwanted break – flu -

• Book Review : Beyond Code – Jan van Ryswyk
  ‘ It was a quite enjoyable book that focuses on how to distinguish yourself as a software developer ‘
• The Old School Manifesto – Bill Miller
  Bill basically states that everything old is new again. This quote stands out ‘ Customers are sometimes too busy to tell you what it is that they want. It is the development team’s responsibility to understand the need and to use their knowledge and intelligence to create a superior solution ‘
  Take this advice to heart
• Balsamiq Mockups for Desktop – Alvin Ashcraft
  which is ‘ (…) a simple, easy to use tool for creating UI mockups with a hand-drawn look to them ‘
• Integrating NUnit test results in Team Build 2008 – Maarten Balliauw
• Being professional – pt. 2 – Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
  Next one of Pascal’s series on “being professional”
• Unattended install of TFS 2008 October Power Tools – Anthony Borton
• 10 Ways To Shoot Yourself In The Foot – Part A – Shahar Y
  Found some good tips here…
• Communication-Enabled Mashups: Empowering Both Business Owners and IT – David Jacobs
  When given enough thought, mashups might have their place in the business environment
• WCF the Manual Way…the Right Way – Miguel A. Castro
  ‘ Don’t be lured by Visual Studio’s promise of simple templates for creating WCF services; here’s why you should plan to create your services manually ‘
• How To Organize A Gosh-Darn Good Resume – Max Pool
  ‘ Part #3 of the 3 Days To Building A Perfect Resume series ‘
• Interfaces + Factory pattern = Decoupled architecture – Shivprasad Koirala