LINKBLOG for April 7, 2009
Apr 7th, 2009 by AZuidhof
Maintaining Consistent Line Lengths – Jason Young
Nice tip to fiddle a vertical line in Visual Studio helping you to see when your own max_line_length has been reachedAdd zoom icon to images using CSS (and jQuery, of course) – Janko Jovanovic
Good Names – Eric Lippert
‘ Imagine a door with an unusual handle. The handle is five feet off the ground and rotates upwards to open the door. The door has no lock. Is this a good door design? ‘Simple example of using a Subquery in NHibernate when using ICriteria – Derik Whittaker
Ten Places to Find New Product Ideas – Graham Horton
‘ The first step in the innovation process is to define the so-called search fields. These are the broad areas in which idea generation is to be carried out ‘Eight ways IT consultants can succeed in a turbulent economy – Erik Eckel
‘ Committing to client satisfaction, marketing creatively, and guarding expenses are among the best methods any IT consultant can employ to succeed ‘Talking with Jeremy Miller about Alt.Net – Alt.NET podcast
Look for the Signs- They are Everywhere – Chris Brogan
‘ The story isn’t the story. It’s what you learn from it. That’s the secret message here ‘Tech Day #2 – jQuery – Rob Cooper
Rob shares his love for jQuery:
‘ jQuery has [pretty rapidly] become the weapon of choice for people wanting to more with javascript without having to type out lots of boilerplate code ‘Published my first Windows Live Writer plugin: Amazon Book Linker v1.0 – Brian Di Croce
Planning a Change in Career? Laid Off? – Mark Levison
Read, if this applies to you…The Joys Of Debugging ASP.NET Memory Leaks – Davy Brion
O what a joy it is!Avoid the Rush – James Shore
Broken Windows proved in the Netherlands – Andrew Hunt
‘ Seems like The Economist is reporting on what we’ve suspected for years:The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct ‘How to Ditch Meekness and Walk Tall – Mary Jaksch
‘ (…) meekness is a habitual response to the challenges of life. And it takes time and effort to change ingrained habits ‘
‘ In order to get anywhere – either literally or metaphorically – we need to create and maintain a certain level of momentum ‘The Blues Brothers: Allegory for Software Development – Mike Gunderloy
The Future of Journalism Will Be Radically Different – Sarah Perez
‘ (…) everywhere you look it seems that some newspaper is closing its doors, stopping its presses, or maybe just going online-only. This sea of change is being heralded by some as the “death of journalism” ‘
InterviewCustom BizTalk Pipeline Assembler Component – Wael Al Wirr
Technology moves fast. Evolution Moves slow – Piyo Design
‘ A lot of famous designer tell to us that the most important thing is designing simple interface. But simple is not the same of “for dummies” ‘
Nice one, via Twitter / Simone ChiarettaDoes the Project Manager Know Better? – Hal Macomber
‘ Not checking with the customer can take more time, cost more money and result in customer dissatisfaction. Do you want to risk that? I don’t ‘Lie, Cheat, Steal-Business As Usual – Miki Saxon
‘ Sometimes it seems as if the economic crisis is acting like an earthquake that’s turning over rock after rock and all kinds of icky things are crawling out much to our dismay ‘Mercurial, Subversion, and Wesley Snipes – Eric Sink
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