LINKBLOG for July 17, 2007

• Understanding Engineers: Feasibility - The Fishbowl
  


• Better exception syntax - Norman Richards
  It's on java, but applies to .NET
  


• DateTime.ToString() Patterns
  all of them
  


• Anonymous Methods vs Threads - Vault of Thoughts
  


• What does it take to be a great Software Architect? - Frank Kelly
  


• Displaying progress updates when hashing large files - InfiniTec.de
  


• Krzysztof Cwalina : Generic Methods as Casts
  Especially like this advice: ' If neither of these benefits applies in your case, I would use a simple cast. ... The users of a generic method might wonder what kind of “magic” is being done with the generic type parameter. '
  
  Bottom line: never complicate things if you don't have to!
  


• *** New to management: Two Learning Hit Lists - Talking Story
  


• Getting Clever Together: Building Team Collaboration - Stephen James Joyce
  ' Think of the years of life experience represented in a room of 15 people with an average age of 35. It represents over 500 years of life experience. That’s a lot of wisdom to tap into. '
  


• Visual SVN: Another Zero Friction Tool In The Toolbox
  I know SVN and Tortoise, and knew about Ankh, the Visual Studio addin for SVN, but Visual SVN is new to me. Apparently can even get better
  


• Digital Digressions: The 5 Rules of Growth
  Are *your* ideas (1) Sustainable (2) Profitable (3) Capital Efficient (4) Differentiated from Competition and (5) Innovative ?