LINKBLOG for August 22, 2007

• How To Finish A Big Software Project And Be The Hero - Real World Software Development
  A bit like the Joel Test, but with 15 items
  


• There is no "non-business" side - Silver Stripe
  In " 'the business' this and that " people often use business as an abstract god-like term that removes the recipient any means of responding. The business decides and we follow. But in the end he, you and me, we're all the business
  


• The meeting from hell - Mr. Angry
  The always positively-minded Mr. Angry finds some good advice how to have warm and fuzzy meetings, for example: ' Sing your name and have the group sing it back to you ' Reccomended reading for everyone who gets nervous standing in front of a lot of collegues. These tips might scare the heck out of them and before you know it you're alone in the meeting room :-)
  


• Sharpen the Saw for Developers - Scott Hanselman
  time to read at work, culture of learning, offsite Company Code Camp: More Scott, more...MORE!
  


• The Dependency Injection Fray - Coding in an Igloo
  The battle continues...
  


• Standard questions to be asked when logging bugs - Derik Whittaker
  


• The Weekly Source Code 2 - Scott Hanselman
  Scott continues his neverending category on learning-by-reading other people's code
  This is really a reccomended practice, at least if you know what's wrong and right. If only for the new namespaces and techniques you can learn.
  


• Save the Pies for Dessert - Steven Few (warning: PDF)
  A plea for finally getting rid of the in-famous pie chart
  


• When windows are not enough - Gojko Adzic
  "Automate everything" should be every developers mantra, in 2007 even more than in the past. Things only get more complicated, not simpler, and if you don't refactor mercilessly and automate everything you can, you lag behind
  


• I Knew How To Validate An Email Address Until I Read The RFC - Haacked
  I have felt the pain in real life once when my regex prevented someone from changing a password by entering their email address (in a controlled way, mind you)