LINKBLOG for September 20, 2007

• Defragment and shrink VMWare Virtual Disks - Gerrit-Jan Linker
  nice tip if you use VMWare


• C# Event Implementation Fundamentals, Best Practices and Conventions - Jeffrey Schaefer, The Code Project
  massive in length, but it thouroughly explains everything on delegates and events


• The Dilemma of Responsibility - AzamSharp
  ... of your Objects


• Progressive Rendering on Agile Projects - Peter Provost
  


• Javascript API for Google Calendar - The Radioactive Yak
  


• How To Use the Six Thinking Hats - J.D. Meier
  tips for dealing with deadlocked meetings


• Enterprise Architecture is the next Hot Job - Mike Walker
  


• notes and rants : Priorities - alanpa
  the author shares his opinion on how to set priorities on bugs


• Do We Still Need Test Developers? - Steve Rowe
  Steve says we do


• Missing States - The Braidy Tester
  


• Maximize Your Word of Mouth Marketing - Tyner Blain
  


• Don't just delete registry keys! - Michael S. Kaplan
  mmm, Michael is a bit off-topic in talking about the scary things that can happen if you just delete keys. This time even I can understand his post :)


• Can You Become a People Person? - Jarkko Laine
  


• Semantic Web: Difficulties with the Classic Approach - Read/Write Web
  


• Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? - Business Opportunities
  ... [being] enterprising, resourceful and energetic


• "User friendly" explanation of how we cache embedded files - Daniel Escapa
  in OneNote


• Zen Mind: How to Declutter - Cultivate Greatness | Leadership Blog
  nice tips, but the amount of ad stuff passing my rigorous filter almost got me skipping it


• 5 Things every DBA should know like the back of their hand... - James Luetkehoelter
  


• Tech-Pro CodeSign 1.0 - Download page
  Free tool to automatically sign your assemblies: ' Easy to use. No need to use command line tools. Just drag and drop files to sign them '
  On the other hand, the raw commandline instructions aren't that hard to grok...


• How to 'read RSS' by Scoble [11min video]
  via lifehacking.nl


• Platforms on the Web are Platforms on a Platform
  ' If the entire web is a platform, why would a developer choose to cede control over his app by locking himself into a single, third-party platform? '
  Exactly. You see so many people referring to their Facebook thingie, but I just don't want to be forced to create a new account just to see someone's work through a third party web interface


• Lazyweb Calling - Jeff Atwood
  If you know about web development, Jeff needs your help. After extensively excusing himself that he really really did his initial homework :)


• A New Name for ALT.NET? - Scott Bellware
  


• Having a Captain Ahab moment - Jeremy D. Miller
  I know I had one recently, also related to a third party .NET component
  


• Consulting: It's a lot like running your own business... - Reed Me
  referring to 101 Reasons Freelancers Do it Better


• The Baker's Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Using LINQ - Kevin S. Goff
  


• Higher Quality Software through Enhanced Process - Matt Berther
  


• Paper trail voting report hammers straw men, its own credibility Ars Technica
  


• Just how well are you ACTUALLY doing? - Adam Goucher
  


• The C# ?? null coalescing operator (and using it with LINQ) - Scott Guthrie
  


• Want To Learn Web Programming? Write A Blog Engine - Abhijit Nadgouda
  


• Public/Private Key Encrypted Messenger - Michael Demeersseman, The Code Project