LINKBLOG for September 29, 2007

• *** Agile Advice from Fred George - Steve Eichert
  pointers to several articles; don't go there if 'not all programmers are created equal' sounds shocking to you


• How do you keep up with new technology? - 37signals
  


• The Old New Thing : 2007 Q3 link clearance: Microsoft blogger edition - Raymond Chen
  new (quarterly) linkblogger around the corner?
  via Jason Haley


• Learing Rails is Easy, Mastering Rails is Hard - Jay Fields
  Havent'Rails at least a glimpse so far? Just spend an hour with it. During that hour you can set it up and have your first app running easily. Even if you spend your whole life in ASP.NET, it can be insightful to see there is another world out there


• A Visual Guide to Version Control - BetterExplained
  lengthy but good explanation


• Top Sites for Logophiles - Josh Catone
  for those who love words...


• Barely Out Of Beta #3 - Nectarine Juice
  via Jim Glass


• Armchair Agilist - Scott Bellware
  


• 10 Hot ASP.NET Tips and Tricks - AjaxNinja
  


• Wunda's World: Good practices are beyond testing
  via Ayende


• The basics requirements of a developer - Ayende Rahien
  


• We Need More .txt - Abhijit Nadgouda
  nice thought, but unfortunately we are way past the practicalities of using text files by default


• You never know unless you try! - Friday Reflections
  title says it all: some stories about people who 'just did'


• Microsoft - Surviving First Three Weeks as a Remote Employee - Scott Hanselman
  Scott gives more insight into life at Microsoft, and the whole new lingo even he has to make his own


• Some VisualStudio featurettes that could save me 15mn a day - Patrick Smacchia
  


• What are the Alt.Net principles? - my answer - Jeffrey Palermo
  


• An architect should code. Period - Peter van Ooijen
  couldn't agree more. Period


• Introducing xUnit.NET - Adam Goucher
  


• A simple Business Object wrapper for LINQ to SQL - Rick Strahl
  I do not know Rick personally, but at least he's not known for the shortness of his articles


• Dynamic SQL: Yea or Nay? - Charles Chen
  Me says this debate will never end