LINKBLOG for December 20, 2007

• Software Sucks - Mo Khan
  Funny thing: start to ask the service rep questions on why his software doesn't work:
  ' As I was on the phone with this person I asked him questions like...
  "Did anyone ask you for your feedback when they were building this software?" '


• Maven: Broken By Design - Charles Miller
  ' (...) there has to be something fundamentally wrong with any tool that, whenever I use it, seems to have at least a 50% chance of completely f*****g up my day '


• A growing sense of doom washed over me as I read Steve's latest post - Reg Braithwaite
  Strong opinions on patterns ' please do not get sucked into arguing whether Design Patterns are good, or whether IDE refactorings really work (...) Instead, consider the cultural forces at work. Cultural problems cannot be solved with technology '


• SOAP Relay Proxy - Michael B. Hansen
  ' Bypass firewall content restrictions by wrapping SOAP messages as ordinary HTTP Post with 1 line of code '


• Framing Results - J.D. Meier
  Having a way to frame results can help both for personal learning, as well as review time when you have to reflect on accomplishments


• … In Which We Discuss HTML-Encoding - Rob Conery
  ' If you’re freaked out right now, that’s a good thing :). If you’re wondering if all of your search forms are vulnerable, the answer is most likely. '


• Did you know... Visual Studio supports a MDI mode? - Sara Ford
  Now I do


• Patiently waiting on Web 3.0... - Jay Kimble
  ' I think we have the communications layer... I just can't wait until we get a real UI. '


• Did it with .NET - Launchy 2.0 Released!
  ' Launchy, my favorite utility for launching applications, received a much-needed update yesterday '


• Mocks and the Dangers of Overspecified Software - Ian Cooper
  ' Mocking frameworks are powerful, but 'with great power comes great responsibility' '


• Folder != Namespace - Dave Laribee
  Small Visual Studio tip