LINKBLOG for January 10, 2008

• TSQL and the Tower of Babel - Tony Davis
  " The experience of diving into JavaScript, VB.NET, and TSQL, all at once, is one that most human brains aren't, in evolutionary terms, designed for '


• How Many Developers Does It Take to Send Spam? - David Starr
  " (...) “How would you send 400 emails?” The list of answers was hilariously geeky and shows the nature of my friends '


• Staying Relevant in the Software Game - D. P. Bullington
  


• Latest TFS Times - Craig Bailey
  Didn't know about this newsletter. Seems to be some pretty interesting info in there, for those into Team Foundation Server


• Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library) - Scott Guthrie
  ' While writing type-safe queries is great for most scenarios, there are cases where you want the flexibility to dynamically construct queries on the fly '


• Be careful outputting strings in ASP.NET MVC - Ben Scheirman
  A simpler way than putting Html.Encode's on all your outputted variables


• How Do You Spend That Hour Before Work? It Could Mean Millions - Michael Masterson
  While it is focusing a bit on the material side of things (IMHO), there is a lesson to be learned here: when it comes to extra time, are you an investor or a spender?


• *** Billy Martin's Technique for Managing his Manager - Reg Braithwaite
  Very very insightful anecdotal story on how impossible it can be to bring change in organisations that don't want to change. Read it, and form an opinion on what you would do if you were this manager


• Quit being so paranoid in your installer... - Jay Kimble
  ' (...) I am uninstalling licensed software, and I am being asked "why are you uninstalling?" Because I want to! Darn it! Leave me alone! '


• My Team's Developer Credo - Eric Wise
  Wouldn't it be great if every developer on earth signed this Credo (or a similar one), and also could *and wanted* to be held responsible for everything in there


• Hacking the Boeing 787 - Bruce Schneier
  Bruce always gives his opinion on bad security but is also good to make reservations if not totally convinced: ' But, honestly, this isn't nearly enough information to work with '


• The Monolith - Evan Hoff
  ' Your typical n-tier or client/server system is a monolith '


• Towards a shared global integration model - Nick Malik
  ' It is time


• Software Development in 2008 - Miguel Carrasco
  ' While most blogs are busy stuffing you brains with information, how many of them are asking users what they want to see in their blogs? ' Miguel does. My advice to myself *and* you is that we as a group become more vocal in 2008 and comment more on each other's blogs and in work situations, all in a positive and constructive manner


• Add or remove the www sub domain - Mads Kristensen
  Nothing is more irritating than a website that doesn't work without the 'WWW'


• 10 Steps to Become an Email Ninja - Leo Babauta
  It's good to be radical in some things...


• Why You Should Test Your Requirements - Scott Sehlhorst
  Something we easily forget or don't even see the point in doing


• MSNBC: Casual blogging not just lunch money now - Jim Glass
  The stories of bloggers who can make a living out of their activities (this guy not yet, but on his way) are strangely attractive. Unfortunately I think, blogging alone will not get most of us enough income. Maybe only the top 0.5%, or even less?


• If Java Is A Dinosaur, Then I Must Be In The Triassic Era
  ' No matter what your favorite new language is, someday it will suck and people will laugh at you '
  Exactly. Let hereby declare language bashing one of the signs that you're not yet a grown-up developer


• Deconstructing Real Google Searches: Why Powerset Matters - Nitin Karandikar
  'Search' remains a tricky thing even in 2008:
  ' What about Google? I'm sure the smart folks in Google's search-quality team are busily working on this problem as well '


• Half-Hour Meetings - Hans Bjordahl
  We need more humor with an underlying message in it