LINKBLOG for January 21, 2008

• It's the Framework, stupid - Peter Miller
  ' (...) the challenges of programming in .NET usually arise not from algorithm design or harnessing obscure language features, but in finding, understanding and customizing the right set of components and tools for your particular application '
  via DotNetSlackers


• Choosing an agile process - Part 6: Books and reading - Ade Miller
  


• A shortage of digital coaches - Seth Godin
  He probably is on to something. So many people just don't have a clue on all these things that you and I just take for granted...
  via Lifehacking.nl (dutch!)


• What’s the Secret? How Do You Have Time To Do All That? - Follow Steph
  The advice can be simple: Eliminate something from your daily routine that maybe should not be there in the first place like, say, watching TV for TV's sake


• Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked - Bruce Schneier
  For Dutch people this is not news anymore, this is just to show that we have our own major security and privacy issues here...


• I'm an Entertainer - Keith Brown
  ' Every slide should provoke a reaction from the audience -- be it controversial, unexpected, amusing, or a meditative Zen koan '
  And *do* follow Keith's advice: watch the Dick Hardt presentation if you want real entertainment value


• TDD Anti-Patterns - James Carr
  Lots of them, like'The Inspector', 'The Local Hero' and 'The Loudmouth' via Roy Osherove


• Riding The Geek Rewrite Wave - Rob Conery
  ' Four revs in 9 years is just about average for the industry (from what I’ve seen) '


• FxCop: Writing Your Own Custom Rules
  


• Creating a Yellow Fade with ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit - Stephen Wright
  


• Avoid API breaking changes - Patrick Smacchia
  ' The [NDepend, ed.] query can be read: Warn if there are methods that used to be public and for which visibility was changed or have been removed '


• Community Convergence XXXIX - Charlie Calvert
  


• .NET Framework Debugging 1, Reflector 0 - Russell Ball
  debugging gets slicker using the new Microsoft symbol server