LINKBLOG for February 10, 2008

• #2 - TFS Power Tools 2008 - Pieter Gheysens
  Don't know about all powertools but why do some of them have such a clunky interface, like they're built as an afterthought?


• What ready-for-production means? - Oren Eini
  ' During the past two weeks I built a system that is estimated at roughly 2 man months '


• Start With Something Simple - J.D. Meier
  ' The smart folks who don't get results, either get stuck in analysis paralysis or add too many dependencies up front. The folks who get results start taking action and adjust along the way '


• Visual Studio Gallery - Free/Trial/Pay Stuff for Visual Studio - Greg Duncan
  


• Google Chart C# API - Steven Hildreth
  


• Hello Secure World - Mike Walker
  Referal to Microsofts new Security website. Didn't feel like installing the latest Silverlight, so haven't really checked it out


• Learn, But Not Necessarily Through Books - Abhijit Nadgouda
  ' Yes, nowadays I prefer a blogshelf to a bookshelf. Mind you, there are not only blogs, there are papers, experiments, even short books, wikis, but available online '


• Fighting Brain Rot - Ben Watson
  How to avoid brain trophy, e.g. by learning new programming languages:
  ' knowing more than one helps your mind think about a problem in different ways '


• Consuming .NET Web Services using XMLHTTP protocol - Balamurali Balaji
  Handy article if you're new to this stuff, otherwise you can safely skip


• Restoring TFS Databases Script - Grant Holliday
  


• It Hurts When I Do That - David Starr
  On realising change in the correct order:
  ' Once we can establish the history, theory, demonstrated success, and techniques, engineering minded folks are more able to see these Agile practices as real tools for their toolbox '


• Splitter bars: Not for the farsighted - Kyle Baley
  ' I think there are a few "standard" controls that are in serious need of revisiting/refactoring. One of them is the splitter control '


• Tip of the Day - Getting Ready for Silverlight 2 - Jesse Liberty
  


• Feb 6th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Visual Studio, .NET, WPF - Scott Guthrie
  


• Problem Solving Heuristic #1128: How Interesting - The Braidy Tester