LINKBLOG for March 27, 2008

• Productivity Variations Among Software Developers and Teams: The Origin of "10x" - Steve McConnell
  


• Q & A: What Should I Put on My Programming Resume? - Rob Walling
  Rob has some good resume advice


• Whiteboard Wednesday: Effective Communication Channels - Max Pool
  The wisest guy/gal chooses the most effective communication channel


• How Microsoft Works - Jeffrey Snover
  Another look behind the scenes


• Did you know... You can use Ctrl+Shift+F12 to view the next Error listed in the error list - #181 - Sara Ford
  


• Tests for Success - J.D. Meier
  ' When you're in the thick of things, you'll appreciate having a small set of criteria to go back to and help keep you and everyone involved on track '


• ReSharper 4.0 EAP Working fine - Chris Brandsma
  


• varget about it - Jarod Ferguson
  The var keyword is a nice one, but people seem a bit afraid for it


• Stop Reinventing the Login - Getting Started with the .Net 3.5 Client Application Services - Greg Dunncan
  


• FormatWith - String.Format Extension Method - James Newton-King
  ' (...) the first extension method I wrote and is probably the one I have used the most '


• IteratorStream - Greg Young
  


• .NET 3.5 Framework Distribution Size - Rick Strahl
  ' Distribution sizes do matter and people are weary of downloading a 200 meg runtime in order to run an application that has a 2 meg footprint on its own '


• Workflow software: I'm calling the bluff - Leon Bambrick
  the secretGeek is really flipping on Business Software today, and totally, completely nails on of the best kept secrets in business HQ's all over the world
  ' Show me a working 'business analyst' -- one, who is not now nor has ever been a coder -- who successfully designs 'business workflows' ... '


• The Weekly Source Code 22 - C# and VB .NET Libraries to Digg, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Live Services, Google and other Web 2.0 APIs - Scott Hanselman
  This week very interesting edition has Scott going into detail on all the Web2.0 API's directed to .NET that he is aware of


• The devil is in the details - Oren Eini
  Oren on the big difference between a "nice idea" and production ready stuff' (...) it is crucial to remember that you shouldn't take out the toys to play in front of the big boys unless you carry a big stick and are not afraid to use it '


• Software Startup Lessons (Part 3) - Marketing, Sales & Growth - J Kealey
  ' Reality is a bit more complex than a simple if you build it, they will come, because you need to need to know your niche, work on marketing, getting in the search engines, figuring out the right price, etc '