LINKBLOG for March 6, 2008

• Closures, Context and this Keyword in JavaScript - Azam Sharp
  


• LINQ to Life - The Game of Life via LINQ - Greg Duncan
  Cool, it's just what it says it is. The famous GOL intrigued me already a long time ago


• Sit back, watch videos and learn stuff - Ruurd Boeke
  Learning is always good!


• Implementing Interfaces: ICloneable and IComparable - Ira
  


• Client-side scripting, eight years on - Kyle Baley
  Kyle wonders how much client side web scripting has changed in all these years anyway


• New drop of ASP.NET MVC Framework now available - Jeffrey Palermo
  Not everyone is convinced of these new bits


• The Ten Types of Twitter Users - Brendan Tompkins
  I'm still not compelled to start twittering


• The WPF Podcatcher Series - Part 2 (Structural Skinning) - Josh Smith
  Nice, long article, but takes you at least half an hour' The second article in a series devoted to a WPF application that plays streaming audio podcasts off the Internet. This article discusses the idea and implementation of look-less applications'


• ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Screencast Tutorials - Scott Hanselman
  ' ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 released today and you can head over to http://www.asp.net/mvc to get the new stuff. I put together four new screencasts for this release '


• Death Threats, Intimidation, and Blogging - Jeff Atwood
  ' I miss Kathy Sierra ' With a shock I was reminded of the fact that this wildly popular blogger stopped a year ago after receiving death threats. Don't know the story? Pick it up at Jeff's blog. She is indeed missed for the passion in her words!


• Is That A Wiki In Your Pocket? - Steve Rowe
  Docuwiki - wiki that stores it's data in text files. you can run it from a thumb drive if you wanted to


• Happy Rendering Trails with IE8 - Bil Simser
  All about web slices, a new feature in IE8


• Drawing Parallels With Testing - The Braidy Tester
  ' Over the next several posts I will discuss five points I have learned about drawing, and how each of them applies to testing. As I do, look for ways to draw them in to the way you test '


• Ping-pong Pairing, it's not just for breakfast anymore - Chad Myers
  You're not expected to know the meaning of ping-pong pairing :-)


• Redirecting the copy of output assemblies for individual solutions - Mark Henneman
  


• Managing Product Development » When You’re in Chaos, Try Baby Steps - Johanna Rothman
  ' A timebox, especially a short timebox is really good for helping people make progress and breathe '
  via Chistopher Steen


• I Don't Multitask - Michael Lopp
  


• Pair Programming And Sharing Knowledge - Sean Feldman
  Pairing or hands-on meetings, what works best?


• Microsoft launches Office Live Workspaces - Glenn Slaven
  A bit more in-depth analysis


• Microsoft Office Live Workspace - Craig Bailey
  More praise. I can personally confirm to the 30 seconds Craig states
  ' Links to your Live ID and took me roughly 30 seconds to setup '


• Mylyn - A Habit for Highly Effective Developers - James Sugrue
  An Eclipse plugin giving more grip on your TODO list


• Software Engineering Goals - 72 Miles Software
  In descending order these goals are the most important to reach maintainable code ' modifiability, understandability, reliability, and efficiency '


• IT Interview Questions Open Database - GeekInterview.com
  found this site by accident after a google search. It's dedicated to Q/A with a wide scope in tech/programming, and some big sections on testing


• The Requirements Are Always Wrong, Or, Iterative Database Development - Ken Downs
  On the 7(!) things that must exactly click for reaching the perfect requirement
  ' We are destined to get requirements that are incomplete, incorrect, contradictory, and impossible. We cannot control this reality, we can only control our response to it '


• Is Technology Failing to Simplify Life? Tim Ferriss
  Refers to an interesting debate on the Economist site whether tech has improved our lifes or not


• Clues For Reading New Code - Tim Ottinger
  Whatever your methodology, development is always peopple stuff
  ' You need a partner who is familiar with the code. Having a guide is better than having a map. Not only will you know where to go, but you’ll know "how" to go and where not to'


• The Price Microsoft Pays By Ignoring Vista Customers - Scott Sehlhorst
  ' The Lesson
  Listen to your customers, and stand up for them! '


• 12 Learnings From My First Turn As Startup CEO - Wayne Allen
  '1. The CEO's job is to create value '