Other stuff

• State of the platform: Are we losing? Does it matter?, Jeff Putz
• Beg, Borrow, Steal before Build, Tony Davis
• Designer Developer Workflow – The art of collaboration using Xaml PART III, Richard Griffin
• Benchmarking made easy, Jon Skeet
• Message Framing, Part 4, Nicholas Allen
• Why no var on fields?, Eric Lippert
• Get Expression Blend, Expression Web, and Expression Studio at 50% off List Price!, MSDN
• Framework Design Guidelines: Avoiding custom delegates, Brad Abrams
• Encryption Algorithm Roundup, Beau Monday
• Painful Reminder: Focus on Core Competencies (and Back Stuff Up), Scott Hanselman
• Tales from High Memory Scenarios: Part 1, Sasha Goldshtein

Code to look at

• Automatic Site Translation Using HTTPModules and Machine Translation (MT), Tad McClellan

Web stuff

• IE8 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Protection, Mike Ormond
• Sending Mail via GMail with AspNetEmail and .NET, Steven Smith
• Enabling the Back Button in Ajax Applications, Kris Gray
• Javascript Array Fun, Rick Strahl
• Using GMail as Your SMTP Gateway, Beau Monday
• Sueetie: New and Improved Wiki User Account Creation, Dave Burke

Silverlight stuff

• Silverlight Toolkit, Somasegar

Database stuff

• SQLAuthority News - Download Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008, Pinal Dave

PowerShell stuff

• Design of Script Friendly APIs, lessons from $psISE and Managing Server Features with PowerShell Cmdlets on Windows 2008 Server R2 Beta, PowerShell Team

Agile stuff

• Agile: Well said, Greg Robinson
• Agile in the Trenches, David Starr

Architecture stuff

• Conferences for Enterprise Architects, Todd Biske

SOA stuff

• SOA and Events - Two Sides of BAM?, Ramesh Loganthan
• Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs) Drive SOA Adoption Part 4, Sam Gentile

Cloud Computing stuff

• Windows Azure - Accessing the Request.Url Property!, David Lem
• FUCK THE CLOUD, Stefan Tilkov
• Asking "should we trust the cloud" is like asking "should we trust horseless carriages", Dare Obasanjo
• Intacct wins converts with help of its channel, Phil Wainewright

Career stuff

• Online Credibility, How to build it and how to lose it in an instant, Jonathan Kehayias
• Motivate Like a CEO, Stephen Shapiro
• 6 Ways to Follow-up With Prospects Without Being Creepy, Freelance Switch

Business stuff

• Ad Network Optimization Service Beta - Let OpenX SHOW YOU THE MONEY!, Jason Fairchild

Innovation stuff

• Our Innovation Predictions for 2009 - In Business, The Elves
• Archived Webinar: Learn New Methods to Uncover Consumer Needs, Thiago

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop - January 26, 2008 and Dew Drop - January 27, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• LINKBLOG for January 26, 2009, Arjan Zuidhof
• Link Listing - January 26, 2009, Christopher Steen
• The Morning Brew #273, Chris Alcock
• New and Notable 284, Sam Gentile