Other

• Is Mono safe to use?, Tim Anderson
• LocalHarvest, Cool Tools
• Testing With "The Force", Jeff Atwood
• Stick a fork in it, WiX (Windows Installer XML) 3.0 is done… and Help managing your home energy usage - Microsoft Holm, Greg Duncan
• Origins of time-sync passwords, Emergent Chaos
• The Java Wars, continued, Dave Winer
• Dynamic Languages: A Separation of Concerns, Chris Sells
• LINQ to M is available, Stephen Forte
• Contract First Development Tool, Nicholas Allen
• Pushing the Limits of Windows: Processes and Threads, Mark Russinovich
• Enterprise Library 5.0 notes, Salvador Gascon

Windows 7

• ODBC Drivers Are Updated in Windows 7, Buck Woody

Web

• HTML 5 Parser Lands in Gecko, Dion Almaer
• Firefox 3.5 and New VLC Media Player Are Out As Portable Apps, Samuel Dean
• MOSS For Developers - Part 1: WebParts, dougturn

Silverlight

• Silverlight FloatableWindow update: start position and resizable, Tim Heuer
• Is Silverlight Ready for the Enterprise?, Bruno Terkaly

Debugging

• Full page heap settings on x64 Windows, Dmitry Vostokov
• Microsoft.Scripting.Debugging, Harry Pierson

Agile

• Managing an Agile Team – PPT from AgileAustin talk yesterday, Jeffrey Palermo
• Plunge In or Dip Your Toe? (for Projects), Johanna
• Agile in 500 words… and An Updated p&p Agile Showcase, Ade Miller
• The essence of Lean software development, Corey Ladas
• Agile Database Techniques, Data Dude

Architecture

• What are your 'Rings of Defense'?, Brenda Michelson

Cloud Computing

• SQL Data Services update, Dennis van der Stelt
• Need an ad-hoc query tool for your Azure data tables? LINQPad to the rescue…, Greg Duncan
• Microsoft .NET Services Datasheet, Microsoft Downloads
• New MS Datacenters Rolled Out in Containers, Guy Barrette

Career

• Thrive for Developers (and IT) – Some career, training and job help for Developers (and IT’ers too), Greg Duncan
• Maximize Productivity Without Burning Out, Dawn Foster
• Singletasking Tip: Work Like You’re on Vacation, Darrell Etherington
• Two Types of Developers, Thomas Williams

Business

• Small Business Marketing Does Not Work for Freelancers, Freelance Switch
• Startups: 10 Things MBA Schools Won't Teach You, Dharmesh Shah

Innovation

• Internal Talent is Not Enough, Connie French
• Guy Kawasaki’s Art of Innovation in 10 Steps, Steve Swann

Community

• The Europe Virtual ALT.NET Blog, Jan Van Ryswyck

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – July 8, 2009, Alvin Ashcraft
• New and Notable 339, Sam Gentile
• Links for 2009-07-08 [del.icio.us], afongen
• LINKBLOG for July 8, 2009, Arjan Zuidhof
• The Morning Brew #386, Chris Alcock