283 unread entries this morning.

Other

• WiX 3 Tutorial: Generating file/directory fragments with Heat.exe, Mladen Prajdic
• Microsoft Patterns & Practices Highlights and Roadmap, bartvagh
• Key Software Development Trends, Somasegar
• MSpec and Auto Mocking, Jan Van Ryswyck
• Free Entity Framework v1 eBook – 514 pages of barebones, yet still good foundational, EF’ness, Greg Duncan
• Refactoring: Small steps to pull out responsibilities, Mark Needham
• Strengthening your domain: Aggregate Construction, bogardj

Code to look at

• Introduction into ADO .NET Data Services/RIA Services, Sacha Barber

From CodePlex Feed

• AzureKit
• Dbg Shell
• CRM 4.0 Distribute Workflow Activity
• Url Rewrite.Net

Web

• WCF Data Services and jQuery, Shawn Wildermuth
• Note to self: Asp.Net MVC Controllers are not Code Behind, Chris Brandsma
• Internet Explorer 8 For Developers, jbarnes
• Custom checkbox and radio buttons using CSS, Dion Almaer

Database

• Viewing Missing Indexes in Management Studio 2005, Joe Webb
• Script to get indexes and their included columns, Simon Sabin
• SQL SERVER – Introduction to Rollup Clause, Pinal Dave
• Database theory, your friend for success., Frans Bouma

Agile

• Test-Driven Development (TDD) & Katas, Ben Day
• Succeeding With Agile & TFS 2010, Chad
• How Short Can Your Iterations Be?, johanna

Architecture

• What does the brand of “Enterprise Architect” stand for?, Nick Malik
• ARCast.TV - Silverlight Powers State-of-the-Art Healthcare Claims Processing Tools, bartvagh

Cloud Computing

• Cloud Security Threats Survey, Cloud Security
• Visual Studio 2010 Conversion Wizard and Azure solutions – do not change target to .NET 4, Eric Nelson
• VMWare: the cloud is private, Tim Anderson
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/22/2010+, OakLeaf Systems
• SQL Azure – Relational Database as a Service – Soup to Nuts – The Whole Enchilada, Bruno Terkaly

Career

• Are Your Working Hours Jeopardizing Your Productivity?, Feelance Switch
• Improved Productivity: A 12-Step Program, Amber Singleton Riviere
• Freelancers: America’s New Workforce, Rich Whittle
• The nuts and bolts of building a brand, Penelope Trunk
• The Jobs Bill and You, Max Chafkin
• Advice to a college graduate seeking an IT job, Tim Stall
• Ways to Distinguish Yourself #209 – Increase granularity of your portable skills, Rajesh Setty

Business

• Realize your product is not the center of your customers’ worlds, Jeff Lash

Innovation

• Should R&D Units Lead Open Innovation? Lessons from HP, Nokia and Open Innovation Side Effects, Stefan Lindegaard
• Entrepreneurs and Innovation, Janine de Nysschen

Community

• Beantown .NET meeting on Thursday, 3/4/2010 – James Phillips, “POCO es mucho: WCF, EF, and Class Design”, Ben Day
• User Group and Event Visits this Week, Chris Bowen
• Early TechEd 2010 Registration Ends this Week, Nicholas Allen
• All About MIX10, Michael Swanson

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – February 23, 2010, Alvin Ashcraft
• SlowNews: Declarative Events in JS, Redis, Mono, Facebook x2, Kevin Dangoor
• Daily Cloud Feed - Feb 23, 2010, Cloud Feed
• The Morning Brew #546, Chris Alcock