TechEd

• TechEd 2010 Day Two – No SQL Server in Sight, Buck Woody

Other

• Current challenges for Application Performance Engineering, Jeff
• Variance in C#.net 4.0 Covariance and Contravariance, Santosh Poojari
• Why Developers Should, Must, Do Care About The New Expression Blend, Jesse Liberty
• Office Web Apps Now Live, Simon Mackie
• MongoDB – Initial Thoughts, John V Pertersen
• MEF, IServiceProvider and Testing Visual Studio Extensions, Daniel Cazzulino
• Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0-related blogs, Lars Wilhelmsen

Code to look at

• Simplify the Security and Management of Connection Strings in ASP.NET Application, Kikoz68
• Executing a web service in a CLR based Table Valued Function and representing its IEnumerable type output a table in SQL Server., Akbar Ali Bhatti
• Basic XAML Framework on CodePlex, Rocky Lhotka

Web

• Ajax Enabled GoogleMap ASP.NET Control, Murat Firat
• All New Lollipop Theme Coming in Gummy Bear v1.3, Dave Burke

Database

• SQL Server 2008 R2: These are a Few of My Favorite Things, smisner
• SQL SERVER – Fastest Way to Restore the Database, Pinal Dave

Debugging

• Debugging a .NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5 class library with VS 2010, Greg Gm
• ‘Hidden’ ETW Stack Trace Feature – Get Stacks All Over the Place!, NT Debug

Agile

• Collaboration Skills: Secrets of (not just) Agile Teamwork, Esther

Cloud Computing

• Windows Azure Platform eBook Update #2 – 100 pages of goodness, Eric Nelson
• SQL Azure Integration In SQL Server 2008 R2 and Access 2010 and SQL Azure and Scaling out with SQL Azure and Video: How Do I: Use the RoleManager Class to Log SessionIDs in SQL Azure?, Wayne Walter Berry
• Windows Azure SDK and Scaling out with SQL Azure and AzureSecurityDevPractices, Microsoft Downloads
• Writing a book on Cloud Services, Vlad Mazek

Career

• Learn the Skills Your Clients Need, Freelance Switch

Business

• The Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Small Online Business, Karol Gajda
• Easy Steps To Starting Your Business, Jacklyn Wells
• How to Fix a Toxic Workplace, Leigh Buchanan
• Best Practices: Software Sales: New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden

Innovation

• Three things the Government can do to boost Innovation, Paul Sloane
• Good Reads on Innovation #19, Stefan Lindegaard

Community

• NYC .NET Developer User Group Next Meeting: Next Thursday June 17th, Stephen Forte
• Web Innovators Group 26 (WebInno 26), NERD feed

Other link blogs

• Dew Drop – June 8, 2010, Alvin Ashcraft
• Daily Cloud Feed - Jun 8, 2010, Cloud Feed
• The Morning Brew #617, Chris Alcock