Other

• Functional Programming Lectures Videos on Channel 9
• The Future of the Internet Backbone, The BitSource
• Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education, William Deresiewicz
• Using dynamic WCF service routes, Maarten Balliauw
• Why you should use IRegisterMetadata, tilovell09

Web

• Windows Virtual PC for testing websites in different Internet Explorer versions, Microsoft Downloads
• 2011 Logo Trends, Bill Gardner
• Mastering IIS - Understanding the Schema-Week 19, Scott Forsyth

Mobile

• Windows Azure toolkit for Windows Phone 7, Rayfl
• Using Windows Azure for Windows Phone 7 Push Notification Support, Wade Wegner

Database

• Best Performer: Distributed query (Four-part) or OPENQUERY when executing linked server queries in SQL Server, Sakthivel Chidambaram
• SQL SERVER – What Kind of Lock WITH (NOLOCK) Hint Takes on Object?, Pinal Dave

Cloud Computing

• Failure Cascading Through the Cloud, Erica Naone
• Windows Azure Bootcamp: Links, Planky
• Orchard in the Cloud Contest, DPE Malaysia Team
• Getting Started with the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS, Wade Wegner
• Debugging Windows Azure–Getting Tools onto the VM, Part 1, kwill
• Daily Cloud Feed - May 8, 2011

Career

• Teach Me To Code - Finding Freelance Clients (Podcast), Charles Max Wood
• Work-Life Balance is Bullshit, Jerry Colonna
• 50 tricks to GET THINGS DONE faster, Dustin Wax
• Lessons Learned at Graduate School - Part 1, Keyvan Nayyeri

Business

• Recruiting Good Designers
• First month as a start-up founder in Portland, OR, Dale Trekdek
• Nurturing Disruption: A New Way to Fund the Great American Startup, Arikia Millikan
• Mark Zaleski on building & managing your board & investors, Mark Littlewood
• What I learned by interviewing 23 startups in past few weeks, Robert Scoble

Innovation

• Innovation Challenge – Learning From Failure, Tim Kastelle

Other link blogs

• Interesting Links Post 9 May 2011, Alfred Thompson
• Links of the week #149, David Vidmar
• Dew Drop – May 8, 2011, Alvin Ashcraft
• The Morning Brew #847, Chris Alcock