This morning I noticed Alvin Ashcraft put the number on his Dew Drop posts and two days ago Chris Alcock reached the 1000 mark.

So for kicks I thought I’d look up how many Interesting Finds posts I have.  Turns out it is a little hard to get an exact number due to how I use to title the entry, so I did a search for entries with the Interesting Finds in the title and come back with 2,131 entries.  Some of those entries are ‘No Interesting Finds this week’ and the like, so I subtracted 31 to get an approximate number.  First entry was October 2, 2004!  wow that seems like a long time ago.  Can’t believe I’ve been doing this for 7 years.   Back when I started, Scoble’s blog was still a big deal and Mike Gunderloy had the most popular Microsoft link blog.

Other

• TPL Dataflow and async/await vs CCR – Introduction, Emil Gustafsson
• Code signing for the independent developer, Tim Heuer
• N-Tier: Begginer's guide in designing their application, Eduard Lu
• Just because you can test it doesn’t mean you should, Windows Live Tester
• build agent cannot be removed due to problematic reserved build, Jack Ma

Web

• 16 Questions to Know if you Need a Content Management System
• How to Spot a Black Hat SEO Company
• Why HTML5 makes justifying native applications more difficult
• [Visual Studio Extension Of The Day] Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework Sample Browser, Hosam Kamel
• IIS FTP Basics–Week 44, Scott Forsyth

Silverlight

• Silverlight 5 Released with awesome samples in the Silverlight Toolkit, Tim Heuer

Mobile

• Windows Phone SMS attack discovered
• SkyDrive: On your phone (Windows Phone, iPhone and others…), Rob Margel
• Mango Sample: Accelerometer, Jerry-Nixon
• My Windows Phone App Wishlist, Alvin Ashcraft
• Personalize your Windows Phone 7 with Custom Themes!, David Baliles

Database

• SQL SERVER – Explain Error:166 : does not allow specifying the database name as a prefix to the object name – Puzzle to Win SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Book, Pinal Dave
• T-SQL Tuesday #25 : T-SQL Tips 'n' Tricks, Aaron Bertrand
• My Thoughts on SQL Server 2012′s Licensing Changes, Brent Ozar

PowerShell

• PowerShell ISE Script Explorer–Get it Today, Thomas

Security

• Unencrypted credit card storage on the rise, Cameron Camp

Agile

• Leadership, Management, Transitioning to Agile, Johanna

Cloud Computing

• SMTP Support for the Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
• Microsoft Cloud News–Positive Feedback From Independent Sources (Windows Azure & Office 365), Andrew Connell
• Overview of SQL Azure Federation!!!, Sudhirh
• Daily Cloud Feed - Dec 13, 2011
• Windows Azure Developer Opportunities, Chris Bowen
• Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Version 1.1.0 CTP Released, Nick Harris
• Billing Model for Federations in SQL Azure Explained! and Building Large Scale Elastic Database Tiers with SQL Azure: Introducing Federations, Cihan Biyikoglu
• Windows Azure Storage (WAS) Internals - Achieving Consistency, Buck Woody
• Use WIF bootstrapped tokens or Azure ACS? Read this, Sahil Malik
• Slides and Links from Windows Azure Discovery Workshop Dec 13th, Eric Nelson

Career

• Female Startup Founder in Chile Responds to Penolope Trunk
• Know why you love doing what you do.
• A new way to freelance
• How to Accomplish More by Doing Less
• 3 Keys to Success for Young Entrepreneurs, Nicholas Tart
• 7 Things Highly Productive People Do, Ilya Pozin
• Quashing the Self-Improvement Urge, Leo Babauta
• Richard Branson: You're Taking Your Business Too Seriously, Christine Lagorio

Business

• VCs will lose their grip on tech startups
• Startup Team
• Why Our Tech Startup is Doubling Down on Philadelphia
• The Secret Dealbreaker, Ed Powers
• Determining The Worth Of Your Biz, Angela Shupe

Innovation

• 6 Ways You're Killing Innovation (Without Even Trying)
• Imagination is the Root of Innovation, Jeffrey Baumgartner
• Relentless Innovation Introduction, Jeffrey Phillips

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1002, Chris Alcock
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Tuesday, December 13th, Rob Caron
• Dew Drop – December 13, 2011 (#1,218), Alvin Ashcraft