Other

• Writing Your Own WebSocket Server
• C#/.NET Little Pitfalls: Implicit Zero To Enum Conversion, James Michael Hare
• CSLA 4 version 4.3.0 alpha available, Rocky Lhotka

Code to look at

• Generic Architecture For Rapid Software Development Project Cycle - Part 1, Md. Marufuzzaman
• LINQtoXML, kskrishnas
• SqlBulkCopy for Generic List (useful for Entity Framework & NHibernate), Jarod Ferguson
• JSON-Enabled WCF Services (Part II), Sergery Piskov

Web

• PUT or POST: The REST of the Story
• What Does It Take to Be a User Experience Designer?

Silverlight

• Notification Control in Silverlight, Jawahar Suresh Babu

Mobile

• Why the mobile "write once, run everywhere" mentality is misguided and Understanding the Required Artwork for your Windows Phone App and Daily WP7 Development News 26 Jan 2012, WindowsPhoneGeek
• Mango Tip: Awesome Marketplace Screenshots and PhoneGap fully supports Windows Phone, jerry-nixon
• Top 10 sharks using Expression Design, Free Blend & XAML, Surf4Fun
• MetroSky - End to end Windows Phone 7 SkyDrive sample code and app, Greg Duncan

Database

• Why NoSQL Does Not Mean NoDBA
• T-SQL stored procedure for finding/replacing strings in a text file. Really?, Linchi Shea
• Bad Habits to Kick : Thinking a WHILE loop isn't a CURSOR, Aaron Bertrand
• Understanding Database Choice, Jeremiah Peschka

Agile

• Test Driven Development Really Works - The Hiltmon
• Rotating the ScrumMaster Role, Mike Cohn

Cloud Computing

• Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure, Mary Jo Foley
• Thinktecture IdentityServer Azure Edition RC, leastprivilege.com
• New Tagging for Auto Scaling Groups, AWS Blog
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/26/2012+, Roger Jennings
• Real World Windows Azure Guidance: Troubleshooting Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications, Avkash Chauhan
• Daily Cloud Feed - Jan 26, 2012
• Windows Azure InfoKit for Public Sector January 2012 Update, zxue
• Windows Azure Service Bus Demo from Brian Loesgen, Peter Laudati
• Announcing SQL Azure Data Sync Preview Refresh, Gregory Leake
• New Management API for Windows Azure Traffic Manager, Michael Washam

Career

• My Summer with the App Engine Team
• 10 Simple Steps To Making A Kick Ass Explanation Video For Free
• The 10 Keys To Selling Anything, James Altucher
• Why we shut down a product that was $75,000/year profitable
• Why Choosing a Niche is Pretty Dumb (and Why You Should Create One Instead), Jonathan
• Creative Thinking Technique #2, Mitch Ditkoff
• Mentors: A Young Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon, Entrepreneur.com
• Make Time for YOU – Part Two and 5 Pros and Cons of Freelance Job Marketplaces, Freelance Switch

Business

• A Tale of a Miserable Product Launch
• An incubator for grownups...
• First look at 37s big rewrite
• The best and brightest from 500 Startups' third demo day
• A new business strategy for startups
• 4 Essential Steps to Managing Growth, Matthew Swyers

Innovation

• Social Bankruptcy, Steve Pavlina
• Plus 2 Visibility – Effective Intrapreneur Habit #5, Steve Todd
• I'll Never Fall in Love (with ideas) Again, Jeffrey Phillips

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1031, Chris Alcock
• Top 9 Microsoft Developer Links for Thursday, January 26th, Rob Caron
• Dew Drop – January 26, 2012 (#1,251), Alvin Ashcraft