Weekly Link Post 93

This is is my weekly link post.  It is here that I note the web sites and posts that I have run across that interest me – whether it be related to work or play.

Application Development/Design

• Ran across a good List of Really Useful Tools for CSS Developers on W3Avenue.
• Mohammad Azam talks about Dividing Tasks into Smaller Tasks to get the Work Done.
• Max Pool makes some great points about the misinterpretation of requirements in the development cycle in his post How Many Bedrooms Did You Say?. “Client verbalizes what he/she wants, we believe we have the same mind’s eye of the scope and implementation of those ideas, and thus go merrily on our way down the wrong path.”
• Mark Needham talks F# in the post F#: Stuff I get confused about. 
• Tutorial Video(s): Learning the Observer Pattern | MasterPages | AJAX Style Services w/MS Visual Web Developer 2008 | An Intro to SOAP Based Web Services w/Visual Web Developer 2008 
• Snippet(s): Format a String in TitleCase

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

• The Windows PowerShell Blog has posted a great article listing several PowerShellToys.
• Pinal Dave demonstrates how to Find Last Date Time Updated for Any Table.

 Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Good article on Web Worker Daily listing 4 Essential Utilities for Windows Netbooks.

Blogging and Social Networking

• Brent Ozar gives us a great Twitter tip: Change Your Replies Setting.
• Lifehacker reviews TweetGrid, a tool that monitors multiple Twitter searches.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Trent Hamm lists his 25 Favorite Personal Finance, Career, and Personal Development Blogs. Great list!
• Dustin Wax from Lifehack lists 10 Great Notebooks Productive People Love.
• Leo Babauta explains How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center.
• Jonathan Mead has a guest post on Zen Habits titled Put Things Off and Stop Caring to Realize Your Dreams.
• Dawn Foster has an article on Web Worker Daily that asks the question Are You an Information Junkie?.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

• Recipes: Cinco de Mayo Crockpot Beef Taco Bean Soup

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

• Good article answering the question What Is A Supernova?
• Greg Beeman says goodbye to Heroes. (source: @HeroesPodcast)
• The Disney Blog provides some information on two upcoming SciFi series’ on ABC. (Source: @gabriellyn)
• Terminator Salvation TV Spots: Difference | I’ll Be Back 
• Movie Trailers: Angels and Demons | Battle for Terra

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Great Link Blog Sources

• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Max Pool – Squeezed Links
• Weekly Round-Up – Fuel For Thought
• Dana Coffey – Weekly Links
• Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
• Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
• Steve Pietrek – Links
• Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
• Michael Koby – Daily Links
• Elijah Manor – Tech Twitterings
• Mike Gunderloy – Double-Shot
• David Vidmar – Links of the week
• Sam Gentile – New and Notable
• Craig Bailey – On Microsoft
• Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
• Darren Stokes – Visual Studio Links

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Happy Surfing.