Weekly Link Post 94

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

• Alberto Gutierrez provides 5 Tips for creating good code every day; or how to become a good software developer. “Being a good developer is like being any other good professional, it’s all it’s about doing as much quality work as possible.”
• Good article on DZone titled Twitter from ASP.NET.
• 10-4 is a weekly video podcast that which gives us a glimpse at what’s coming in Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. 
• Gunnar Peipman shares his string.Repeat() extension method.
• Nikhil K. Misal links us to 8 Great Web Design Tutorials. Nice!
• Tutorial Video(s): Set Up Dev Environment for ASP.NET 3.5 | Control Extenders | Editor Control | Combo Box | Learning the State Pattern
• Article(s) from Code project: 
• Forum Thread(s): ComboBox bound to an enum type’s values while also having a “blank” entry?
• Snippet(s): Get data from SQL Stored Procedure | EndOfTheMonth | EndOfTheDay

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

• This has to be one of the best explanations of SQL injection that I have seen: Basics of SQL-Injections
• Paul Nielsen asks the question Why use Stored Procedures? [Source: @joewebb]

 Community/Technology Events & Training

• Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
• Chad Myers talks about the upcoming Austin Code Camp in his post Austin CodeCamp ‘09: Quite Possibly Better than Bacon.

Internet, Software and General Technology

• Lifehacker explains how Find Your Lost Cellphone With Google Voice.
• Christian Krahn lists his 10 favorite Android Apps.
• Jeff Atwood tells us how The Web Browser Address Bar is the New Command Line.
• Lifehacker talks about how Google Calendar Integrates Tasks. [Source: @jgardner04]
• Sara Chipps has written a great article titled A Developer and her Netbook: Cheap .NET Coding. “I’m about to show you how to set up an awesome .NET development environment for less than $500.”
• Google enables us to have A planetarium in our pocket. Makes me want a G1 even more .

Blogging and Social Networking

• Dawn Foster has posted a great article on Web Worker Daily that tells us How to Mine Twitter for Information.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

• Brent Ozar has posted an in-depth series on Telecommuting: Getting the Job | Staying Motivated | Status Reports | Getting Things Done
• Leo Babauta lists 6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline. “One of the biggest problems people face is the lack of discipline.”
• Good article on TechRepublic that lists Five mistakes managers make most often. “If you’re a manager struggling to find out why your team is dysfunctional, take a look at the behaviors in this list and see if any look familiar.”
• Great article on Dumb Little Man telling us How to Learn a Little Every Day.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

• Recipes: Crock Pot Italian Beef
• Good article on Diet Blog asking Why Should Healthy Employees Be Rewarded?

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else 

• Movie Trailers:  Terminator – Salvation| G-Force
• Funny Dilberts this week:  5/11 | 5/17

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Great Link Blog Sources

• Brent Ozar – SQL Server & Cloud Links for the Week
• The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup
• Jeremiah Peschka – Links for the Week
• 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.