Must Read Today – New Links (31 July 2007)

[Sorry for absence, just got busy with installation and deployment issues of our software at work in new client site. Will try my best to be punctual now.]

Cartooon
Dilbert
PHD Comics

Programming
Recommended Books on Parallel Programming
Seven Pillars of Pretty Code
Rich Programmer Food
Being a better developer by studying other peoples code

.NET
ASP.NET AJAX in .NET 3.5 and VS 2008
First Look at IronRuby
LINQ to SQL – Series of Articles
Layer Data Access with LINQ to SQL
Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements

Career
Career goals for next 6 months
Why an average career can be a great career

Misc.
Google’s Number One UI Mistake
What do you want to do with your life?
Quotes for Software Engineers
Best Business Novels You Can Read This Summer
Balls and vase problem

Must Read Today – New Links (26 July 2007)

[This blog post thread, appearing daily, will list new exciting/informative/interesting blog posts, articles, thoughts posted over the web.] 

SQL Server
SQL Server 2008 – What ‘new’ to expect?

.NET
AJAX and Web Services
Introducing the Entity Framework and LINQ
Layer Data Access with LINQ to SQL
Microsoft Releases Pre-Alpha IronRuby Including Source

Career
Career Endgame – Where Am I Going? How About You?

Misc.
Nothin but .NET course – Tips and Tricks – Day 1
Better Conversations: Collecting Life Stories
Tip of the Week: Create an Idea Bank