I often read blog posts mostly of Scott gu,Scott Hanselman,Jeff AtWood ,Phil Haack
This are my favorite blog posts for the last two years
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Scott gu's Posts
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Recommended
ASP.NET 2.0 Tips, Tricks, Recipes and Gotchas
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/pages/ASP.NET-2.0-Tips_2C00_-Tricks_2C00_-Recipes-and-Gotchas.aspx
Silverlight Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links Page
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/pages/silverlight-posts.aspx
Linq to sql
inqdatasource-gt-control.aspx
Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)
The asp:ListView control (Part 1 - Building a Product Listing Page with Clean CSS UI)
First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2
First Look at Silverlight 2
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/02/22/first-look-at-silverlight-2.aspx
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ASP.NET MVC Design Gallery
New ASP.NET Charting Control
jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/11/21/jquery-intellisense-in-vs-2008.aspx
Styling a Silverlight Twitter Application with Expression Blend 2
mvc beta released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10/16/asp-net-mvc-beta-released.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 and Form Posting Scenarios
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10/16/asp-net-mvc-beta-released.aspx
Silverlight 2 Release Candidate Now Available
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/09/25/silverlight-2-release-candidate-now-available.aspx
jQuery and Microsoft
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/09/28/jquery-and-microsoft.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 Release (Part 1)
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/07/14/asp-net-mvc-preview-4-release-part-1.aspx
Silverlight 2 Beta2 Released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/06/06/silverlight-2-beta2-released.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/27/asp-net-mvc-preview-3-release.aspx
Tip/Trick: Creating and Using Silverlight and WPF User Controls
Unit Testing with Silverlight
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/04/02/unit-testing-with-silverlight.aspx
IIS 7.0 Bit Rate Throttling Module Released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/03/18/iis-7-0-bit-rate-throttling-module-released.aspx
First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2
First Look at Silverlight 2
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/02/22/first-look-at-silverlight-2.aspx
.NET Framework Library Source Code now available
Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)
Using VS 2008 to Create New ASP.NET 2.0 with ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Projects
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP Preview Released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/12/09/asp-net-3-5-extensions-ctp-preview-released.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 4): Handling Form Edit and Post Scenario
ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 3): Passing ViewData from Controllers to Views
ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 2): URL Routing
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/12/03/asp-net-mvc-framework-part-2-url-routing.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 1)
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/13/asp-net-mvc-framework-part-1.aspx
Optimizing the Silverlight Install Experience
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/30/optimizing-the-silverlight-install-experience.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Framework
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/14/asp-net-mvc-framework.aspx
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
Tip/Trick: Building a ToJSON() Extension Method using .NET 3.5
IIS 7.0 Hits RC0 - Lots of cool new IIS7 Extensions Also Now Available
Linq to sql
inqdatasource-gt-control.aspx
The asp:ListView control (Part 1 - Building a Product Listing Page with Clean CSS UI)
Great New ASP.NET 2.0 Data Tutorials Published
Using LINQ to XML (and how to build a custom RSS Feed Reader with it)
VS 2008 JavaScript Debugging
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/19/vs-2008-javascript-debugging.aspx
New "Orcas" Language Feature: Query Syntax
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/04/21/new-orcas-language-feature-query-syntax.aspx
New "Orcas" Language Feature: Lambda Expressions
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/04/08/new-orcas-language-feature-lambda-expressions.aspx
New "Orcas" Language Feature: Extension Methods
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/03/13/new-orcas-language-feature-extension-methods.aspx
New C# "Orcas" Language Features: Automatic Properties, Object Initializers, and Collection Initializers
Tip/Trick: Url Rewriting with ASP.NET
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
My "First Look at Orcas" Presentation
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/08/my-first-look-at-orcas-presentation.aspx
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Source Code Released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/01/30/asp-net-ajax-1-0-source-code-released.aspx
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Scott Hanselman
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Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
ASP.NET MVC Design Gallery
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCDesignGallery.aspx
.NET 3.5 SP1 GDR is available to download
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NET35SP1GDRIsAvailableToDownload.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Samples, Oxite, and Community
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCSamplesOxiteAndCommunity.aspx
Best Code Syntax Highlighter for Snippets in your Blog
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BestCodeSyntaxHighlighterForSnippetsInYourBlog.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 37 - Geolocation/Geotargeting (Reverse IP Address Lookup) in ASP.NET MVC made easy
Web Platform Installer now supports XP - And the Master Plan continues
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WebPlatformInstallerNowSupportsXPAndTheMasterPlanContinues.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 36 - PDC, BabySmash and Silverlight Charting
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode36PDCBabySmashAndSilverlightCharting.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 35 - Zip Compressing ASP.NET Session and Cache State
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode35ZipCompressingASPNETSessionAndCacheState.aspx
Survey RESULTS: What .NET Framework features do you use?
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SurveyRESULTSWhatNETFrameworkFeaturesDoYouUse.aspx
Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows Vista
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToFreeingUpDiskSpaceUnderWindowsVista.aspx
Microsoft Web Application Installer - Open Source Web Apps Delivered and Installed
ASP.NET MVC Beta released - Coolness Ensues
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCBetaReleasedCoolnessEnsues.aspx
T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation - Best Kept Visual Studio Secret
ASP.NET MVC and the new IIS7 Rewrite Module
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCAndTheNewIIS7RewriteModule.aspx
Web Platform Installer: Trying to make it easier to setup for web development
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WebPlatformInstallerTryingToMakeItEasierToSetupForWebDevelopment.aspx
jQuery to ship with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/jQueryToShipWithASPNETMVCAndVisualStudio.aspx
The .NET Framework and the Browser's UserAgent String
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheNETFrameworkAndTheBrowsersUserAgentString.aspx
The Case of the Failing Disk Drive or Windows Home Server Saved My Marriage
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheCaseOfTheFailingDiskDriveOrWindowsHomeServerSavedMyMarriage.aspx
On Losing Data and a Family Backup Strategy
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/OnLosingDataAndAFamilyBackupStrategy.aspx
Make your Website Mobile and iPhone Friendly - Add Home Screen iPhone Icons and Adjust the ViewPort
Adding OpenSearch to your website and getting in the Browser's Search Box
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AddingOpenSearchToYourWebsiteAndGettingInTheBrowsersSearchBox.aspx
Developer != Designer
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DeveloperDesigner.aspx
ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 - Using Ajax and Ajax.Form
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCPreview4UsingAjaxAndAjaxForm.aspx
Hanselminutes Podcast 116 - Distributed Caching with Microsoft's Velocity
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HanselminutesPodcast116DistributedCachingWithMicrosoftsVelocity.aspx
Introducing RockScroll
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingRockScroll.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 25 - OpenID Edition
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode25OpenIDEdition.aspx
A Smarter (or Pure Evil) ToString with Extension Methods
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASmarterOrPureEvilToStringWithExtensionMethods.aspx
Memories of Zimbabwe - You can't afford to go home
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MemoriesOfZimbabweYouCantAffordToGoHome.aspx
How do Extension Methods work and why was a new CLR not required?
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowDoExtensionMethodsWorkAndWhyWasANewCLRNotRequired.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 22 - C# and VB .NET Libraries to Digg, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Live Services, Google and other Web 2.0 APIs
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/default.aspx?month=2008-03
Squeezing the most out of IIS7 Media Bit Rate Throttling
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SqueezingTheMostOutOfIIS7MediaBitRateThrottling.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 19 - LINQ and More What, Less How
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode19LINQAndMoreWhatLessHow.aspx
Microsoft - Surviving First Three Weeks as a Remote Employee
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MicrosoftSurvivingFirstThreeWeeksAsARemoteEmployee.aspx
Knowing when to ask for help - Microsoft SharedView
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/default.aspx?month=2008-02
Wiring the house for a Home Network
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheNewHouseForAHomeNetwork.aspx
Using an IDE to write PowerShell Scripts
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UsingAnIDEToWritePowerShellScripts.aspx
Visual Studio Programmer Themes Gallery
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx
The Weekly Source Code 15 - Tiny Managed Operating System Edition
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode15TinyManagedOperatingSystemEdition.aspx
MS Deploy - New IIS Web Deployment Tool
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MSDeployNewIISWebDeploymentTool.aspx
Verizon FIOS TV - Review and Photo Gallery
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VerizonFIOSTVReviewAndPhotoGallery.aspx
.NET Framework Library Source Code available for viewing
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETFrameworkLibrarySourceCodeAvailableForViewing.aspx
How-To: New ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Video Screencasts
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToNewASPNET35ExtensionsVideoScreencasts.aspx
Moq: Linq, Lambdas and Predicates applied to Mock Objects
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MoqLinqLambdasAndPredicatesAppliedToMockObjects.aspx
Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 6 - Identifying Performance Factors of Home Gigabit Networks
Power Consumption of the HP MediaSmart HP Home Server
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PowerConsumptionOfTheHPMediaSmartHPHomeServer.aspx
Review - HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewHPMediaSmartWindowsHomeServer.aspx
Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 5 - Gigabit Throughput and Vista
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheHouseForAHomeNetworkPart5GigabitThroughputAndVista.aspx
Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 4 - Thank You Cat 6 Gigabit Ethernet
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheHouseForAHomeNetworkPart4ThankYouCat6GigabitEthernet.aspx
New Job, New House, New Baby, and Designing a Totally New Home Office
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NewJobNewHouseNewBabyAndDesigningATotallyNewHomeOffice.aspx
Wiring the new house for a Home Network - Part 3 - ISP Hookup
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheNewHouseForAHomeNetworkPart3ISPHookup.aspx
Screencast HowTo: IIS7 and PHP with FastCGI
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScreencastHowToIIS7AndPHPWithFastCGI.aspx
Wiring the new house for a Home Network - Part 2 - Design Q&A
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheNewHouseForAHomeNetworkPart2DesignQampA.aspx
Wiring the new house for a Home Network
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WiringTheNewHouseForAHomeNetwork.aspx
Improving LINQ Code Smell with Explicit and Implicit Conversion Operators
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ImprovingLINQCodeSmellWithExplicitAndImplicitConversionOperators.aspx
Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
Reading to Be a Better Developer - The Coding4Fun DevKit
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReadingToBeABetterDeveloperTheCoding4FunDevKit.aspx
robocopy
XCopy considered harmful - Robocopy or XXCopy or SyncBack
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/XCopyConsideredHarmfulRobocopyOrXXCopyOrSyncBack.aspx
How To Sync your Apple Newton MessagePad with Outlook 2007
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSyncYourAppleNewtonMessagePadWithOutlook2007.aspx
Three Things I Learned About Software WHILE NOT in College
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ThreeThingsILearnedAboutSoftwareWHILENOTInCollege.aspx
The CodingHorror Ultimate Developer Rig Throwdown: Part 1
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheCodingHorrorUltimateDeveloperRigThrowdownPart1.aspx
Leaving Comcast for Verizon Fios - Upgrading the Home Network to Fiber Optic
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/default.aspx?month=2007-04
On Losing Data and a Family Backup Strategy
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/OnLosingDataAndAFamilyBackupStrategy.aspx
Making your Application Automatically Update Itself
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/default.aspx?month=2007-01
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Jeff AtWood Coding Horror
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Dictionary Attacks 101
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001206.html
Best (or Worst) Geek Christmas Ever
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001200.html
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninjas
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001163.html
Reducing Bandwidth
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000807.html
Who Needs Stored Procedures, Anyways?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000117.html
Recommended Reading for Developers
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000020.html
Why Can't Microsoft Ship Open Source Software?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001144.html
Large USB Flash Drive Performance
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001127.html
CAPTCHA is Dead, Long Live CAPTCHA!
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001067.html
Jeff Atwood Coding Horror: Programming: Love It or Leave It
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001202.html
The Greatest Invention in Computer Science
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001129.html
Trojans, Rootkits, and the Culture of Fear
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000929.html
Building a PC, Part IV: Now It's Your Turn
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000918.html
Upgrading to a High Efficiency Power Supply
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000871.html
SEOs: the New Pornographers of the Web
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000835.html
Firefox as an IDE
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000780.html
Building a Computer the Google Way
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000814.html
Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html
Why Can't Programmers.. Program?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000781.html
Everybody Loves BitTorrent
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000795.html
Remotely Waking Up Your PC
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000790.html
Hard Drive Temperatures: Be Afraid
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000748.html
Is Your Database Under Version Control?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000743.html
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Phil Haack
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Everything You Wanted To Know About MVC and MVP But Were Afraid To Ask
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/06/16/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-mvc-and-mvp-but.aspx
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/10/16/aspnetmvc-beta-release.aspx
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/03/10/thoughts-on-asp.net-mvc-preview-2-and-beyond.aspx
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/05/23/updated-northwind-demo.aspx
Some of great posts i read from Phil Haacks "Not Your Typical Top Ten Of 2008 Post"
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/12.aspx
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" The single most important thing you must do to improve your programming career"
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/04/single-most-important-thing-you-must-do.html
Powerful CSS-Techniques For Effective Coding
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/21/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/