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Top Links
- I moved on from WCF Web API, but Web API IS still moving (Glenn Block)
 - 9th Day of Silverlight : Implicit Data Templates (Tony Champion)
 - Backbone.js Is Not An MVC Framework (Derick Bailey)
 - Taking Toddler Steps with Node.js – Express (Jan Van Ryswyck)
 
.NET / Visual Studio
- How to order by multiple columns using Lambas and LINQ in C# (Senthil Kumar)
 - How do I get the full path for the target of a shortcut file? (Raymond Chen)
 - What’s New And Improved In JustCode Q3 2011 SP1 (Just* Team)
 - Kinecting to PowerPoint (Greg Duncan)
 - Consuming JSON in Windows 8 Metro style Application using WinJS (Dhananjay Kumar)
 - Lego KinNXT (Ashley Feniello)
 - OData Service Validation Tool Update: 10 new rules (Turker Keskinpala)
 - Rx – SP1 (Bnaya Eshet)
 - Replacing the Team Foundation Server 2010 Data Tier–NOT (Bob Hardister)
 - BugNET Issue Tracker 0.9.147 (CodePlex)
 
Web Development
- Control level request validation in ASP.NET 4.5 (Abhijit Jana)
 - Configuring WCF for Multiple IIS Host Identities in Sueetie (Dave Burke)
 - New Developer Tools in Firefox 11 Aurora (Kevin Dangoor)
 
Design / Methodology / Testing
- 5 Agile Project Management Techniques You Can Start Using Today (Joel Semeniuk)
 - Make Everything OK – Agile is Hard (Peter Saddington)
 - Free Book – The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (Tatworth)
 - Are You Intentional? (Mike Cottmeyer)
 - AutoHotKey for quick Git access (Joe White)
 - Software Architecture: Myth or Reality (Kerry Huguet)
 
Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone
- Microsoft releases WPDev Feedback app for developers (Windows Phone Geek)
 - Windows Phone 7 + IronRuby + Online Library Hosting + Auto Updating = LiveLibs (Greg Duncan)
 
Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos
- YOW! 2011: Kevin O’Neill – Mobile App Development, PlayUp, Objective-C, Windows Phone and YOW! 2011: Steve Vinoski – Riak Core, Erlang and Frisbee Freestyle and Brian Beckman: Hidden Markov Models, Viterbi Algorithm, LINQ, Rx and Higgs Boson and Checking In: Larry Osterman – 26 Years of Programming at Microsoft and Counting and Simon Peyton-Jones and John Hughes – It’s Raining Haskell (Charles Torre)
 - Gillmor Gang Live 12.23.11 (TCTV) and Gillmor Gang 12.24.11 (TCTV) (Steve Gillmor)
 - TWC9: The Top 9 Developer Stories & Trends of 2011 (Brian Keller, Dan Fernandez & Greg Duncan)
 - Engadget Podcast 269 – 12.23.2011 and The Vergecast 007 – 12.23.2011 (Trent Wolbe)
 - Windows Weekly 240: What’s Your Prestige Level? (Paul Thurrott)
 - NeowinCast Gaming 003 – Dec. 23: End of 2011 Edition (John Callaham)
 - Video on How to consume WCF REST Service with JSON in Windows Phone 7 and Video on How to Protect Password in Windows Phone 7 using Data Protection API (Dhananjay Kumar)
 
Community / Events
- Microsoft’s DigiGirlz Program Ends Year on High Note (MS JobsBlog)
 - Stack Exchange Gives Back 2011 (Robert Cartaino)
 
Database
- SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): New Security Features (James Serra)
 - Assign Result of Dynamic SQL to a Variable in SQL Server (Madhivanan)
 - SQL SERVER – A Simple Puzzle and Simple Solution of Datatype and Computed Column and SQL SERVER – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays – Database Properties – Number of Users (Pinal Dave)
 - SQL Advent 2011 Day 23: OBJECT_DEFINITION and Upgrade Assistant for SQL Server 2012 available for download and SQL Advent 2011 Day 24: Index REBUILD and REORGANIZE and SQL Advent 2011 Recap (Denis Gobo)
 - SQL Server – How to identify service pack installed (Vishal)
 
PowerShell
- Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP2 available (with Getting Started with PowerShell Workflows guide too) (Greg Duncan)
 
Miscellaneous
- Building the one Install OS Flash Drive to rule them all…? (Windows 7 x86 & x64 and Live CDs and Rescue disks and…) (Greg Duncan)
 - My Bests of 2011 (Keyvan Nayyeri)
 - What I’d do with my ‘Microsoft 20% time’ (Michael S. Kaplan)
 - How Microsoft Can Fix Windows 8 in 2012 (Paul Thurrott)
 - Amazon 2012: What the Future May Hold for the Web’s Largest Retailer (Peter Pachal)
 - Introducing Aurora 11 with tons of new features and improvements (Robert Nyman)
 - The two (and only two) ways Microsoft can survive the phone wars (David Aronchick)
 
More Link Collections
- Distributed Weekly 134 (Scott Banwart)
 - Double Shot #780 (Mike Gunderloy)
 - Windows Dev News for December 24, 2011 – #0015 and SilverlightShow Top 5 for December 12 – 18, 2011 (Dave Campbell)
 - ArchBeat Link-o-Rama for 12/23/2011 (Bob Rhubart)
 - Daily News Digest 12/23/2011 and End-of-week SilverlightShow Content Recap (12/23/2011) (Silverlight Show)
 - Retrospective 64 – The Process of Change 4 Part Series (Peter Saddington)
 - MVP Friday Five: December 22, 2011 (MVP Award Program)
 - Best of 2011: top 5 posts of the year (Simone Chiaretta)
 - Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone – 28-December-2011 to 24-December-2011 (Kunal Chowdhury)
 
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