PDC stuff

• Thoughts from the PDC, Stephen Forte
• ES24: Using PowerShell To Create Manageable Web Services, PowerShell Team
• Thoughts on PDC 2008, Rocky Lhatka
• Thoughts of a PDC (2008) Gone By..., Ted Neward
• PDC2008 Session and Keynote Recordings Are Now Published, Michael Swanson

Other stuff

• Openness is not enough, Nicholas Carr
• Working with ambiguous and invalid points in time in managed code, Raymond Chen
• MSBuild Extension Pack, Papenoo pa
• A Free Open Source Ribbon Control for Windows Forms!, Chris Pietschmann
• ICorDebug re-architecture in CLR 4.0, Rich Byers
• Another Week, Another 18,885 Layoffs, Erick Schonfeld

Code to look at

• RFC3394 Key-wrapping Algorithm in C#, ladenedge

Web stuff

• New Web Deployment Tool for IIS shows includes replication, migration, and packaging of sites, Brett
• SP.NET Authentication, Profile and Role Service in Silverlight, Papenoo pa

Database stuff

• TDE: Under The Hood With Database Encryption Key, Johnm
• Assigning multiple variables with one SELECT works faster, Alexander Kuznetsov
• Geek City: Clearing a Single Plan From Cache in SQL Server 2008, Kalen Delaney
• SQL Server 2008 : new binary – hex string conversion functionality can dramatically improve related query performance by orders of magnitude., MS SQL ISV

SOA stuff

• Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture, Progress Software

Business stuff

• Halloween Linkswitch: Graphic Design And Small Business Treats, Freelance Switch

Innovation stuff

• Brainstorming for Ideas : Boomerang your Way to the Best Possible Solutions, Travis Wright
• New Innovator's Toolkit book offers a wealth of tools, techniques to spur growth, Innovation Weblog

Community stuff

• The Official Date for Twin Cities Code Camp 6, Jason Bock

Other link blogs

• New and Notable 276, Sam Gentile
• LINKBLOG for October 31, 2008, Arjan Zuidhof