Other

• The evils of the repository abstraction layer
• Implementing CORS support in WCF, Carlos Figueira
• CQRS Journey - first pseudo-production release, Grigori Melnik
• Six important .NET concepts: Stack, heap, value types, reference types, boxing, and unboxing, Shivprasad koirala
• Understand TFS Licensing, AliasAlias
• Template Method Design Pattern, Nilesh Gule

Code to look at

• Transportable Data Layer - the Lasting Layer, Tim Schwallie
• [Sample of May 13th] Show file upload status in ASP.NET, Jialiang Ge
• Working with Streams: Creating RandomAccessStreamReference from Image downloaded from Web., Shiva-Vitakula
• Outlook Contact Data Sync Iteration 2, Derrick VanArnam
• Editing an MSI Database, Suresh Malluri
• Fast Token Replacement in C#, Bojan Antolovic
• Populating a business logical layer from Stored Procedures, andrewbb
• Math Parser TK.NET, kirnbas
• Finding the assemblies loaded in the current AppDomain, Saikumar Koona

Web

• First draft of HTML img srcset for responsive images
• 10 new HTML5 tags you need to know about
• JS & jQuery data model for ajax forms
• Comparing HTML5 Mobile Web Frameworks
• Taking Toddler Steps with Node.js – Passport, Jan Van Ryswyck
• How to troubleshoot ASP.NET application hang with memory dump, Henry He
• Additional Considerations When Using ASP.Net MVC Cross-site Request Forgery Prevention, edhintz
• Response buffering & chunking in Web Host scenarios, Kiran Challa

Mobile

• Implement a NavigationService for MVVM in Metro Applications and Daily WP7 Development News 14 May 2012, WindowsPhoneGeek

Database

• The 3 DBA Mistakes You Don't Know You Are Making
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express, Microsoft Downloads
• SQL SERVER – Get Schema Name from Object ID using OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME, Pinal Dave

Agile

• HeadsUp Agile is now open source

Architecture

• The Architecture of Open Source Applications : Volume II

Cloud Computing

• On The Issue Of Standardization Around AWS APIs
• Google Prices its Cloud SQL Offering
• Now WordPress sites can run directly off Amazon S3
• Paving the cowpaths to the denial cloud, Phil Wainewright
• Daily Cloud Feed – May 14, 2012
• Guidance for using PHP on Windows Azure published, Daniel Bucherer
• Accessing US Air Carrier Flight Delay DataSets on Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket and “DataHub”, Roger Jinnings
• Data Survey #2: Hadoop, Jian Zhen

Career

• Solitude and Leadership
• Getting Started In The Development Community
• Client: We won't be paying. We didn't use your material.
• The Hidden Cost of Outsourcing Software: Software Intelligence
• When to Quit your Passion and Change Course, Jonathan
• Six Myths of Product Development, raboschs
• If You Could Be Brutally Honest With Your SO, What Would You Say?, Ben Casnocha
• 11 Tips for protecting your data when you travel, Stephen Cobb
• You Earn Passive Income by Being More Generous, Steve Pavlina
• Amazon hiring 1,000 new tech workers for Seattle offices, Emily Parkhurst
• The Indescribable Anger, Erica Douglass
• Freelancer.com CEO: The future is bright for online outsourcing (but not niche sites), Jessica Stillman
• The Elements of Improvement, Esther Derby

Business

• The Founder Welcome EmailWhen to Quit your Passion and Change Course
• How to hire your first customer service representative
• Why Does the U.S. Spend More on Health Care than Other Countries?
• Entrepreneurs: think twice before taking advice from venture capitalists
• First Look: Want To Know Who Got Funded? WhoGotFunded.com Has Got You Covered, Ryan Lawler
• How to Legally Work With an Intern, Freelance Switch

Innovation

• Why Innovation Teams Fail – or Succeed, Braden Kelley
• Innovators: stand on the shoulders of giants, Jeffrey Phillips
• Business Model Innovation, Brendan Coram

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1105, Chris Alcock
• Interesting Links 14 May 2012, Alfred Thompson
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Monday, May 14th, Rob Caron
• Reading Notes #46, Franky’s Notes
• Dew Drop – May 14, 2012 (#1,326), Alvin Ashcraft