Other

• 5 Excuses You Won't Tell Your Self for Not Practicing TDD
• How are SSDs Changing Architectures?
• .NET Just Got Some Iron Behind It
• Office Next: The Social Enterprise
• 10 Application Performance Tuning Tips
• 7 Essential Apps for Entrepreneurs
• Big Data: What's Next?
• BUILD 2012 Announced: Oct 30th until Nov 2nd, WindowsPhoneGeek
• XNA is Dead? Maybe, maybe not. Here's a post shining a light on the future of XNA (and it's looks pretty bright), Greg Duncan
• Reader Question: Member Initializers vs. Constructors, Bill Wagner
• Defend Your Code with Top Ten Security Tips Every Developer Must Know, Iaurasa
• The Truth About .NET Objects And Sharing Them Between AppDomains, Alois Kraus
• NuGet Package Restore with a Local Repository and Offline Access, DotNetKicks.com
• When did my test plan get deleted? Who deleted my test suite\test run?, Shyam Gupta

Code to look at

• Export Database to Excel, PDF, HTML, RTF, XML, etc. for ASP.NET without Automation, 3 High Efficient Solutions for Reading Excel Files via ASP.NET, Summarize C# Control Word Skills, Summarize C# Control Excel Skills, Exporting Data to Excel, 9 Solutions to Export Data to Excel for ASP.NET, loveyou999
• How to invoke a Web Service from a Stored Procedure, Omar Frometa

Data Access

• Evolution of the Entity Framework: Lesson 5, K Scott Allen

Web

• Developing An Embeddedable Javascript Widget
• How to make your first Node.js pull request
• ASP.NET data driven rotating gallery with jQuery
• Few things I learned while programming HTML – TechShip2038
• Building a Developer Studio in Node.js
• Startups and faster websites
• ASP.NET MVC: Creating user configurable charts, DigiMortal
• Free ASP.NET Training Videos from aspConf now available for download or streaming, Scott Hanselman
• How to Create an AdRotator using JavaScript?, Kunal Chowdury
• How to allow self-signed client certificates in IIS, aractnido
• What’s new in Safari 6 for developers, Elliot Bentley

Mobile

• SSL Socket support in Windows Phone and Daily Windows Phone Development News 25 July 2012, WindowsPhoneGeek
• Creating SilverlightShow Windows Phone App: Ebook, Silverlight Team

Database

• Free download: Managing SQL Servers and Policy-Based Management–An excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant, KimSpilker
• LIKE vs PATINDEX, Deepak Biswal

Agile

• "An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide" Free (reg-ware) eBook (PDF/ePub), Greg Duncan

Cloud Computing

• Create A jQuery Mobile Picture Uploader To Amazon S3
• Daily Cloud Feed – Jul 25, 2012
• Connecting Windows Embedded Devices to Windows Azure, Microsoft Downloads
• Windows Azure Visio Shapes, Buck Woody

Career

• Marketing Ideas For Photographers -- Get More Business Now
• How To Quit Your 9-To-5 To Work On Your Startup
• How to Ace a Startup Engineering Interview Part 1
• Time Management Tips #5 - Reduce the Friction in Your Day, JD Meier
• The Best Place to Work, Part 1: Surround yourself with the best and brightest, Matt Blumberg
• 6 Writing Tips for Sales Messages, Geoffrey James

Business

• Growing Businesses in the Knowledge Cloud
• Paper.li Monetizes with Pro 7 Enterprise Versions
• The Power Of Diversification, Fred
• FundersClub Wants To Bypass VC And Let YOU Invest In Startups, Josh Constine
• How Not To Choose a Business Model for Your App, Caimin

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1154, Chris Alcock
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Wednesday, July 25th, Rob Caron
• Dew Drop – July 25, 2012 (#1,371), Alvin Ashcraft
• Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-07-25, Dan Rigby