Other

• How Not to Sort by Average Rating
• The Myth of the Super Programmer
• Always open Excel files in separate windows in Windows 7, Rob Margel
• Release: Microsoft Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012, Kenneth van Surksum
• Performance Tips: System.Text.StringBuilder and String.Concat, Feng Yuan
• Changes I Plan Make, cstephenson
• Awesome TFSPreview.com, sajoshi

Code to look at

• Exporting functions in C#/VB.NET to native code, roylawliet
• Inline MSIL in C#/VB.NET and Generic Pointers, roylawliet

Data Access

• Should I Use ORM Or Not? Sure.

Web

• JQuery Events: Stop (Mis)Using Return False
• Production Node.js Secrets
• The Building Blocks of a Successful API
• Jquery function demos for aspiring web developers
• Tiny Happy Features #3 - Publishing Improvements, chained Config Transforms and Deploying ASP.NET Apps from the Command Line, Scott Hanselman

Mobile

• 8 Great Resources for Learning Android
• New Coding4Fun Toolkit v1.6 official release: cool new Controls and fixes! and Using NUnit to test Windows Phone 7 applications - Part 2, WindowsPhoneGeek

Database

• SQL Data Sync Preview 6 is now live!, Han
• xp_sendmail query failing with Msg 17925, Level 16, State 1, Line 0, Tara Shankar Jana

Agile

• Agile software development myths

Cloud Computing

• Cloudy with a chance of data loss
• Analystenreport: “What Windows Azure Means to Software ISVs”, Holger Sirtl
• Setting up Azure Data Sync Service with Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database For Reference Data Replication, Cihan Biyikoglu
• Daily Cloud Feed – Aug 12, 2012

Career

• Managing Effectively in a Matrix
• Happiness First, Then Everything Else, Steve Pavlina
• 25 Books the Most Successful Microsoft Leaders Read and Do, JD Meier

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1166, Chris Alcock