Other

• Developer Complexity, Operational Complexity, Camille Fournier
• WiX 3.7 released (Think "The MSBuild Everywhere" release), Greg Duncan
• Mocking Property Getters and Setters, Rumen Stankov
• Software developers top 2013 job projection, Lauren Hepler
• The Importance of Mentoring, cstephenson

Windows 8

• Windows 8 GridView, ListView and SnapView, via WindowsPhonGeek
• Thoughts on my new Surface, Ted Neward
• Surface RT–My First Impressions, David Jung
• Windows 8 Secrets Errata: XP Mode and the Windows 8 Upgrade, Paul Thurrott

Web

• Make an Effective Mobile Web Site, Inc.com
• Gain more performance in ASP Web API, replace standard serialization to MessagePack, Oleksandr Kulchytskyi

Silverlight

• Silverlight Application with Dispatcher, Pranay Rana

Mobile

• Windows Phone Reflecting on 2012: scale and opportunity, WindowsPhoneGeek

Database

• Manage MySQL from Windows with these five apps, Jack Wallen
• SQL SERVER – Creating Database with Different Collation on Server, Pinal Dave
• The state of MySQL client libraries, Xaprb

Security

• Win32/Gapz: New Bootkit Technique, Eugene Rodionov
• Win32/Gapz: steps of evolution, Aleksandr Matrosov

Cloud Computing

• Nice set of updates to Azure over the last few days - Data Sync now in the HTML Portal - Updates to the CLI, Greg Low
• Recent study depicts millions of Cloud-Skilled IT Workers needed, Deva
• Daily Cloud Feed – Dec 26, 2012
• Windows Azure Training Kit December 2012 Refresh, zxue
• New Azure Feature: Filter Portal by Subscription, Taylor Cowan
• Storage Client Library 2.0 – Exception Handling, Gaurav

Career

• Restricting your own learning, Mark Needham
• On Silverlight and the Dangers of Over-specialization, Damon Payne
• Year in Review 2012, JD Meier
• Advice for 2013: Deliver On Your Promises, Fred Wilson
• Mark Cuban: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Starting a Business, Entrepreneur.com
• 6 Habits of Extremely Likeable People, Jeff Haden
• 5 Common Myths About Marketing Your Consulting Business, Freelance Switch

Business

• Stretching the Concept of Open Innovation, Stefan Lindegaard

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1261, Chris Alcock
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Wednesday, December 26th, Rob Caron
• Dew Drop – December 26, 2012 (#1,470), Alvin Ashcraft