Other

• Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (KB2707250): New Features, zainnab
• An Administrator’s Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Susan Bradley
• $100M Deal That Solidifies Online Education Boom, Eric Markowitz
• Immutable Collections is on Channel 9, Immo Landwerth
• How do I create a TaskDialog with a progress bar but no cancel button?, Raymond Chen
• What does async & await generate?, Filip Ekberg

Code to look at

• Generating and Splitting delimited string column, Tharaka MTR
• Mobile/Web Client, Web API and Cloud, Gary H Guo
• How to crawl websites without being blocked, Richard Penman
• [Sample Of Jan 16th] Strip html code using regex, philip fu
• A Visual Studio add-in to move Windows Forms Designer generated code from a .vb file to a .Designer.vb file, Mike Meinz
• Determining Office Binary File Format Types, JCurry

Windows 8

• How to use the Light Sensor in Windows 8 C#/XAML applications and Referencing the Windows Runtime from Desktop Apps, via WindowsPhoneGeek
• Updating Secondary Tiles using Background Task, Nisha Singh
• My Windows 8 books is out, luisabreu
• MVVM in WinJS Part 1 - Observable Models, Phil Japikse
• WinJS Grid Template – overriding load causes HierarchyRequestError, jhealy
• Sharing data from a Windows Store App using WinRT API, Nisha Singh
• Windows 8: Even more new File Explorer features, Greg Shultz

Web

• Google Analytics vs. Google Page Speed, .NET Slave
• Handing MVC paths with dots in the path, OWScott

Mobile

• An MVVM-friendly tap-to-connect NFC socket network helper for Windows Phone 8 and How to use Google Maps in your own Windows Phone App, via WindowsPhoneGeek
• A Quick Solution to Resolve a WP App Deployment Issue, Kunal Chowdhury
• Windows Phone 8 Tips: The Ultimate Compendium, Paul Thurrott
• Daily Windows Phone Development News 16 Jan 2013, WindowsPhoneGeek

Database

• SQL SERVER – An Interesting Case of Redundant Indexes – Index on Col1, Col2 and Index on Col1, Col2, Col3 – Part 4, Pinal Dave

Security

• Growing attack surfaces require new security model, Patrick Lambert

Agile

• Scrum and multiple project teams, Bill Wagner

Cloud Computing

• Windows Azure Development InfoKit, Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed
• Details of the December 28th, 2012 Windows Azure Storage Disruption in US South, Mike Neil
• Daily Cloud Feed – Jan 16, 2013
• 2012 Year in Review: New AWS Technical Whitepapers, Articles and Videos Published - Give Us Your Feedback!, AWS Blog
• Developing Multi-tenant Applications for the Cloud, 3rd Edition - Book Download, Microsoft Downloads
• Windows Azure Services on Windows Server, Bryan Group

Career

• How to Wow Your Employees, Matt Blumberg
• Wearing It Out, Paying It Forward, Trent
• Design and Architecture interview questions with answers, Nikhil Singhal
• Build Your Personal Results System for 2013, JD
• What Should Freelancers Tweet About?, Freelance Switch

Business

• Nokia Cuts 300 Jobs, Outsources Up To 820 More To HCL And Tata To ‘Align IT With Its Business Focus’, Ingrid Lunden
• Inventory an issue as Intel plots future, Portland Business Journal
• Weed Out Window Shoppers From Prospective Buyers, Mike Handelsman
• Like Obama, You Need to Be Prepared for a Cash Crunch, Gene Marks
• Advocacy Applauds IRS Simplification of Home Office Deduction, egulbran

Innovation

• How Much Creativity Is Enough? How Much Is Too Much?, Julian Dibbell
• Innovation Fail – Milkshake Marketing, Tony Ulwick
• Innovation Leading Indicators? The Network, Deborah Mills-Scofield
• Leaders – Stop Trying to Be Efficient, Mike Myatt

Other link blogs

• The Morning Brew #1275, Chris Alcock
• The Daily Six Pack: January 17, 2013, Dirk Strauss
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Wednesday, January 16th, Rob Caron