Project Management

Principles 1: The Essence of Driving  A Crash Course in Project Management - Ivo Manolov http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ivo_manolov/archive/2010/07/18/10039624.aspx

Rock Solid Leadership http://www.rock-solidmovie.com/

Change is Good, You Go First by Mac Anderson

Kurt Lewin - Three step model and change theory http://www.scribd.com/doc/21556594/Change-Management-Lewin’s-3-Step-Model http://rapidbi.com/management/kurt-lewin-three-step-change-theory/

Silverlight MVVM

MVVM Frameworks

Laurent Bugnion’s Light MVVM http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/getstarted/

Nikhilk Kothari’s FX Framework http://projects.nikhilk.net/SilverlightFX

Michael Sync’s Silverlight MVVM Toolkit http://silverlightmvvm.codeplex.com/

Microsoft’s Prism and MEF http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/ http://mef.codeplex.com/

Caliburn and Caliburn Micro http://caliburn.codeplex.com/

source: http://wildermuth.com/2010/08/08/DevLink_Talks_-_Slides_and_Code

MVVM Resources

Laurent Bugnion’s:: Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern (MIX10) *** http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX14 http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2010/03/16/sample-code-for-my-mix10-talk-online.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth:: Silverlight Patterns: Model-View-ViewModel In Silverlight 2 *** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd458800.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth - Architecting Silverlight 4 with RIA Services, MEF and MVVM - Part 1 ** http://wildermuth.com/2009/12/15/Architecting_Silverlight_4_with_RIA_Services_MEF_and_MVVM_-_Part_1

Jason Dolinger:: Model-View-ViewModel ** http://blog.lab49.com/archives/2650

Stack Overflow:: Good Silverlight-MVVM Practice Example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413451/good-silverlight-mvvm-practice-example

Craig Shoemaker:: Hands-On Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) http://weblogs.asp.net/craigshoemaker/archive/2009/02/26/hands-on-model-view-viewmodel-mvvm-for-silverlight-and-wpf.aspx

Dan Wahlin:: Getting Started with the MVVM *** http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2009/12/08/getting-started-with-the-mvvm-pattern-in-silverlight-applications.aspx

THE MODEL-VIEW-VIEWMODEL (MVVM) DESIGN PATTERN FOR WPF ** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx

Advanced MVVM http://bubbleburst.codeplex.com/ http://www.identitymine.com/forward/?p=750 http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/advanced-mvvm/

MVVM in DataGrid

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2010/05/19/handling-datagrid.selecteditems-in-an-mvvm-friendly-manner.aspx

Silverlight Tips & Tricks: Make Silverlight DataGrid be more MVVM friendly =) - Alexey Zakharov's Blog http://weblogs.asp.net/alexeyzakharov/archive/2009/06/06/silverlight-tips-amp-tricks-make-silverlight-datagrid-be-more-mvvm-friendly.aspx

Misc

A vent about MVVM Development http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/159237/356897.aspx

iPhone Sudoku in Silverlight using MVVM http://www.orktane.com/Blog/post/2010/01/23/iPhone-Sudoku-in-Silverlight-using-MVVM.aspx

Validation

1. Input Validation – UI Exceptions & Model Validation Errors « Karl On WPF – .Net
2. Using a ViewModel to Provide Meaningful Validation Error Messages « Josh Smith on WPF
3. Silverlight, Validation and MVVM - Part II
4. Data Driven Applications with MVVM Part III: Validation, Bringing the UI Closer

Music

Man Chandre Lyrics– Connections Album by A R Rehman http://www.mail-archive.com/arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com/msg58491.html

Background Score - JTYJN http://www.indianbackgroundscore.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=297&p=638&hilit=jaane#p630

Miscellaneous

Scientifically Tested Code Reading Skills http://omergertel.com/2010/07/04/how-to-read-code/

Optimizations For Improving Page Load Times - MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptjunkie/ff743754.aspx

Code Reviews http://codebetter.com/blogs/kyle.baley/archive/2010/06/22/rietveld-update-or-how-to-make-code-reviews-fun-without-canceling-them.aspx

Balsamiq – A Mockup Tool - http://www.balsamiq.com/builds/mockups-web-demo/ http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2009/11/26/why-sketchflow-is-not-a-mockup-software.aspx

http://blog.davidsandor.com/post/Mockup-to-XAML-e28093-A-Balsamiq-Mockup-to-XAML-conversion-tool.aspx

http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/website-wireframing/

Wireframes Articles InfoQ http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/05/agile-usability-books http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/06/agile-wireframes

Wallpapers & Icons

http://simpledesktops.com/browse/

http://www.tutorial9.net/resources/icon-pack-256x256-business-icons/

Code Analysis – FxCop, Resharper, CodeRush

http://winterdom.com/2007/02/livingwithresharper http://devnet.jetbrains.net/message/5215136;jsessionid=F40F7E5B995D04C36BB1EBF0C721ABEC http://jesseliberty.com/2010/05/28/code-rush-vs-resharper/ http://ira.me.uk/2010/05/22/writing-better-code/ http://code.google.com/p/resharper-tdd-productivity-plugin/ http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/archive/2007/08/09/what-rules-do-microsoft-have-turned-on-internally.aspx

Source Control

TFS http://arcware.net/how-to-exclude-files-from-tfs-source-control/ TFS Power Tools http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb980963.aspx TFS Report Refresh http://usmanshaheen.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/tfs-2010-report-refresh-frequency/

Display Folder Size In Windows 7 and Vista [ Applies To All Windows ] http://www.troublefixers.com/display-folder-size-in-windows-7-and-vista-applies-to-all-windows/

Database Version Control

Coding Horror

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/12/is-your-database-under-version-control.html

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/02/get-your-database-under-version-control.html

Walkthroughs (Creating and Updating Version-Controlled Database Schemas) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa833298(v=VS.90).aspx Data Generation / Static Data 1. http://leon.mvps.org/StaticData/ 2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa833237(v=VS.80).aspx