RIF Notes #9

“Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment” - Ray Kurzweil

Free Tools

• ScrumWorks – A scrum project management tool
• InTune- Simplify PC Management
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1 -supports deployment of Windows 7, Office 2010, and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP
• Free Stuff – 30 free tools from Telerik
• Rommana – Application Lifecycle Management tool
• SlowCheetah - Web.config Transformation Syntax now generalized for any XML configuration file
• Catel - WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 MVVM toolkit
• 51Degrees.mobi – Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
  

Tools

• Windows Azure App Fabric Access Control Service – This is kind of an interesting service provided by Azure. You can leverage a centralized authentication mechanism in the cloud.
• Force.com – Salesforce.com’s cloud development platform.
• Microsoft Dynamics AX- Microsoft will soon be launching the latest version of their ERP.

Other stuff

• Align Your Skills to Meet the New Demand
• Building Apps with HTML5: What You Need to Know
• Rethinking Manager’s Relationship with Agile Teams
• An Architect’s Perspective on Planning and Staffing for Private Cloud Operations – There’s a good definition of what is meant by Cloud Computing in this post
• Making HTML tables easier on the eye- CSS Structural Pseudo-classes
• The Chaos Addiction
• Turning stories from good to great – Advice on creating user stories
• The BackboneJS and Knockout Danceoff- A comparison between backbone and knockout
• An Introduction to Razor Syntax – Newer viewengine syntax for ASP.NET
• Introducing the Knockout.Unobtrusive Plugin
• Change your mind: your product is your team
• An alternative to employee options/equity grants- A very different way of giving employees stakes in the company
• You can't save your way to innovation
• A Look at Asynchronous Script Downloads – How do download javascript includes asynchronously
• Swapping out JQuery with Fiddler
• Building JavaScript MVVM apps in ASP.NET MVC using KnockoutJS
• Springboard Series - From exploring the latest features to assessing compatibility and customizing configurations, the Springboard Series is your destination for technical resources, free tools, and expert guidance to ease the deployment and management of the Microsoft Optimized Desktop
• Mobile Support in ASP.NET  - Learn how ASP.NET makes it easy to build mobile Web applications. Use the following tutorials and resources to create ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC applications that can deliver great browsing experiences to a wide variety of mobile devices including cell phones and templates

 

You don't understand who they
Thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now a man
Who won't let himself be