Reading Notes 2012-04-30
You will find below different links to the blog or Web site which kept Matricis' bloggers interest during the week ending on April, 30th.
Cloud
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“You Complete Me” Says SharePoint to Windows Azure (Jonathan Rozenblit) – Really nice post that just open the possibilities on how could be implanted Azure with other application and in this case with SharePoint.
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Services Hosted in Windows Azure Service Bus (Stephen Kaufman) – This is definitely something to remember… How to work with proxies and Azure.
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Cloud Computing is Designing For Failure – Nice short post about why using cloud computing instead of the other more common web server developing.
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A world of pretty cloud drive icons – SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, BitBucket and GitHub (Scott Hanselman) – Nice free icons for our cloud storage.
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SkyDrive brings your personal cloud across devices (Steve Clayton) – Great new, it will become a lot easier to share or "backup" files with this new tool.
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Why Infrastructure As A Service Is A Bad Deal - It could be difficult to have an idea of the saving you could do going in the cloud. This post only looks the storage scenario. You could be surprised of the result, but I bet that the arrival of Google Drive and its aggressive pricing will make thing moved.
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Using Windows Azure Caching for Session State can make the application slow if right programming practices are not followed (Farida Bharmal) – Nice tips. Simple once you know it.
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Five ways to reduce Azure Costs – Really good advice, this post is a must! It also contains references to good tools or more detailed articles.
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Amazon: Cloud computing to be the norm in future – Nice post that shows how easy and cheap to do a gigantic task using the cloud computing.
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Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off (Ellis Hamburger) – The most complete and detailed comparison ever. Really nice post. Pick the best tool(s) for your needs.
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Windows Azure Diagnostics–From the Ground Up (Greg Oliver) – Really nice post with a lot of good references and a lot of information. Perfect to get started or have a better understanding of Azure diagnostics.
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Fun with the Service Bus (Part 1) – What a great tutorial! This post is covering a lot a material by doing for a to z an application where the heart is Azure Service Bus.
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Announcing Windows Azure Achievements for Visual Studio (Karsten Januszewski) – Nice update even more since the achievements are good things.
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Auto-scaling Azure with WASABi–From the Ground Up (Greg Oliver) – Great tutorial about Wasabi framework.
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Greenpeace Cloud Protest: Do Amazon, Microsoft Deserve the Doghouse? – Those giants need to take care of the environment and also they need us to remember it.
Programming
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Code First model builder versions (Arthur Vickers) – This post explains how to configure EF code first to avoid any breaking code when updating the framework to a newer version. Nice work.
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Créer son propre Gem et le publier – Very nice tutorial (in French) that explains in detail with a simple case how to create and also publish a Ruby Gem.
Miscellaneous
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5 Tricks for a Killer Company Blog – Five simple tips to get started blogging in a business perspective.
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Hit the Presentation Sweet Spot - Twenty minutes is very short. Maybe it is a good idea for a specific type of presentation… How do you plan a 2-3 formation?
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Your Personal Brand as a Developer: Implementing (Part 2 of 2) (Jonathan Rozenblit) – Part 2 on an unusual topic but important. Our brand, as a person. On the internet everything is amplified and could be seen by a lot of people very quickly. A post to read "before it is too late".
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Coping with Email Overload (Peter) – This could be a good advice for a lot of people. While I'm working on a project where co-workers are across the country, I am not sure I can do this but maybe tweaking it with rules for only those people.
These posts are from François Boucher and are also on http://www.frankysnotes.com/2012/04/reading-notes-44.html
