Reading Notes 2012-07-16

You will find below different links to the blog or Web site which kept Matricis' bloggers interest during the week ending on July, 16th.

Monitoring your Windows Azure Web Site (Brian H. Prince) – Nice post that explains how to see the statistics of your servers with the new Azure graphic interface.
Overview of the Windows Azure Platform (Neil Mackenzie) – Great overview in this post about all the features of Windows Azure, specifying the advantages of each one.
Azure for Developers: Introduction to the Tutorial – Wow, great job! This serie of 8 post will explain all the basics (and more) about Windows Azure by constructing, step by step, a real application. A perfect get started for all developer.
Windows Azure IaaS Overload (Michael Washam) – All regroup in one post a lot of videos about crash course on Windows Azure IaaS.
Windows Azure Caching (Preview) and Ruby Cloud Services – Nice job from Larry Franks to the brand new Azure Cache with Ruby.
Migrated to Azure Web Sites – Nice post, all the steps needed to move an existing WordPress blog to Windows Azure.
Switching to Windows Azure – Interesting post, from someone who changes is mind, and went to Windows Azure.
Announcing the Developer Preview of Windows Azure Active Directory – Great news, even if it's in a very early age, this is very interesting… now let's play with it!
Comparing Windows Azure Blob Storage and Google Cloud Storage (Gaurav) – Always very interesting those posts where two or more products are compared…

Is recursion really bad? – Interesting demo about efficiency of recursive code compare to loop and stack. I would have liked to see the code that was used to test.
Azure CDN Cache busting CSS image references and minification (Iain Hunter) – Interesting tricks to take advantage of the Azure CDN with minified css using pre-build event.
Rhino Mocks Isn’t Complicated (Jim Cooper) – This post by doing code sample comparison between convinces me to try it again. It's true that a Rhino mocks has changed since last time I worked with it. The "new" syntax is really clearer.
Why LINQ Matters: Cloud Composability Guaranteed – Nice post very detailed that shows how powerful is LINQ.
Create Reminders in Windows 7 Without Outlook (groovypost.com) – Nice reminder about the one of the great tools available on Windows platform, the task scheduler.
Integrating Balsamiq Mockups with Google Drive (googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.ca) – Great news! I'm a big fan of Balsamiq and this "move" really makes sense.

Microsoft Announces New Cloud Opportunities for Partners – Interesting post about the WPC that append on the week on July 10th.
10 crazy IT security tricks that actually work (Roger A. Grimes) – Good tips about security, even if some of them are for servers the other are simple to apply and should be very efficient.
The Best Strategy for Reducing Stress (Peter) – Great post, in today's world being able to manage its stress could be life saver.
Motivate Employees: 4 Techniques to Try (John Baldoni) – Interesting thoughts about some technics you use to motivate people you work with.

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