Sam Gentile's Blog (if (DeveloperTask == Communication && OS == Windows)

REST/Azure Services/Astoria/WCF

• Building a RESTful application with SQL Azure
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 9/7/2009+
• ADO.NET Data Services 1.5 Feature: Projections
• Big Huge Objects and WCF

Software Development Tools

• MonoDevelop 2.2 Beta 1: We go cross-platform - Miguel de Icaza announces the release of MonoDevelop 2.2 Beta 1, the release which takes MonoDevelop onto multiple platforms with support for Windows and MacOS as well as the originally supported Linux. This new release brings numerous new features including addins for ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight and IPhone Development.
• Telerik released two FREE TFS Tools - TFS Work Item Management & TFS Project Management

Open Source/Agile

• Goodness! Microsoft today announced the funding of a new not-for-profit Open Source foundation called the CodePlex Foundation which has the ambitious goal of "enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open-source foundations. Microsoft has come a long way baby! Scott Hanselman has much more on this.
• Free chapters from Succeeding with Agile