“Getting Started with Shader Effects in WPF” and other Tweeted Links…

Getting Started with Shader Effects in WPF - CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/71617/Getting-Started-with-Shader-Effects-in-WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation Pixel Shader Effects Library http://wpffx.codeplex.com/

latest Shazzam blog post: http://blog.shazzam-tool.com/index.php/2012/04/changed-to-the-shader-loader/

"draw graphical paths with a gradient brush that truly runs from one end of the figure to the other" http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2009/02/Graphical-Paths-with-Gradient-Colors.html

Every time I read a tweet about interview Qs for dev jobs I know I would never ever get hired! Good thing I've been self employed for 25 yrs

"Jon Skeet takes a real world look at C# 6 new language features as he adds them into the Noda Time source" @calcock http://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2014/12/08/c-6-in-action/

Getting ready for the future with the Microsoft .NET Portability Analyzer @shanselman http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GettingReadyForTheFutureWithTheMicrosoftNETPortabilityAnalyzer.aspx

Small but stunning collection of CSS solar systems @CodePen: http://codepen.io/collection/XKOKyX/

Microsoft Tooling for Angular and the Web http://www.johnpapa.net/microsoft-tooling-for-angular-and-the-web/

Design and typography basics — http://buff.ly/1G1mHrC

from 2009 still useful now: Color Tools for Silverlight 2 http://www.markbetz.net/2009/01/21/color-tools-for-silverlight-2/

Intro to Azure DocumentDB http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cloud_solution_architect/archive/2014/12/07/intro-to-azure-documentdb.aspx

What Our Tech Giants Should Learn From Chinese App Design http://www.wired.com/2014/12/surprising-ideas-chinese-frontier-ui-design/

Service Bus Explorer 2.5 now available! http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paolos/archive/2014/12/04/service-bus-explorer-2-5-now-available.aspx

"Immo Landwerth builds on the announcements at Connect() about .NET Core" @calcock http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/12/04/introducing-net-core.aspx

EF7 - Priorities, Focus, and Initial Release - http://ado.net/ Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2014/12/02/ef7-priorities-focus-and-initial-release.aspx

UX is a business strategy, not a deliverable. https://twitter.com/UXHow/status/540167737709166592/photo/1

Okay: no legacy #VSTO support for Visual Studio Community 2013

wpf - What exactly does Panel.IsItemsHost do? - Stack Overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2859656/what-exactly-does-panel-isitemshost-do

Two Useful CSS Apps That Beautifully Export to CodePen - CodePen Blog :: http://blog.codepen.io/2014/12/03/two-useful-css-apps-beautifully-export-codepen/

Broadcom Presents Design_Code_Build with Rock Star Gregory Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQYit2g45U&feature=youtube_gdata

How To Debug Data Binding Issues in WPF http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/12/11/wpf-data-binding-debug/#.VIEXMZSdTn8.twitter

https://github.com/BryanWilhite/