Shared Posts

I've starting using Google Reader in earnest now and one of its features is the ability to share items on my blog from feeds that I read. Basically, I act like an aggregator for the items that I think are worth sharing.

This is separate from my blog feed so if you are interested, you can subscribe to my shared items list list using this feed ,or you can see it on the homepage of my blog.

Recent Comments Widget

Came across this cool gadget that allows you to add recent comments to your Blogger sidebar.

Very easy to install and configure. Download it here

While you're at it, you should check out the other widgets from this site.

Setting up .NET Development Trees in Visual Studio

I had the intention of talking about best practice ways of setting up a Visual Studio solution including which are the best tools followed by a step by step guide of how to do it. Well, it looks like someone beat me to it! This pdf from Mike Roberts does exactly that. What was interesting is that we set up our VS solutions very similarly and use most, if not all of the same tools. But then again, Mike Robert's is from ThoughtWorks and our Development Manager is ex ThoughtWorks - Amazing how the information flows between companies! ;)

Talking of development tree structures, there is a tool on CodePlex that generates your solution tree for you in line with how Mike Robert's document suggests. It's called Tree Surgeon. It's very simple but it provides a good start.