Filmed on 10/3 “It’s All About The Resources – Part 1” is new sister companion to the current series on channel9 “It’s All About The Tools”. The video is currently being edited and will be released in the coming weeks, but in the meantime here are the links covered in the session. Groups/websites reviewed in session:

clip_image001 Finding the right developer resources is a challenge… the internet is very noisy

clip_image001[1] Developer and Code Sites

1. MSDN Flash – msdn.microsoft.com/flash

2. Windows 7 Resources – msdn.microsoft.com/Windows

3. Developer Network – msdn.microsoft.com

4. CodePlex  Projects – www.codeplex.com

5. MSDN Code Gallery – code.msdn.com

6. Web Platform – www.microsoft.com/web

clip_image001[2] Blogs

1. Scott Guthrie – weblogs.asp.net/scottgu

2. Scott Hanselman – www.hanselman.com/blog

3. Windows Team – windowsteamblog.com

4. Russ Fustino – www.russtoolshed.net

5. Joe Healy – www.devfish.net

6. Jeff Barnes – blogs.msdn.com/jbarnes

clip_image001[3] Communities

1. Microsoft Channel 9 – channel9.msdn.com

2. List good shows…

3. ASP.NET http://www.asp.net/

4. IIS.NET http://www.iis.net/

5. Silverlight:

6. silverlight.net

7. www.microsoft.com/silverlight

clip_image001[4] User Groups

1. INETA – www.ineta.org

2. UGSS – www.usergroupsupportservices.com

3. Virtual User Groups:

4. Green – www.greentug.org

5. FlaDotNet – www.fladotnet.com

clip_image001[5] Conferences and Events

1. Microsoft PDC – MicrosoftPDC.com

2. Community Megaphone – www.communitymegaphone.com

3. SQL Saturdays – www.sqlsaturday.com

4. Microsoft Events and Webcasts
www.microsoft.com/events

a. MSDN Events – msdnevents.com

clip_image001[6] Free Software

1. Microsoft BizSpark – www.bizspark.com

2. Microsoft DreamSpark – www.dreamspark.com

3. Microsoft WebsiteSpark – www.websitespark.com