A conversation with Anders Hejlsberg and Paul Vick about LINQ. Today's podcast is from the Microsoft PDC, where Tom Yager and I spoke with Anders Hejlsberg and Paul Vick about the LINQ project. The whitepaper that was handed out at the conference is also available online, and it's required reading for, well, basically everybody who… Continue reading A conversation with Anders Hejlsberg and Paul Vick about LINQ

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Quick Start Your Design with XHTML Templates. Particle Tree provides some free templates to jump start your site coding. I've got a few issues with the code, but it's generally a great idea and an excellent start. [Return of Design – Links]

Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly in Two Minutes. Mike Davidson exerts his rockstar muscle by showing you how to quickly and easily make your site work on reduced-functionality browers. [Return of Design – Links]

What's Your Elevator Pitch?. Can you quickly explain what makes you different from your competitors? Post your pitch and this site and see what other people think. [Return of Design – Links]

Amazon No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design. Traditional wisdom states that e-commerce sites should imitate Amazon.com. Unfortunately, that wisdom is almost entirely wrong. [Return of Design – Links]