Links That I Find Useful
- PDC 2008 Conference Videos - dozens of full-length videos on the main talks at the conference, start immediately, you see speaker and powerpoint/visual studio and just watch.
"Here's what most people got out of Design Patterns: "blah blah blah blah SINGLETON blah blah blah blah"."
.NET in Your Ear
To keep up on the Microsoft buzz, listen to Scott Hanselmann, probably one of the most prolific people doing podcasts today. He now works for Microsoft and interviews random, interesting people around the campus, yet keeps up on external trends as well, always to the point, very accurate, a joy to listen to and learn from.
IT Forum on Speed
If you haven't experienced it yet, go to stackoverflow and ask a question on any programming topic you have. Come back about 2 minutes later and start reading answers to your question. It is an awesome free service that uses reputation points to encourage people to answer your questions as fast and accurately as they can. Nice!