The time has come again to share a little bit of what I've been reading. I'm typically really bad about linking out, so I like to have these little sessions every so often where I output, en masse, a small portion of what's been cookin' on the web from my perspective.

And tonight's list starts off with a very spicy post, indeed :)

Roy Osherove calls into question my .NET Rocks show. While I don't agree with him about many of his points (if I did, then the show would have been different, and he would have liked it), I do respect him, and believe it's good to hear about what other people are thinking. A community is made up of more than one person, so you're always going to encounter conflicts of opinion. If you completely ignore those other opinions without considering them, then you're ignoring some of your peers, and I think that's a bit foolish.

So, tonight, I'm definitely not ignoring Roy :)

Plenty of news with DonXML.

First of all, he's been made an MVP, and I'm really happy for him. Don's one of those guys who's willing to accept you into his circle of friends without any bullsh*t politics. I have very fond memories of hanging out with him at the PDC, and I miss being able to wake up, find the guy, and pick his brain. Congratulations, Don.

But, before he was awarded his MVP status, Don put up a seriously kick-ass XAML article. If you haven't seen it yet, and if you're even just a little interested in XAML, then you need to read his article.

The great thing about it is that you don't need to have Longhorn in front of you to understand what's going on, so it's a good article for the people who are curious, but who are still running Windows 3.1 (or whatever).

I've seen a lot of complaints from people saying that they don't want Longhorn content since it's so far off, but it's all right to want to peek under the covers, and Don's hiding something really nice under there...

Steve Clarke recently wrote a nice review of his Acer C300 tablet.

Having just recently purchased a tablet, and being the owner of other fine Acer hardware, I dug Steve's take. It's nice to read a review unadorned by kickbacks and bribes.

In a thread called "Multi Threaded apps: performance hit vs productivity gain," Shawn A. Van Ness, frequent contributor to the one true OT list, posted what I think is a great look at multi-threading. What I love about his description is how clear and easy to understand it is. So, thought I'd drop the link to the post here.

Is it super in-depth? No. Is it going to make you a great threads coder? No. But it's cool.

And that's it for now. I'm read to hit the sack. Not exactly a comprehensive list of what I've been reading, but I nice sample nonetheless.

Good night, people.