Reading Notes 2013-05-20

You will find below different links to the blog or Web site which kept Matricis' bloggers interest during the week ending on May, 19th.

Cloud

Announcing AWS Management Pack for Microsoft System Center – With this release System Center become really interesting to manage your VMs whatever they are.
Windows 8 SkyDrive app: Frequently asked questions (FAQ) (Rob Margel) – SkyDrive is an unrecognized tool with great features. Here are some answer to frequently asked questions.
Running scripts from a Windows Azure role’s OnStart method (Tom Hollander) – Many projects needs a start-up task. If yours is, then this post is for you.
Introducing Amazon Cloud Player for Windows Desktop (Paul Thurrott) – Interesting product from Amazon: Cloud player.
Lessons Learned: Taking the best out of Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Nuno Godinho) – This post is a must, it describes all the best practices to get the better of Windows Azure Virtual Machine (VM).

Big Data Is Already Producing Big Results – Interesting fact about big Data and is use today.

Why programmers should study the art of programming (Chip Camden) – It’s an art, we are artists!
NSCoding / NSKeyedArchiver (Matt Thompson) – Which to choose for your project?
CSS Idea: /*autoprefix*/ (David Walsh) – Really interesting !!

Going to Microsoft TechEd (North America) to Speak About Cloud Integration – A talk you should not miss if you're going to TechEd.

Making New Mistakes (Jeffrey Phillips) – Interesting post what confirm the idea that doing mistake is good if you learn from them.
The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination (Peter Bregman)- A person a know also said: If you are not making mistakes, it means that you're not working hard enough.