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My Tool List (Monday, October 26, 2009) - One of the more popular thing's Scott Hanselman has done is maintain a tool List, essentially a list of applications and utilities that he's found useful. There are plenty of absolute gems in his list and rather than present my own I'd be very comfortable just pointing you to his... But what fun would that be? None! I also think there are a few more that I can add

Understanding Source Code with NDepend and CQL (Monday, June 22, 2009) - The longer I work in this industry the more I realize the pain involved when source code gets out of control. The larger the project the harder it is to refactor and the longer it can take to see the need to do so. Then once you've made the decision to refactor the task can become so overwhelming and complex that you do so ineffectively or simply give up. There