Microsoft is tearing down walls and barriers. Their product and project development process is becoming increasingly transparent. They are blogging all over the place and they are releasing open source code projects by the minute. While all this is great, it can be overwhelming!
People like Scott Hanselman are doing their best to keep up with all the information and clarifying stuff. Still it is virtually impossible to get any kind of complete picture of where Microsoft is heading and which projects that will last in the longer run. Projects lingers in beta stage (courtesy of the ‘Google Approach’), and information is spread in blogs, on Codeplex and elsewhere. And in the midst of everything new, we poor developers need to produce stuff and pick which projects to use.
I want to know how you handle all this? My own sources for good info is:
- Trusty ‘ol MSDN
- Scott Hanselman (blog and podcast)
- Various other bloggers like Glenn Block
I use Microsoft Communities. They are all listed on http://www.microsoftcommunities.com/. The orbs and ticker are cool, but I have never had them open for very long.