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    Wastedtalent
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    This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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      This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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      Who the heck reads magazines any more? "Hello" readers excepted...

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        Who the heck reads magazines any more? "Hello" readers excepted...

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        OriginalGriff wrote:

        "Sheep digest Weekly" readers excepted...

        FTFY as I can only assume there is not WIFI out in them there hills. :laugh:

        Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON

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          Who the heck reads magazines any more? "Hello" readers excepted...

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          Wastedtalent
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          OriginalGriff wrote:

          Who the heck reads magazines any more?

          I still find paper/print media easier to read than off screens..

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            This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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            Me personally I read a few tech blogs also I look at the insider news here on Code Project as that a bit more wide spread that the tech / software that I currently use both inside and outside of work

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              This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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              Stefto
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              Colleagues usually, and when i encounter a problem during programming i often get side tracked to new frameworks and such :laugh: . So i guess internet is my major source.

              Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!

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                This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                Why, I use CP - ask and Bob shall provide.

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                  This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                  Pirate Guy
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                  The Internet, I would say. This[^] is one of the first things I read in the morning. :)

                  I ain't got no signature.

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                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                    Who the heck reads magazines any more?

                    I still find paper/print media easier to read than off screens..

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                    But...it's so bulky, and heavy, and you can't take it all with you! So half the time when you need it, or you have a chance to read it you haven't got it there.

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                      BillWoodruff
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                      I let Kent Sharkey do it for me here on CodeProject :) ... actually I do subscribe to a few e-mail newsletters in addition to CodeProject newsletters, including: The Register, ReadWrite Web, Robert X Cringely, ExtremeTech, Scott Hanselman, JetBrains, How-To-Geek, and some of the Stack Exchange newsletters, like the Programmers' Weekly.

                      «I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                        "Sheep digest Weekly" readers excepted...

                        FTFY as I can only assume there is not WIFI out in them there hills. :laugh:

                        Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON

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                        Sander Rossel
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                        Simon_Whale wrote:

                        "Sheep digest Weekly"

                        Is that about the sheep digestion system or about people digesting sheep[^]? :D

                        Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

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                          This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                          I read the CodeProject newsletter each morning... Well, read is a big word, scan is more like it ;p And I read blogs and articles I come across on CP and Twitter. Don't try to keep 'too up' with technology though, because, as you say, it's a day job! I keep up with what I need to know, and even there I'm lagging behind sometimes. And I check out some new stuff from time to time. For example, Node.js is pretty popular so I'm checking that out for fun even if I don't need it.

                          Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

                          Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                          Regards, Sander

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                            But...it's so bulky, and heavy, and you can't take it all with you! So half the time when you need it, or you have a chance to read it you haven't got it there.

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            Yeah! And try to find something you read a few months ago without a Search button!

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                              This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                              Wastedtalent wrote:

                              but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software?

                              The vast majority of what's out there is irrelevant to me, and even if it were, it's usually some half-baked here today, gone tomorrow flash in the pan that the media gloms into for a picosecond of fame. The only time I care is when someone I respect shares something useful, the most recent being Git Extras[^] Marc

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                                This is really a question for developers, but how do you prefer to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of software? Magazines? Websites? Books? It seems like there's so many sources of information out there one could spend all day every day just reading about new technologies and ideologies and never actually do any work.

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                                My secretary prepares a set of punch cards for me every Christmas whether there's any significant news or not!

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                                  Me personally I read a few tech blogs also I look at the insider news here on Code Project as that a bit more wide spread that the tech / software that I currently use both inside and outside of work

                                  Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON

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                                  JammoD87
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                                  Have you got any recommendations for blogs you read?

                                  Personal Blog: A Software Programmer Twitter: JammoD

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                                    Have you got any recommendations for blogs you read?

                                    Personal Blog: A Software Programmer Twitter: JammoD

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                                    Jammo sorry for taking so long to reply. These are the blogs that I regularly read. c# blogs eric lippert[^] - this one makes you think more than show off some new techniques. sacha barber[^] - he shows off some good demo's and also does a good write up Angular dave kerr[^] - lots of good angular demos and write ups ng newsletter[^] - collection of many blogs and how tos

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