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This is the second part to the previous post regarding the reasons IT project’s fail.In the previous post i mentioned the general reasons,which most of the IT projects from small sites to enterprise applications have in common.
The second post focuses on the little things. Small misconceptions that if you add them up can make or break an IT project.
All team members have responsibilities within a project, clients, employees (developers in this case) and managers.

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The new internet explorer (now in Beta) will have amazing new features.

• Activities: Activities are contextual services to quickly access a service from any webpage. Users typically copy and paste from one webpage to another. Internet Explorer 8 Activities make this common pattern easier to do.
• Webslices.WebSlices is a new feature for websites to connect to their users by subscribing to content directly within a webpage. WebSlices behave just like feeds where clients can subscribe to get updates and notify the user of changes
• Favourites Bar.In Internet Explorer 7, the Links bar provided users with one-click access to their favorite sites. The Links bar has undergone a complete makeover for Internet Explorer 8. It has been renamed the Favorites bar to enable users to associate this bar as a place to put and easily access all their favorite web content such as links, feeds, WebSlices and even Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
• Crash Recovery. Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is a feature of Windows^®Internet Explorer^® 8 that can help to prevent the loss of work and productivity in the unlikely event of the browser crashing or hanging. The ACR feature takes advantage of the Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer feature to provide new crash recovery capabilities, such as tab recovery, which will minimize interruptions to users’ browsing sessions
• Safety Filter. Internet Explorer 7 introduced the Phishing Filter, a feature which helps warn users when they visit a Phishing site. Phishing sites spoof a trusted legitimate site, with the goal of stealing the user’s personal or financial information. For Internet Explorer 8, we are building on the success of the Phishing Filter with a more comprehensive feature called the “Safety Filter.

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Reading blogs and subscribing to feeds whenever i find a good post or something interesting has become my latest habit and i must admit-an addiction. I am subscribed to over 60 blogs most of them on IT,news,photography,business and general interest. I recommend the following:

1. Digg-Everyone knows Digg.I know it’s not a blog but it’s a site that almost everyone needs to have in their erm,..”weapons arsenal”.(Reminds me of a professor of mine that used to say,books is the edge of the sword of our profession etc etc).I usually subscribe to the news,technology and business sections. An amazing way to stay up to date and find resources recommended by loads of of other people.
2. Gizmodo. The latest technology gadgets and reviews. A must!
3. Shlashdot. As the site says,news for nerds.
4. TechCrunch. As the site says- a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, we profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space.
5. Wired. General news,technology and science. Nice!
6. A list apart. “A List Apart Magazine (ISSN: 1534-0295) explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.”
7. Agile Advice. A blog dedicated to agile development methodologies.
8. Coding Horror. The author states “I needed a way to keep track of software development over time– whatever I am thinking about or working on. I can research things I find interesting, document my research in public with a blog post, then easily find and refer to these blog posts later. Hopefully other people will find these posts helpful, relevant, or interesting”.
9. Dan Blank. Publishing,Innovation and the Web. A must read.
10. del.icio.us. I subscribed to the popular list,i keep the ones i like in my own list. An amazing way of finding new resources-on everything.
11. DotNetSlackers. If you are into .NET this is the best site out there. It brings together a wide range of articles and blog posts from a big number of sites.
12. Financial Times Technology. Technology from a business point of view.
13. Joel On Software. I don’t think this needs any introduction.
14. Jon Galloway. Various posts on .NET
15. LifeHacker. Tips and downloads to getting things done. Excellent.
16. Martin Fowler. A number of posts on agile,design,UML,etc. Good stuff.
17. ReadWriteWeb is a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis
18. Rough Type. Nicholas Carr’s blog. One of my favourite authors.
19. you’ve been HAACKED.Phil Haack attempts to infuse technology and software development with humor and a pragmatic eye… Attempts.
20. Smashing Magazine. Various articles,post,tutorials on web technologies.

I know i missed a lot here what would you recommend?