It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL).  And see these throughout the day as I tweet out links of things I find interesting.  While these links aren’t the answer to life, the universe, and everything, they often share a few things about SQL Server and related technology topics that others may find useful.

The links included in this summary are those prefixed with “Reading” and are items I’ve read over the past few days, usually after hours when sharing would be less than useful, and spaced out to avoid spamming.  The content of the links usually pertain to SQL Server, technology, and career topics; which I think others would find useful.

The Most Popular “Reading” Link

Last weeks most popular link is an article that covers a blog post that appeared on the Microsoft corporate blog.  It wasn’t there for very long before it was taken down.  I’m not sure how the post got through approval when it was first published. If you haven’t read it, you should check out the TechCrunch article.

"Microsoft Employee Pens The Worst/Best Corporate Blog Post Of All Time" http://t.co/EkHJWM0Ch0

— Jason Strate (@StrateSQL) December 19, 2014

Last week’s top 20 “Reading” Links

Along with the top link, here are the top twenty items relating to SQL Server, technology and careers that were shared last week.  If you missed them throughout the week, here’s the opportunity to get caught up on some items that other’s read after I linked them out.

1. Microsoft Employee Pens The Worst/Best Corporate Blog Post Of All Time [49 clicks]
2. 5 Things Recruiters Wish Job Seekers Knew About Them [26 clicks]
3. TEMPDB files fail to be created with error: [24 clicks]
4. 4 Job Search Mistakes Employers WILL Notice [22 clicks]
5. Gail Shaw’s SQL Server Howlers [22 clicks]
6. Human error root cause of November Microsoft Azure outage [22 clicks]
7. Minimizing the impact of DBCC CHECKDB : DOs and DON’Ts [21 clicks]
8. Do I Really Have to Network to Get a Job? [18 clicks]
9. Stumbling your way to greatness [14 clicks]
10. Who I Want to Hire [14 clicks]
11. Report to Capture Table Growth Statistics for SQL Server [14 clicks]
12. Expanding the Availability and Deployment of Hadoop Solutions on Microsoft Azure [12 clicks]
13. My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time [11 clicks]
14. CPU Ready Time in VMware and How to Interpret its Real Meaning [8 clicks]
15. Trimming time from datetime – a follow-up [7 clicks]
16. Archiving SQL Server data using partitioning [7 clicks]
17. Preparing a Technical Session Part 1: Picking a Topic [7 clicks]
18. The Best of Both Worlds: Top Benefits and Scenarios for Hybrid Hadoop, from On-Premises to the Cloud [6 clicks]
19. About Face: Live Events Key to Building a Personal Network [6 clicks]
20. Never Tempt the Demo Gods [5 clicks]

Other Stuff Shared

Of course, no week would be complete without a few off-topic links.  These have nothing to do with technology or your career, but they are interesting and worth a second look.

1. The types of guys you’ll meet on Tinder [20 clicks]
2. What Happens When You Saw A Rubber Band Ball in Half? [18 clicks]
3. The Blacklist [16 clicks]
4. Pro tip: Wrapping your holiday garbage [14 clicks]
5. Kim Kardashian may not have broken the Internet, but Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ literally just did [12 clicks]
6. T-Mobile rocks a data rollover offer, with a 10GB bonus [6 clicks]
7. Struggling to Get Fit? Add Potions Before Your Boss Fight. [6 clicks]

Got something you think I should read and share, leave a comment below.  Also, if you want to see all of the links that were tweeted out last week?