Upgraded to windows 8 at work today. Here are some helpful links:

• http://superuser.com/questions/259309/can-you-change-the-icon-of-a-pinned-ie-9-web-application-and-how-do-you-do-it (because I pin Slimtimer to my task bar)
• http://www.askvg.com/fix-internet-explorer-tile-missing-from-windows-8-start-screen-or-metro-ie-doesnt-start/ (because sometimes I just like to use full screen IE)
• http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tip-customize-start-screen-144230 (customize the start screen)
• http://blog.coretech.dk/jgs/windows-8-how-to-open-powershell-ise-and-how-to-use-new-command-browser-feature/ (find powershell_ise)
• http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ (remap CapsLock to Esc, Autohotkey seems to not work consistently for me in Win8)

Of course Chocolatey and Ninite are essential.

Because we install Office 2013 I noticed Skydrive Pro, but wasn't sure what it was:

• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1033

I am across this article about a programming language called Elm. While I was reading it I kept thinking to myself that this is all stuff that we can do pretty well in C# 5.0 using either async/await or Rx. A lot of people have asked me about what Microsoft is doing, why this HTML & Javascript push in Win8. I usually explain that it really comes down to market penetration. Visual Studio and C# has got a good market position, but is is not growing rapidly anymore, so in order for Microsoft to grow their business they need to make in roads with more developers and this means trying to appeal to the Javascript & PHP crowds. Think it is a coincidence that they have invested heavily in nodejs support on Azure? The thing is I think these crowds will generally reject Microsoft on principle alone so the only thing they gain is to alienate their base. The saddest part is I think it will hurt the industry as a whole because instead of innovating with C# they will focus their time & energy on making javascript more like C#.