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Hey there! Another hectic SitePoint week, with the Christmas Sale in full flow, plus special offers and giveaways. Then there's WordPress 3.5, Paydirt, source maps, site pinning and live streaming video of a Windows Phone 8 camp. Hope you enjoy it. Ricky Onsman / Managing Editor Christmas Sale: Day 8 There's a great digital book deal on Day 8 of the Sale: Killer UX Design, HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World and The WordPress Anthology bundled together for 17 bucks instead of $89. I know this is great value because I have all 3 of these and I use them - a lot. More » .net Magazine Special Offer The world’s best-selling print publication for web designers and developers has a special offer for Sitepoint newsletter readers. You can buy 3 issues for £5 if you're in the UK, or $10 if you're in USA/Canada. That's instead of the usual £7.99 single issue price. There are similar discounts for readers elsewhere in the world. More » What’s New in WordPress 3.5 Craig Buckler notes that WordPress now powers one in five websites, and more than half of all websites using a CMS. Yes, I know. Take it up with Craig. But what does the new version of WordPress have in store? Personally, I think I'm going to find Favorite Plugins useful. More » Migrating Apps is Simple With Windows Azure you can deploy apps without rewriting, allowing you to spend more time on the design and less time worrying about the infrastructure. Get a 90-day free trial now, and see for yourself. More » Sponsored Windows Phone 8 Camp: Live Streaming Windows Phone Camps are free events where developers learn about developing and publishing apps. Hundreds turn up in person with laptops, while thousands more follow online. SitePoint is hosting live streaming video of the Mountain View camp this Friday. Be there. More » Paydirt – Walkthrough and Giveaway Paydirt is a new way of approaching invoicing that allows freelancers to manage tasks such as invoicing in a competent and professional manner. Web dev Bruno Škvorc put the app through its paces and negotiated another special offer for some lucky SitePoint readers. More » Try New Relic Free and Get this Awesome Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS based Application performance monitoring software that gives you full stack analytics. Monitor your browser, app, and serverswith just a few lines of code. Best of all, when you try our free product you get this awesome Nerd Life shirt. Try it free today. More » Sponsored Get Recognized! Following last week's post about networking your way to business person status, this week John Tabita looks at what it takes to get to business leader status, and how that might affect what you do. More » What are source maps all about? Have you had a look at the JumpCast videos at Learnable yet? This week's interview with Michael Mifsud about using source maps to debug large minified JavaScript files is a welcome addition to the library. Might have to make these a regular newsletter feature. More » HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript plus a Free Exam Ready to prove your Win 8 Web and/or Windows store apps dev skills? Take a free two-day online skills course and get a voucher for a free exam: 70-480. Great training plus a free exam! Start earning your MCSD. More » Sponsored Pinned Sites in Windows 8 The Windows 8 Start screen is being positioned as a place to find and stay connected to all your favorite apps and content. App tiles are active, display fresh and tailored content and provide a solid home base. Let Rahul Lalmalani expand on what else you can do. More » Christmas Sale: Tips Here's a couple of Christmas Sale hints. First, if the deadline for the deal you want has passed within the last 24 hours, head on over to DealFuel for a second chance at it. Also, 12/12/12 is a rather special kind of date and we might just have a special deal to celebrate. I can say no more, my lips are sealed. Now on RubySource: 4 Reasons to Try Sinatra Follow SitePoint The SitePoint Network RubySource BuildMobile SitePoint PHPMaster JSPro DesignFestival Learnable Unsubscribe | Manage Newsletter Subscriptions | Share with a friend