Making it a habit every month to learn a new topic is a great way to improve your software development skillset. If you are interested in learning a breadth of techniques and have limited time to spend, then magazines can provide the necessary monthly reminder and the means to to learn about tools and techniques you can apply today and those new technologies on the horizon. Here are a list of a couple magazines dedicated to .NET. All three of these publishers offer portions of the magazine online in the event that you want to evaluate the content prior to subscribing, or prefer to read the articles online.

 

 

MSDN Magazine - MSDN is published by Microsoft and hands down is the #1 magazine for .NET. There typically is coverage every month on upcoming technologies.	Visual Studio Magazine - published by Fawcette, VSM focuses moreso on technologies you can use today. Articles are typically less complicated than those in MSDN.
Dr. Dobb's Journal - DDJ magazine covers fundamental concepts to programming, including software quality and design patterns	ASP.NET Pro - A combination of a print magazine and special access to online content, this magazine covers not only ASP.NET, but general .NET programming as well.