stolen from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9543797/2213321

randomid.java

public void TestRandomIdGenerator()
{
    // create five IDs of six, base 62 characters
    for (int i=0; i<5; i++) Console.WriteLine(RandomIdGenerator.GetBase62(6));

    // create five IDs of eight base 36 characters
    for (int i=0; i<5; i++) Console.WriteLine(RandomIdGenerator.GetBase36(8));
}

public static class RandomIdGenerator 
{
    private static char[] _base62chars = 
        "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
        .ToCharArray();

    private static Random _random = new Random();

    public static string GetBase62(int length) 
    {
        var sb = new StringBuilder(length);

        for (int i=0; i<length; i++) 
            sb.Append(_base62chars[_random.Next(62)]);

        return sb.ToString();
    }       

    public static string GetBase36(int length) 
    {
        var sb = new StringBuilder(length);

        for (int i=0; i<length; i++) 
            sb.Append(_base62chars[_random.Next(36)]);

        return sb.ToString();
    }
}