I need some help!

December 7th, 2009

I need some help on some suggestions that I want to make in small chapter of my book “The Software Craftsman”. I have some strong believes already and I am wondering if people are agreeing with me or if I am completely of base. To keep the answers as open as possible I am not telling you my suggestions (yes I hope for people to actually comment on this one). Also it doesn't need to be in the .Net space as design principles and coding practices are pretty universal.

So here are the two questions (and honestly I’ll try to make my next blog post technical again) ;)

Blogs

What blogger or site do you value the most in your RSS feed and why?

Podcasts

What podcast do you value the most and why?

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  • http://chrismissal.lostechies.com Chris Missal

    Podcast: Hanselminutes. The episodes are always on good topics with great guests and excellent questions asked and conversations guided by Scott.

    Blogs: A couple here, I’m going to break the rules. Los Techies for the content. It’s very directly related to what I do and try to learn how to do. — but I’m kind of biased ;) Also, Justin Etheredge at codethinked.com. He’s very good at writing about any concept in a very easy to understand fashion (while also putting out awesome content).

  • http://blog.kjempekjekt.com/ Torbjørn Marø

    A little over a year ago I really got into developer podcasts, and since then I’ve listened about 12 hours a week, and I’ve samples quite a few different shows.

    In the beginning My absolute favourite was .Net Rocks, with Hanselminutes as a close second. After a while though, maybe as I became more informed, they lost some of the brilliance for me – I think Carl and Richard are repeating themselves, there is too much SQL Server and too little software craftsmanship. They also have a strange and possobly damaging view on agile in my opinion.

    The StackOverflow podcast was a breath of fresh air, and I enjoy it for the humor. There is not much there for “The Software Craftman” however.

    So during the year the podcast that has become my favourite is Herding Code. Four great guys who are actual developers met on twitter and decided to start recording their conversations. Love the concept, love the topics, love that they don’t always agree.

  • http://walkingthestack.blogspot.com Wilbert van Dolleweerd

    I don’t really listen to podcasts. I find them entertaining but it is not something I use to actually learn something new. When I do listen to them I usually listen to stackoverflow and Hanselman.

    Rss feeds. Some unusual ones:
    http://www.codingthewheel.com/ shows the dedication and technical expertise necessary to build a fully functional poket bot. Lots of aspects (low-level hooks, AI, etc).

    http://www.kalzumeus.com/start-here-if-youre-new/
    About a micro ISV that documents all the steps he took to launch his project. From programming to marketing. Recommended.

  • http://www.ischoolSystems.com James Fleming

    I’ve only been listening to podcasts since I got my Obama-mobile with BlueTooth & a FruitFone this June, but I’ve listened to several hundred hours worth since then. Favs are really based on sound quality. If the sound isn’t balanced between host/guest I’ve got to pass.
    HanselMinutes b/c of the pod-side manner, DNR, “the Car-talk guys of geekdome”, LazyCoder, SE is great too, Pixel8 is another GUI-d one too!

  • http://roundcrisis.com Andrea

    Ayende is a great blog, Code Better , infoQ and Code better agreagate a few sources and are valuable sources too.
    Podcasts, herding Code at the moment is a reliable one, Elegant Code has some really good ones and some not so good, but generally a reliable source of quality.
    However, sources changes and twitter is sometimes a good way to find out new interesting things
    Good luck with the book

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