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?

Mark Nijhof

  • Marcus Eklund

    I would say

    Alvin Ashcraft’s Morning Dew [ http://www.alvinashcraft.com/ ]
    Mostly because it gives me a good overview of a lot of posts that is good.

    I subscribe on a lot of others, including ElegantCode RSS also.

    When it comes to Podcasts
    Hanselminutes from Scott Hanselman [ http://www.hanselminutes.com/ ]
    Since it is both informative and fun.
    But as with RSS feeds, i subscribe on several podcasts.

    /Marcus

  • Patrick

    Oren Eini (ayende) or Jimmy Bogard (los techies) because they I always learn something.

    Stackoverflow podcast because Joel brings entertainment and knowledge about the software industry from a non-technical perspective.

  • http://craigcav.wordpress.com CraigCav

    A while back I wrote a bit about the bloggers I enjoy reading most and why, on my blog:

    http://craigcav.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/ive-learnt-so-much-from/

    In regards to Podcasts, I often listen to Hanselminutes, mainly as Scott has a light-hearted and approachable manner to his topics, and yet still remains informative. I’ve also been known to listen to the elegant code cast and herding code from time to time.

  • Curtis

    I listen to several blogs and podcasts.

    Blogs:

    http://ayende.com/Blog/
    http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/
    http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/

    I enjoy the blogs that I read because they give very practical information that I can use. Often blogs talk about new technology that is interesting, but not always useful because clients like to stay with proven technology.

    I am interested in learning how to be a better programmer and I like information that will help me do that.

    Podcasts

    .NET Rocks
    Hanselminutes
    Polymorphic Podcasts.com

    I like .NET Rocks and Hanselminutes for their mix of entertaining style, interesting topics and knowledgeable guests. Polymorphic is a new podcast that I have begun listening to that is about the design aspect of programming, which is very informative.

  • http://simpleprogrammer.com John Sonmez

    I have to tell you http://codinghorror.com used to be my favorite blog by far, but I think Jeff really has taken a turn towards the Joel side of the force. Its unfortunate, because he used to have such good content.

    I started checking the ElegantCode RSS and I am really liking the content here. Maybe I am partial, because I am in Boise Idaho also. :P

    Reflective perspective I read every morning to find what to read http://blog.cwa.me.uk/

    Not really .NET but excellent is Object Mentor blog. http://blog.objectmentor.com/
    Sometimes there is really good stuff here!

    I’m looking for good Podcasts, I want to start listening to while I work. So I am looking for suggestions there also.

    Hope that helps!

  • tijmenvdk

    My favorite blog currently: http://davybrion.com/blog/. Davy posts on many interesting TDD/WCF subjects and combines this with refreshing insights & ramblings.

    Other than that one I subscribe to roughly 80-100 dev blogs at any given time, rated in three levels between must-read, should-read and could-read. Ones I like are Rick Strahl (http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/),
    Gian Maria Ricci/Alkampfer (http://www.codewrecks.com/) and the usual suspects like codebetter, lostechies, devlicious, etc.

    Podcasts: elegant code cast, herding code and hanselminutes.

  • http://fr.linkedin.com/in/michaelpereira Chico

    I would recommend http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/ along with the StackOverflow podcast : http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ because they make you think about how you code and how you can improve the user experience.

  • David McKenzie

    Greg’s Cool Tools and Jason Haley’s daily “Interesting Links”. I tend to have seen a lot of Jason’s links already (I have 100 other feeds, many harvested from Jurgen Appelo’s periodic “top xxx” posts on his noop.nl blog), but the ones I haven’t are often gold, and lead me to new blogs to add.

    My favorite podcasts are Stack Overflow – because Joel and Jeff are just fun to listen to, and have attracted some great guests; .NET Rocks; and Hanselminutes.

  • Szymon Kulec

    Speaking about blogs: Ayende is the top blogger ;)
    My favorite podcast is “Digital Planet” from BBC Podcasts, which is the most generic technical podcast I can imagine, but still, valuable.

  • http://blogs.msdn.com/elee Eric Lee

    Podcast: I’ve been impressed with Software Engineering Radio. It’s not a .Net-centric podcast but they often have great guests on that show with some really deep insights into the software engineering process. Other podcasts are better for learning the “new technology of the week” but this is the one that’s made me say, “Wow, I never thought about it that way.”

    Blogs: the collective blogging sites are useful for maintaining a high signal-to-noise ratio. CodeBetter, Los Techies, and Elegant Code are good ones.

  • 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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