What good technology podcasts are out there?
Solution 1
I like
General Software
- Stackoverflow (perhaps too obvious)
- Deep Fried Bytes
- Hanselminutes
- Software Engineering Radio (via Brenden)
- Herding Code
Dot Net
Productivity
Solution 2
My list:
ThoughtWorks - IT Matters Podcast
EDIT: Missed one: Elegant Code Cast
Solution 3
This one's not specifically about development, but Security Now from Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte is an excellent discussion of security issues. I think it's a must-listen for just about any computer user who's concerned about security, and especially for web developers who are responsible both for the security of their site and at least partially responsible for their users' security.
Solution 4
I love FLOSS Weekly. Another Twit Podcast where Leo and Randal Schwartz interview open source geeks. My favorite was their interview with Dan Ingalls (Smalltalk/Squeak fame). I also enjoyed their interview of Richard Hipp (SQLite).
Solution 5
Am I going to be downmodded for suggesting that the Stack Overflow podcast is hilariously bad as a podcast? Anywho, you can find it, and a number of not-bad podcasts at itconversations.com.
As this question asked for a "good" rather than "exhaustive" list, then this is obviously just my opinion. My opinion bounces between .NET and Java and just geek. And obvious omissions would reflect my opinion on "good". (Ahem, DNR.)
The rest of these are easily found by doing a podcast search in iTunes, or just googling (I'll do some repeating here to condense the list):
- Buzz Out Loud (General Consumer Tech, Daily)
- This Week in Tech (aka TWiT. Weekly Consumer Tech.)
- The Java Posse (Weekly.)
- Google Developer Podcast (which went long fallow, but seems to be coming back, possible renamed as the Google Code Review. Schedule uncertain, technologies vary.)
- Hanselminutes (Usually, but not always, .NET-related)
- MacBreak Weekly (The Mac version of TWiT)
- Polymorphic Podcast (All .NET, usually ASP.NET)
- Pixel8ed (All .NET, focused on UI. Same guy who does Polymorphic Podcast)
- tech5 (Consumer Tech. Mostly a fun waste of 5 minutes because Dvorak is so... Spolsky.)
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Yes, Podcasts, those nice little Audiobooks I can listen to on the way to work. With the current amount of Podcasts, it's like searching a needle in a haystack, except that the haystack happens to be the Internet and is filled with too many of these "Hot new Gadgets" stuff :(
Now, even though I am mainly a .NET developer nowadays, maybe anyone knows some good Podcasts from people regarding the whole software lifecycle? Unit Testing, Continous Integration, Documentation, Deployment...
So - what are you guys and gals listening to?
Please note that the categorizations are somewhat subjective and may not be 100% accurate as many podcasts cover several areas. Categorization is made against what is considered the "main" area.
General Software Engineering / Productivity
- [Stack Overflow ] 1(inactive, but still a good listen)
- TekPub (Requires Paid Subscription)
- Software Engineering Radio
- 43 Folders
- Perspectives
- Dr. Dobb's (now a video feed)
- The Pragmatic Podcast (Inactive)
- IT Matters
- Agile Toolkit Podcast
- The Stack Trace (Inactive)
- Parleys
- Techzing
- The Startup Success Podcast
- Berkeley CS class lectures
- FLOSS Weekly
- This Developer's Life
.NET / Visual Studio / Microsoft
- Herding Code
- Hanselminutes
- .NET Rocks!
- Deep Fried Bytes
- Alt.Net Podcast (inactive)
- Polymorphic Podcast (inconsistent)
- Sparkling Client (The Silverlight Podcast)
- dnrTV!
- Spaghetti Code
- ASP.NET Podcast
- Channel 9
- Radio TFS
- PowerScripting Podcast
- The Thirsty Developer
- Elegant Code (inactive)
- ConnectedShow
- Crafty Coders
- Coding QA
jQuery
Java / Groovy
Ruby / Rails
Web Design / JavaScript / Ajax
Unix / Linux / Mac / iPhone
- Mac Developer Network
- Hacker Public Radio
- Linux Outlaws
- Mac OS Ken
- LugRadio Linux radio show (Inactive)
- The Linux Action Show!
- Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) Summary Podcast
- Stanford's iPhone programming class
- Advanced iPhone Development Course - Madison Area Technical College
- WWDC 2010 Session Videos (requires Apple Developer registration)
System Administration, Security or Infrastructure
- RunAs Radio
- Security Now!
- Crypto-Gram Security Podcast
- Hak5
- VMWare VMTN
- Windows Weekly
- PaulDotCom Security
- The Register - Semi-Coherent Computing
- FeatherCast
General Tech / Business
- Tekzilla
- This Week in Tech
- The Guardian Tech Weekly
- PCMag Radio Podcast (Inactive)
- Entrepreneurship Corner
- Manager Tools
Other / Misc. / Podcast Networks