Scaryguy is a wireless code monkey with an executive title, and some very short deadlines. Scaryguy's only regular daytime human interaction is with a couple of barmaids at Chili's who keep him stoked with caffeine and salt. They do their best, within the limits of the barfly/barmaid relationship, but they are just not up to speed on wireless technology and Web 2.0. What's a scaryguy to do? Why load up his iPod with 30G of the best tech talk on the planet.
Snark-aside, tech podcasts are found-money. People who generally know their shit cold, who'll yack cutting edge industry trends, coding best practices, architecture, war stories, industry history at you all day long for nothing.
When I went looking for podcasts, I had to turn over a lot of rocks to find the ones that hit the spot for me. So I've compiled the list here, for your benefit.
I've listened/watched at least a couple of episodes of all the podcasts below. For most of the ones that have ratings, I've listened to every single episode they've recorded.
| Name | Rating | Notes | RSS Feed | Home Page | |
| Revision3 - Diggnation w/Kevin Rose & Alex Albrecht | ***** | Tech news. My personal fave. Dumb, but fun | link | homepage | |
| Software Engineering Radio | ***** | Hardcore, focussed on architecture. German. | link | homepage | |
| this WEEK in TECH - MP3 Edition | ***** | Tech news. Another good one - leo laporte and john dvorak and others. | link | homepage | |
| Venture Voice | ***** | If you think you're in a startup and want to know what your CEO is thinking, listen to this. | link | homepage | |
| The Onion Radio News | ***** | Too short | link | homepage | |
| FLOSS Weekly | **** | Fantastic interview show, hits all the big names of FOSS | link | homepage | |
| Mobile Computing Authority | **** | Dyed in the wool crackberry addicts. | homepage | ||
| MobileTechRoundup | **** | These guys talk a lot of smartphone, including the Q, but often go "off the rails" on 'ultra-mobile-PC' talk. | link | homepage | |
| Mobility Today | **** | Hardcore mobile device talk, emphasis on Windows Mobile. | link | homepage | |
| Engadget | **** | One of the original gadget gab shows. Solid, but all over the map. | homepage | ||
| The Java Posse | **** | Great Java navel-gazing show | link | homepage | |
| TechNet Radio | **** | Great Micro$oft stuff link. All dotnet all the time. | link | homepage | |
| WebDevRadio.com - web development podcast | **** | Real web developer, kind of neurotic, but solid dev talk | link | homepage | |
| Security Now! | **** | Good, but sometimes simplistic and/or beats a dead horse. | link | homepage | |
| The Smartphones Show | *** | UK based, technical product oriented, kinda sluggish, poor audio quality | link | homepage | |
| The Web 2.0 Show | *** | Good on Web 2.0 stuff, but if you think that Web 2.0 is all hype and round buttons, this show won't change your mind. | link | homepage | |
| The Command Line Podcast (Enhanced/AAC Feed) | *** | Code monkey speaks. Very personal. A little TMI sometimes. | link | homepage | |
| Software Industry podcast | *** | In depth look at products, companies and technologies. This is the IT Conversations crew who appear in other places in this list. iTunes screwed up their directory listing. | link | homepage | |
| UML in Seven Minutes | *** | If UML is part of your life, it's seven minutes well spent. But still ... UML? | link | homepage | |
| Linux Reality | ** | End user focussed | link | homepage | |
| SYS-CON i-Technology Podcasts | ** | Hardcore, but short - industry news. | link | homepage | |
| Inside the Net | ** | Too soft | link | homepage | |
| The Cubicle Escape Pod | ** | Starting a business. Little snippets, and audio-blog style. Not my cup of tea ... yet. | link | homepage | |
| msmobiles.com Podcast | ** | More device news. Accent is very distracting. Windows Mobile focussed. This guy is hysterical - plays caller questions, one after another, then says "Sorry, the problem you have is that your phone runs an inferior operating system. Dump that phone and get a Windows Mobile phone". | link | homepage | |
| The Wizards of Technology - | ** | How much tech news is too much? I'll let you know when I find out. Yet Another Tech News Podcast. | link | homepage | |
| NPR: Story of the Day | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Current Science & Technology Podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Dr. Dobb's Podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Webb Robotics Video Highlights | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Robotics Alliance Project F.I.R.S.T. Competition 2006 | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Competion Robotics | - | - | link | homepage | |
| RoboTech Show | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Mobile (GigaVox Media) | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Webservices (GigaVox Media) | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Programming (GigaVox Media) | - | - | link | homepage | |
| WebTalk Radio with Rob Greenlee | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Opening Move | - | - | link | homepage | |
| A Series from The Conversations Network | - | - | link | homepage | |
| A Series from The Conversations Network | - | - | link | homepage | |
| A Series from The Conversations Network | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Tech Critiques Tech Reviews | - | - | link | homepage | |
| The Real Deal from CNET | - | - | link | homepage | |
| WebTalk Radio | - | - | link | homepage | |
| IBM WebSphere Technical Podcast series on SOA | - | - | link | homepage | |
| DevRadio.com | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Software Development Magazine | - | - | link | homepage | |
| dl.tv iPod video | - | - | link | homepage | |
| CNET News.com daily tech news podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| IT Week Podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Latest ZDNet Podcasts | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Between the Lines | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Manager Tools | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Blah Blah Architecture | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Bob's Software Tips Blog | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Dr. Dobb's Podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Early Software Quality Podcasts | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Lean Agile Straight Talk podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Open Source Talk | - | - | link | homepage | |
| ThoughtCast: Pocket PC Thoughts | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Platform People Podcast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Hak.5 (video) | - | - | link | homepage | |
| TalkCrunch | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Open Source Conversations | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Buzz Out Loud from CNET | - | - | link | homepage | |
| What's New Now | - | - | link | homepage | |
| TreoCentral Treo Cast | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Larry's World | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Hanselminutes | - | - | link | homepage | |
| Polymorphic Podcast | - | - | link | homepage |
2 comments:
TMI? Really? Did I mention this one time, at work...
I was gonna be insulted at only 3 stars, but then I saw you gave TWiT 5 and I was even more insulted.
Thanks for the link.
Vanity searches on a Sunday night, eh? So you got that DSL thing all straightened out.
Did I mention that I can be bribed? A couple of bucks could get you four stars, but if I put you up there with The Onion and Venture Voice then my millions of readers would smell the payola.
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