Adam White

Just in case you didn’t know; I am a software developer who specialises in web development utilising the latest Microsoft .NET technologies. Every day something new comes out from the open source community or Microsoft themselves and in order to keep up with everything I listen to a fair few podcasts that hopefully will keep me up to date with everything I need to know (and even some things I don’t):

.NET Rocks!

http://www.dotnetrocks.com/

With shows normally lasting an hour, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell interview people from the .NET world about all kinds of topics. This is my number one choice for .NET developers and at over 500 shows it has a great history behind it.

 

RunAs Radio

http://www.runasradio.com/

RunAs Radio is a new one to my list but I place it second due to its relationship with .NET Rocks. It is considered to be the sister show and Richard Campbell also hosts this one. What makes it different though is it is aimed at the IT professionals out there and covers more hardcore topics like patch management and security. It is not aimed at developers but I find it does nothing but help me to understand some topics outside the scope of my actual job role.

 

Hanselminutes

http://hanselminutes.com/

Hansel minutes is hosted by Scott Hanselman who is a greater speaker on all ASP.NET related topics. He is also another regular listen of mine and it is rare that he speaks on a topic I am not interested in.

 

Polymorphic Podcast

http://polymorphicpodcast.com/

Similar to Hanselminutes this podcast focuses on ASP.NET and related topics. The frequency of the podcast can vary but when it comes it is usually worth it.

 

Herding Code

http://herdingcode.com/

Herding Code has four hosts: K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott Koon, and Jon Galloway. This makes the chats more varied as everyone chips in with there opinions. They don’t focus on a specific topic and have covered everything from iPhone development to development patterns. This can make it quite hit and miss as to whether an episode is worth listening to but the variety and quality of the show makes up for it.

 

SitePoint

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/category/podcast/

The SitePoint podcast focuses on web and as such covers every kind of web topic known to man. This limits the appeal to me down to the odd podcast but I keep an eye on it just in case.

 

Software Engineering Radio

http://www.se-radio.net/

This is my least listened to podcast as it covers software engineering as a whole and therefore can be a little too high-level or left-field for my liking. They sometimes come out with one worth listening though.

 

UK MSDN Flash

http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/UKMSDNPodcast/

And finally we have the relatively new UK MSDN Flash podcast. Eric Nelson has only been doing these for a while but they are generally only short so are perfect for filling in those tiny gaps.

 

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