Influences
I've spent hours reading or listening to these people. I consider each of them to be leading experts in their field and great at communicating that expertise. The people on this list have been significant to my personal development and I recommend their work.
Embedded Electronics & Firmware
Phil KoopmanElecia and Chris White
Phillip Johnston
Jack Ganssle
Michael Barr
John Regehr
Ken Shirriff
Software Development
Joel SpolskyJeff Atwood
Scott Hanselmann
Raymond Chen
Michael Lopp
Security & Encryption
Mikko HyponnenSwiftOnSecurity
Alan Woodward
Rik Ferguson
Bruce Schneier
Science and Skepticism
Carl SaganIsaac Asimov
Steven Novella
James Randi
Jim Al-Khalili
Phil Plait
Ben Goldacre
Simon Singh
Sean Carroll
Philosophy
Daniel DennettMassimo Pigliucci
Alex Malpass
Matt Dillahunty
Julian Baggini
Psychology
David McRaneyOliver Burkeman
Richard Wiseman
Chris French
Worth Following on YouTube
Whilst some of these are not quite as influential on me as those listed above, these channels are recommended:
Electronics
SDG Electronics - Steve GardnerEEVblog - Dave Jones
Marco Reps
GreatScott!
Kiss Analog - Eddie Aho
w2awe - Alan Wolke at TekTronix
VoltLog
mikeselectricstuff - Mike Harrison at White Wing Logic
Cybergibbons - Andrew Tierney at PenTestPartners
The Signal Path - Shahriar Shahramian
Prof Sam Ben-Yaakov - Professor at Ben Gurion University
Embedded Firmware
Phil Koopman - Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon UniversityQuantum Leaps, LLC - Dr. Miro Samek
Software Development Process & Management
Healthy Software Developer - Jayme EdwardsContinuous Delivery - Dave Farley
Podcasts
I used to listen to many hours of podcasts per week, using Overcast
My Favourites were
embedded.fm - Elecia White, Chris White/Logical Elegance
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - Dr Steven Novella,
Bob Novella, Jay Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Evan Bernstein
The PC Pro Podcast - Tim
Danton, Barry
Collins, Darien Graham-Smith, Jon Honeyball, Lee Grant
Occasional listening:
I've listened to a few episodes of these, some I used to follow avidly. Some are discontinued but still available.
Electronics & Firmware
- EEs Talk Tech - Daniel Bogdanoff, Mike Hoffman
- EETimes on Air - Aspencore
- Embedded Insiders Podcast - Rich Nass, Brandon Lewis, Perry Cohen
- The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast - Chris Gammell, David L Jones
- The Agile Embedded Podcast - Luca Ingianni and Jeff Gable
Software Development
- Complete Developer Podcast - BJ Burns, Will Gant
- Crypto-Gram Security Podcast - Bruce Schneier
- Cyber Security Sauna - WithSecure
- Hanselminutes - Scott Hanselman
- The Stack Overflow Podcast
- Test & Code: Python Testing - Brian Okken
- This Developer's Life - Rob Conery, Scott Hanselman
Science and Skepticism
- 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Tim Harford/BBC
- The Digital Human - Aleks Krotoski/BBC
- Elements - Justin Rowlatt/BBC
- In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg/BBC
- The Life Scientific - Jim Al-Khalili/BBC
- More Or Less - Tim Harford/BBC
- Ri Science Podcast - Royal Institution
- Science Weekly - The Guardian
- Mindscape - Sean Carroll
Philosophy
- Philosophy Bites - David Edmonds, Nigel Warburton
- Rationally Speaking - Massimo Pigliucci, Julia Galef
Psychology
- You Are Not So Smart - David McRaney
Non Work-Related
Non Work-Related Podcasts
All of the above has some influence on my thinking about work-related topics. Those below are purely for pleasure.
Music
- Sodajerker on Songwriting
- Sound Opinions
- The Queen Podcast
Science, Technology and Skepticism
- Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD
- Consequence - JREF
- Curiosity Aroused - Rebecca Watson
- Cautionary Tales - Tim Harford
- Digital Bits Skeptic - Andy Kaiser
- Hunting Humbug - Theo Clark
- Material World - Quentin Cooper/BBC
- Point of Inquiry - Chris Mooney
- Quackcast - Mark Crislip
- Science Talk - Steve Mirsky/Scientific American
- Token Skeptic - Kylie Sturgess
- Techdirt - Mike Masnick
Software and Computing
- Herding Code - Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott Koon, Jon Galloway
- Polymorphic Podcast - Craig Shoemaker
- The Retrobits Podcast
- Software Engineering Radio