other than stackoverflow.
google.com
Charlie Calvert (A LINQ and general C# guru from MS) http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/default.aspx
Coding4Fun http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/default.aspx
Fabulous Adventures In Coding (Insite into the future of C#) http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/default.aspx
Joel on Software http://www.joelonsoftware.com
Mike Taulty (An awesome Brit from MS who does amazing screencasts and exhaustive posts on new language features) http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/default.aspx
Sara Ford (Learn something new about your IDE) http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx
Scott Hanselman (Perhaps the most relevant C# evangelist and a great speaker, teacher and blogger) http://www.hanselman.com/blog/
ScottGu (A must read.) http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/default.aspx
BCL Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/bclteam/default.aspx
Eric Eilebrecht http://blogs.msdn.com/ericeil/default.aspx
Daniel Cazzulino (This guy is in a league of his own, always something clever that makes me feel stupid) http://www.clariusconsulting.net/blogs/kzu/default.aspx
Don't visit sites daily, subscribe to their RSS feeds using (insert your feed reader of choice here - I use Google Reader [1] )
If a site doesn't have an RSS (or Atom) feed, ignore it. If the content's any good you'll see it linked from a site that does.
That done, add a few of these (some already mentioned - I've given the feed links) :
Besides Reddit [1] and Slashdot [2], I've found that Hacker News [3] offers a lot of nice programming links.
[1] http://reddit.comA list apart [1] for info on web standards and other good front end practices
[1] http://www.alistapart.comSpecifically for me the following in the order
The reason I visit these site is there are many interesting programming projects/articles on c#, asp.net, WPF, Silverlight, database and everything related to MS.
Besides there is also non work related content. Quite interesting read.
This is mostly related to Microsoft though Codeproject has started sections for php and LAMP users.
P.S : Don't flame me for highlighting MS as I work almost 100% on their technologies. These may be useful for someone.
In addition to the ones listed above
theserverside.net [.Net developers]
http://www.codinghorror.com/ [General reading]
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/ [if your interest is in SQL server databases]
http://www.databasejournal.com/ [if your interest is generally databases]
on some you find new stuff every day; some you dont.
From my RSS reader (use an RSS reader... you'll thank yourself later). They're nearly all blogs. I'm too lazy to get URLs, but a quick google search ought to get you the appropriate feeds:
For the java side:
Not a daily read, but worth keeping tabs on:
The Risks-List [1] Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems
[1] http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risksWebworker Daily [1]
delicious [2]
Geek and Poke [3]
I've been reading Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org) for a number of years (perhaps too many). Also of note: xkcd, of course. http://www.xkcd.com
Well needless to say this is a very subjective matter. It squarely depends on your area(s) of interest. As for me I visit codeproject.com on a regular basis since I am most interested in Microsoft technologies.
I find these interesting:
[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/default.aspxhttp://steve-yegge.blogspot.com
Very insightful and always funny.
There are other websites :S...lol. I like to visit Scott Hanselman blog every day.
I used to really like The Daily Grind [1], but that's history now and I miss it.
I generally like to keep in touch with Codinghorror [2], Scott Hanselman's and Scott Guthrie's blog whenever I can now.
[1] http://www.larkware.com/Basic Web Programming site: w3schools [1]
PHP Programming
[2]
sourceforge.com
Have a look at Catch22.net [1]
Excellent resource for WIN32 programming. I know this may seem odd in the world of .NET, but there are really gems of articles.
In fact look at Neatpad [2] article series. Really cool. I hope to see more on this site.
[1] http://catch22.net/For those programmers leading a team of programmers:
www.manager-tools.com
Generally, if I am interested in some specific topic or details about some technology, or for that matter anything, I set up Google Alerts for it:
www.google.com/alerts
That is an excellent way to get a diverse digest of what currently interests you.
Here are some java-related feeds..
http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/ lolcats of course!
Almost all my daily reading you all have wrote before, but there is one more for MySQL users: MySQL Performance Blog [1]
[1] http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/Other than that, you can use RSS readers, but none of the feeds I read require daily checking (and I read a lot of feeds, largely covered by posts here).
https://slashdot.org/ [Be a subscriber, and you get to use https!]
Highlights from my RSS Reader:
• Coding Horror http://feeds.feedburner.com/codinghorror
• Stevey's Blog Rants http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
• Ned Batchelder's blog http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/rss.xml
• CIO - Blogs and Discussion - Developer Wisdom http://feeds.cio.com/cioao/taxonomy/362 (This may seem off topic, but I like the broader perspective, for example this post [1] about what to do if a former employer calls about a bug... )
But I just found stackoverflow and it's definitely my new favorite :)
[1] http://advice.cio.com/esther_schindler/its_your_bug_but_its_not_your_job_anymoreThe ones already mentioned (Scott G and Scott H, Coding Horror) and the following
http://www.themorningbrew.net (A must visit)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com
For people primarily working on the web (and with MS technologies), Rick Strahl's Web Log [1] would be quite useful.
[1] http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/default.aspxDaily deals for software books (change every day):
http://www.apress.com/dailydeal/
http://www.informit.com/deals/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/mspebookdeal
http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/ebookdealoftheday
http://www.peachpit.com/deals/index.aspx