Programmers face a real problem. There are literally hundereds of websites, blogs, books and now podcasts vying for your attention. Deciding which books to spend time with is often a difficult task. Below is a list of books and podcasts that I think are worth your time and money. Enjoy!

Podcasts

• SharePoint Podcast
• Software As She's Developed

New eBook!

• Using SharePoint

Ajax Resources

• .NET Ajax Framework
• Software As She's Developed: Ajax Podcast

Tradeshows / Conferences

I'll be at these shows this year:

• Portable Media Expo
• SharePoint Advisor Live Conference

Books

Beginner

• C# Primer Plus
• Beginning ASP.NET with C# / Beginning ASP.NET with VB.NET
• Designing with Web Standards

Intermediate

• Professional ASP.NET
• Pragmatic Programmer
• Expert C# Business Objects
• Building Object Applications That Work

Advanced

• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
• Design Patterns
• Refactoring
• Refactoring to Patterns
• Object Thinking