The following list contains inspiring people and links to their web sites, blogs, podcasts, etc.
- Bass, Len
- Boehm, Barry
- Booch, Grady. Especially take a look ‘Handbook of Software Architecture’ project
- Bosch, Jan
- Box, Don
- Brown, John Seely
- Brown, Simon
- Brynjolfsson, Erik
- Campbell, Richard. Check out the podcasts .NET Rocks! and RunAs Radio
- Ciesek, Sandra
- Doolaard, Martijn. One of my favorite travel blogs: Espiritu Libre. Martijn on Instagram
- Drosten, Christian
- Duarte, Nancy. Persuasion, visual stories & communications in business. Duarte Inc.
- Fairbanks, George
- Fowler, Martin. The chief scientist of ThoughWorks Inc. In addition to his various books he is providing a pattern catalog, articles and an index to his refactoring patterns.
- Franklin, Carl. Podcasts .NET Rocks!
- Gates, Bill
- Gino, Francesca
- Gladwell, Malcolm
- Golden, Bernard
- Gore, Al
- Grant, Adam
- Hagel, John
- Hanselman, Scott. Check out his podcast The Hanselminutes
- Hohpe, Gregor
- Jacobson, Daniel
- Jacobson, Ivar
- Kazman, Rick
- Kruchten, Philip
- Kuras, Klaus. Check out his web site www.rad-fernweh.de
- Lanier, Jaron
- Masak, Dieter
- Malan, Ruth
- Malik, Nick. Have a look at his ‘Inside architecture’ blog.
- Oppliger, Rolf. Your security architect for the digital world!
- Osterwalder, Alexander
- Poort, Eltjo R.
- Dewayne, E. Perry
- Schneier, Bruce
- Shaw, Mary
- Stroustrup, Bjarne
- Sutton, Bob
- Wierda, Gerben
- Yourdon, Edward RIP
- Zeh, Juli