What are some blogs that discuss smart software design?

Question

I read plenty of blogs on coding, but don't know many that focus on making good design decisions. I mean things a product/program manager would do, like:

• Coming up with creative solutions to design problems
• Creating good usability/user experience (e.g. Usability Post, http://www.usabilitypost.com/)
• Designing scalable, extensible, future-proof design or architecture (I see this a lot in discussions of standards and programming languages)

Does anyone know of blogs focused on smart design? (It doesn't even need to be focused exclusively on software; good/bad design can be spotted in all kinds of technology.)

Answer 1

Some of my personal favorite resources on both design and development include:

1. Smashing Magazine
2. A List Apart
3. Signal Vs. Noise
4. Web Resources Depot

Answer 2

I really like reading stuff on SitePoint

Answer 3

If you like stackoverflow, you might like these guys: ;-)

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/

Answer 4

http://ayende.com/Blog/

Answer 5

Anyone for Steve Yegge? Stevey's Blog Rants

Answer 6

The Google Testing Blog. Designing your code to be testable is a smart thing to do, and testable designs are often smart designs even without considering their ability to be tested.

Answer 7

Check out Signal vs. Noise, a "design and usability blog".