"Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done, and then try to bring those things into what you're doing."
- Steve Jobs
On my browser, I keep a bookmarks folder of cool pages I stumble across. If you're like me, you'll find them interesting too.
Positive Feedback
Incredibly well written ECE blog and learning material. Highly, highly recommend "5 Stages of Understanding Transistors".
Folklore
Tales from the original Macintosh team, mostly written by Andy Hertzfeld.
Steve's Old Computer Museum
Articles and photos of 150 vintage computers. I used to visit this website pretty much every day in high school.
The Ultimate List of Hardware Engineering Internship Interview Questions
No explanation necessary. The rest of the blog is pretty great too.
AndroidArts
Concept art of retro video games, consoles, software, and much, much more. I discovered this page in high school and left a huge impact on my aesthetic taste.
The Copetti Site
Incredibly detailed and well-written articles on game console architectures, from the original Game Boy to the Playstation 3. PCB shots, chip architectures (freakishly detailed), interactive sprites & polygon decomposition, industry history, the list goes on and on and on.
Fliptronics
Webpage of Fliptronics, a now-defunct one-man electronics consulting & design firm. Treasure trove of information on setting up and running your own freelance embedded practice, plus other great content. I've talked to Philip himself and he's just a great guy.
lcamtuf
Links to really cool ECE projects, books, articles, publications, etc.
Technoblogy
Giant blog of bite-sized electronics projects and tutorials, all written and organized super well.
Adam Majmudar
Personal blog of an AI researcher. Contains incredibly high-quality essays, drawings, and personal projects.
Radical
Online automotive magazine of well-written reviews and opinions. It seems they're writing a piece on every single Ferrari F40 they can track down. Available in English and German.
Are.na / James Hicks
Mood board of someone who happens to share my exact aesthetic taste.
My Experience as Chief Engineer of a FSAE Team
No explanation necessary.
Analog Devices' guide to DSP, 1999
No explanation necessary.
The CPU Shack
Pictures, articles, tutorials, guides, die shots, and more of vintage CPUs. Insane treasure trove of information on vintage computing.
Dmitry G.R.
Blog of embedded engineer Dmitry Grinberg. Cool projects include a business card that runs Linux, booting Linux on an Intel 4004, and emulating 32-bit ARM on an 8-bit AVR.
Bunnie's Blog
Blog of hardware hacker Bunnie Huang.
Algorithmica
Bible of High-Performance Computing. Dark mode available.
Operation Costs in CPU Clock Cycles
Detailed breakdown of the costs of each instruction in CPU cycles. The rest of the blog is pretty sweet too.
Incredibly well written ECE blog and learning material. Highly, highly recommend "5 Stages of Understanding Transistors".
Folklore
Tales from the original Macintosh team, mostly written by Andy Hertzfeld.
Steve's Old Computer Museum
Articles and photos of 150 vintage computers. I used to visit this website pretty much every day in high school.
The Ultimate List of Hardware Engineering Internship Interview Questions
No explanation necessary. The rest of the blog is pretty great too.
AndroidArts
Concept art of retro video games, consoles, software, and much, much more. I discovered this page in high school and left a huge impact on my aesthetic taste.
The Copetti Site
Incredibly detailed and well-written articles on game console architectures, from the original Game Boy to the Playstation 3. PCB shots, chip architectures (freakishly detailed), interactive sprites & polygon decomposition, industry history, the list goes on and on and on.
Fliptronics
Webpage of Fliptronics, a now-defunct one-man electronics consulting & design firm. Treasure trove of information on setting up and running your own freelance embedded practice, plus other great content. I've talked to Philip himself and he's just a great guy.
lcamtuf
Links to really cool ECE projects, books, articles, publications, etc.
Technoblogy
Giant blog of bite-sized electronics projects and tutorials, all written and organized super well.
Adam Majmudar
Personal blog of an AI researcher. Contains incredibly high-quality essays, drawings, and personal projects.
Radical
Online automotive magazine of well-written reviews and opinions. It seems they're writing a piece on every single Ferrari F40 they can track down. Available in English and German.
Are.na / James Hicks
Mood board of someone who happens to share my exact aesthetic taste.
My Experience as Chief Engineer of a FSAE Team
No explanation necessary.
Analog Devices' guide to DSP, 1999
No explanation necessary.
The CPU Shack
Pictures, articles, tutorials, guides, die shots, and more of vintage CPUs. Insane treasure trove of information on vintage computing.
Dmitry G.R.
Blog of embedded engineer Dmitry Grinberg. Cool projects include a business card that runs Linux, booting Linux on an Intel 4004, and emulating 32-bit ARM on an 8-bit AVR.
Bunnie's Blog
Blog of hardware hacker Bunnie Huang.
Algorithmica
Bible of High-Performance Computing. Dark mode available.
Operation Costs in CPU Clock Cycles
Detailed breakdown of the costs of each instruction in CPU cycles. The rest of the blog is pretty sweet too.