No Panacea

I’m starting this post with several links of technical videos, podcasts, and books that can be viewed for free online. I hope to expand this list as I pick up more resources on the way.

Internet Protocols and Communication Networks (Windows Media - audio and video, some for download other streaming)
Topics covered: Networking concepts, Routing Protocols (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, EGP, BGP), Transport Protocols (TCP, UDP), Network Protocol (IPv4, IPv6), Wireless Broadband, etc.

Google Video Lectures (Google Video)
Topics: AJAX, Distributed Systems, Web Security, C++, Java, Python

Security
Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Entire book in PDF)

Google I/O Sessions and Videos
Topics: Web Applications APIs, Mashups, AJAX, Google Gears, Authentication to Google Services

Security Engineering (by Ross Anderson) (Entire book in PDF, audio chapters)

LibriVox is a project in readership that parallels the principles of open source software. The site has over 600 audio recordings of books and documents that are completely free and legal (in the public domain). It glides close to the open source model because it is volunteer based, takes in no revenue–describing itself as “independent, non-commercial, volunteer, non-profit project.” Essentially the democratization of information in digital format. This has interesting implications for those that want to be educated but cannot read (a paradox to some). Audio files can be downloaded in MP3 or ogg format and listened to on any device that supports those formats (anything from a iPod to a laptop–that’s right no DRM). The selection has readings of the most prominent documents that form the basis of US history and democracy.

MIT has an amazing site “OpenCourseWare” that provides course materials for most, if not all of it classes.