The Good List

This is a partial list of good companies and people I know to be ethical, smart, and hard-working—doing it the right way, for the right reasons. Names in bold are people with whom I have worked or know well enough to go so far as to risk my personal reputation to vouch for them. Names in italics are intensely strong-willed people with me on the A* list.

This list should not be considered complete, nor does non-inclusion imply anything. Please file issues to suggest changes, and fork this list to create your own.

Companies

• Big Nerd Ranch
• Black Pixel
• Double Encore
• Empirical Development
• Fingertips
• Iconfactory
• MartianCraft
• Panic
• PushIO

People

• Aaron Hillegass, Big Nerd Ranch, Industry Legend
• Aaron Tuller
• Adam Swift
• Alexander Repty
• Allan Schaffer, Apple
• Amber Cataldo
• Amber Conville, Detroit Labs
• Amy Worrall
• André LaBranche
• Andrew Kimpel
• Andrew Stone, Stone Design, Industry Legend
• Anne Halsall
• Aral Balkan
• August "Gus" Mueller, Flying Meat
• Ben Jackson
• Ben Trumbull
• Beth Massa, Microsoft
• Bill Bumgarner, Apple, Industry Legend
• Bill Dudney
• Blake Chaffin
• Bolot Kerimbaev, Big Nerd Ranch
• Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, The Next Web
• Bradley Ellis, Pacific Helm
• Brent Simmons, Industry Legend
• Brian LeRoux
• Brianna Wu, Giant Spacekat
• Cabel Sasser, Panic, Industry Legend
• Carolien Gehrels, City of Amsterdam
• Casper Koomen
• Cesare Rocchi
• Charles Perry
• Chris Adamson
• Chris Clark
• Chris Espinoza, Apple, Industry Legend
• Chris Foresman
• Chris Nebel
• Chris Parrish, Aged and Distilled
• Christopher Phin
• Chuck Toporek
• Cindy Morris
• Colin Barrett
• Collin Donnell
• Corbin Dunn, Apple, Industry Legend
• Dan Weeks
• Daniel Jalkut
• Daniel Pasco, Black Pixel
• Dave Hayden, Puzzllotto Champion
• Dave Thomas, Bedarra Research Labs
• Dave Wiskus
• David Ballard
• David Chartier
• David Duncan
• David Lanham
• Deric Horn
• Diederik Hoogenboom, Obvious Matter
• Dieter Oude Kotte, City of Amsterdam
• Dirk Stoop
• Drew McCormack, Mental Faculty
• Edward Marczak
• Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla
• Eloy Durán
• Erik Lammerding
• Erik Meijer
• Erik Rietveld
• Erik Romijn
• Federico Viticci
• Felix Lepoutre
• Florian Brueckner
• Floris van Alkemade, New Lemurs
• Fraser Spiers
• George Dick, Black Pixel
• Graham Lee
• Guy English, Aged and Distilled
• Guy Kawasaki, Industry Legend
• Dr. Helge Staedtler
• Henry Balanon
• Hernan Pelassini
• Ian Baird
• Ivo Jansch, Egeniq
• Jacqui Cheng
• Jake Behrens, Apple
• James Dempsey
• James Thomson, PCalc
• Jana Boruta
• Jason Harris
• Jason Snell
• Jay Freeman
• Jeff LaMarche, MartianCraft
• Jeremy Bierbach, Avocado Legal
• Jessi Chartier
• Jessica Char, Pacific Helm
• Jim Dalrymple, Industry Legend
• Joe Pezzillo, PushIO, Industry Legend
• Joe Ricioppo
• John Fox
• John Geleynse, Apple
• John Gruber
• John Wilker, 360 Conferences, Industry Legend
• Jonathan Deutsch
• Jonathan Penn
• Jonathan Rhyne, Smith Debnam Attorneys at Law
• Jonathan "Wolf" Rentzsch, Industry Legend
• Jonathan Wight
• Jordan Breeding, Apple
• Jørn Larsen, Trifork Software
• Jorn van Dijk
• Josh Clark, "Tapworthy"
• Josh Michaels
• Judy Chen, Appsterdam
• Justin Williams
• Kai Cherry
• Keith Duncan, GitHub
• Kevin Avila
• Kirby Turner
• Klaas Speller
• Kyle Kinkade
• Kyle Richter, Empirical Development
• Laurens Bon
• Lauwrens Metz
• Louie Mantia, Pacific Helm
• Lucius Kwok
• Magnus Dahl
• Marcel Speller, Big Nerd Ranch
• Marcus Zarra, Empirical Development
• Marga Keuvelaar, Obvious Matter
• Mark Johns
• Mark Malone, Apple
• Mark Pauley
• Mark Pospesel
• Mark Voermans, Microsoft
• Martin Adoue
• Martinus Meiborg, Appsterdam
• Matt Drance, Bookhouse Software, Industry Legend
• Matt Feigal
• Matt Legend Gemmell
• Matteo Manferdini
• Matthew "Trent" Trentacoste
• Maxie Ketschau-Repty
• Mercedes Portales
• Merel Ivens
• Dr. Michael Johnson, Pixar, Industry Legend
• Michael Margolis
• Michael Simmons
• Mischa McLaclan
• Michael Jurewitz, Industry Legend
• Mike Lowdermilk
• Mike Matas
• Moshen Chan
• Nate True
• Nathan De Vries
• Nathan Eror, Empirical Development
• Neven Mrgan, Panic
• Nicole Wilker
• Pat Costaldo
• Patrick Burleson
• Patrick de Laive, The Next Web
• Paul Darcey
• Paul de Medeiros
• Paul Kafasis, Rogue Amoeba
• Paul van Dijk
• Peter Cohen
• Peter Hosey
• Peter Mitchell
• Peter Robinett
• Peter Hosey
• Peter Tuszynski
• Rachel Kinkade
• Raul Portales
• Richard Branson, Virgin, Industry Legend
• Richard Feldman
• Rob Rhyne, MartianCraft
• Ron Jones
• Ronald Rietveld
• Ros (Hodgekiss) De Vries
• Ryan Nielsen
• Sam Noble
• Samuel Goodwin, Roundwall Software
• Saul Mora, Magical Panda
• Scott Lopatin
• Scott Perry
• Sebastiaan de With
• Shaan Pruden, Apple
• Simon Wolf
• Soesanto Arp
• Sophia Teutschler
• Steve "Scotty" Scott, NSConference, Industry Legend
• Steven Frank, Panic
• Stephen Ives, Smirk Design
• Tara Ross, Appsterdam
• Timo de Winter
• Tom Clark, Apple
• Tom Ortega, Omega Ortega
• Tristan O'Tierney
• Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW
• Vinay Gupta
• Whitney Deathrage
• Wil Shipley, Delicious Monster, Industry Legend
• William Mottl
• Zee Kane, The Next Web