Heh- ‘Best’ being a relative term, of course.
Anyway, I’m thinking of setting up a geek site for myself, as my fandom oriented stuff isn’t a good fit for geekly musings of a technical bent. Now fandom- I know. Geekdom- not so much. So I’ve been surfing around, trying to get a handle on geeky musings and this whole ‘blog thing’ (which I still don’t entirely get the appeal of, but I’ve learned to deal with it).
So I’m curious- what blogs would you recommend I check out? I tend to like what we call ‘newsletters’ in fandom terminology- blogs that give overviews of interesting stuff all in one handy spot. I’m hunting mostly for stuff about “the blogsphere” (snerk). I’d also like to stay up on xml-rpc/rss/etc stuff. Also- I enjoy reading people throwing hissy fits at each other, which seems to happen an awful lot. So yea- a broad range of opinions and FYI’s concerning blogs in general and syndication issues in particular. Anyone got some cool blogs I should be subscribing to? I’ve got a short list of stuff I’d stuck in bookmarks as interesting- but it’s a short list. I haven’t really poked around all that much.
So far, my short list of useful potential blogs/feeds to follow includes:
The Blog Herald - newsletter overview of stuff about blogs/blogging
Whitespace- more design stuff oriented than my usual taste, but I keep finding myself getting sucked into the articles, which is always a good sign.
MarketingShift- um- this whole blog thing has a big commercial component to it- doesn’t it! Still, interesting reading- lots of SEO/SE stuff with a blog slant.
Problogger- more stuff on blogs and blogging with a commercial slant to it.
Kottke.org - programing, media, some on blogging- seems less focused than the others, but an interesting read. On my ‘maybe’ list.
Burningbird- some really neat stuff on some of the more social aspects of blogging. Shall I pretend surprise this one’s by a woman? Nope. Found the blog via a link to her cool article on ‘Guys Don’t Link’.
O’Reilly Radar- won’t pretend I totally get the whole ‘O’Reilly’ org/group/whatever it is- but clearly it’s/they/he is worth keeping an eye on- this seemed the best overall blog to keep up to date on general happenings and an overview of what important geeks are tracking.
Doc Searls weblog- lots of techy, some overview type stuff, bit less focused on exactly what I’m interested in than some of the others- ‘maybe’ list.
Phil Ringnalda dot com - kinda overview stuff, good for feed stuff and snarky/wanky fun.
Intertwingly - Sam Ruby’s weblog - great for feed stuff.
So what else should I be adding to my feed reader- assuming I want to keep up with the state of the blog nation- or at least, the more geeky end of it.
