Blog centers, community blogs, multiblogs and such.
Blog Sisters, a group blog, with a-z links to individuals. More by the ladies at
Blogs by Women. Hundreds of them.
Well known community blogs at
Boing Boing and
Metafilter and
Kuro5hin. Links and talk on all subjects.
LibraryPlanet.com is a comprehensive writing-related blog and center. Jenny at
The Shifted Librarian also has lots of library links. Jessamyn at
librarian.net keeps on top of it all. Forget the meek image. Librarians have taken the lead in fighting the Patriot Act recently. Worth checking out.
Dave Winer's
Scripting News anchors
Userland Software, a major blogging center. See
weblogs.com for recently updated ones.
Phil Wolff is mapping the global blogosphere at
blogcount.com, thousands of them in all languages. At
dijest.com he also has his own
Journal of Extrapreneurial Strategy & Technology, his
a klog apart, and lots more.
BlogStreet has over 100,000 of them listed and organized in visual neighborhoods.
BlogRolling isn't bad either,
recently updated ones here.
Blogroll Me!
The Wibsite, wiblog.com. Silly, and not so silly, British bloggers.
The
Guardian in the UK is the first big news site to get on the blogging thing. See their
weblog guide and their own
daily news weblog.
Individual blogs. A few I read regularly. Very roughly in the order I discovered them. Most of these have lots of other links.
Robert Hunter archives. The songwriter and poet extraordinaire keeps an on and off again journal, especially when he's on the road. And don't forget to listen to
Grateful Dead radio while you blog, it'll do you no harm.
Andrea Flick's weblog. Always cheerful and interesting perspectives from Germany. In both German and English. Great photos.
New Pages. Book and reading related weblog. The
New Pages site itself has lots of epublishing links.
Craig's Booknotes. Craig Jensen's weblog about books, Texas and life in general. Tons of book links. "Books, libraries, preservation, digital convergence, music, politics." Also see his
BookLab II, all about the crafts of printing and bookbinding and associated arts.
Ethel the Blog. Academic, oceanography I think, and other observations from Texas.
Follow Me Here. Eliot M Gelwan. Psychiatrist with sharp insights. "Social commentary, criticism, conjunctions and conundrums, and outrage; recent scientific, technical and healthcare developments; exciting artistic and cultural news; human pathos, whimsy, folly, darkness and depravity." That pretty much covers it, I think.
Caterina.net. The good life in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Deborah Branscum. Buzz. The media, tech and such.
Abuddhas Memes. From Alaska.
Wood s Lot. All sorts of topics, always interesting.
Pigs and Fishes. By
Avram Grumer, a very talented artist and webmaster from Brooklyn.
See what's in
Rebecca's Pocket.
Halley's Comment. Lady with with an eye out, whew!
Kalilily Time. Elaine of Kalilily, self-proclaimed resident crone of blogdom. Perspectives of an older feminist.
Allied and
Musick. By Jeneane Sessum, founder of
Blog Sisters, and her musician husband George.
Alas, a Blog. Great comics by the creator of Ampersand, and intelligent comments on life. Outrageous drawings.
Weblog Wannabe. Firda Beka is a freelance web designer living in Tangerang, Indonesia. Winner of several
Best Asian Weblog awards. Also see her
Book of Styles, a collection of her CSS designs.
The Rittenhouse Review. A journal of politics, finance, ethics and culture.
Body and Soul. Jeanne d'Arc's always interesting thoughts on the body politic, the human soul and such.
The dullest blog in the world. If you have absolutely nothing to do, you can do it here.
Journalist blogs. Some professional journalist bloggers. All of these have extensive links to other news sources.
Dan Gillmor. The latest from and about Silicon Valley and tech issues. Persistent inquiries as to whether the government always knows what's best for cyberspace.
J.D. Lasica's New Media Musings. Journalist's weblog on the events of our time, along with lots of links to other pros.
Jim Romenesko's Media News. Intelligent coverage of the media itself. Lots of news and and media links. Part of
Poynter Online, a nice center for online journalism.
Eric Alterman's Altercation. One of the professional journalists working with
MSNBC, also a longtime columnist for
The Nation.
Cursor.org. Ongoing coverage of current events along with comments on modern journalism's so-called coverage of such events. Comprehensive media links, to both publications and individuals.
After all of these people depress you go visit Tom Tomorrow at
This Modern World to smile again. Sharp commentary,
funny comics and
good cartoonist links. Speaking of which, don't miss
Doonesbury@Slate, Gerry Trudeau's great MSN-based "town hall and web presence." If that doesn't work try
Scott McCloud's site for the latest in the cartooning world.
