If you’re as interested in d’interweb as I am, and you have a vested interest in it (it pays my bills!), then you’re very likely to have some favourite blogs which you frequent on an ongoing basis. So, I thought i’d share some of mine! Here goes…
Mashable’s tagline is ‘All That’s New on the Web’, and that pretty much sums it up. They’ve plenty of news stories daily, and not just rehashed press releases either. It’s not just good news either, the site is now known as one of the places you’ll get the inside scoop on layoffs and security alerts in internet land. They’re also fond of ‘Best of…’ and ‘How to…’ articles, which are handy for tracking down new bits and bobs. I did think their old site design was nicer, but that’s just my opinion!
Paul calls himself ‘The Irish Opportunist’, and it does take a bit of an Irish chancer to develop a CV like you’ll see on his homepage (check it out here). He also has a habit of getting to know the right people – he’s managed to get Paul Birch on board as an investor and advisor for his new mobile startup, Wubud. Paul Birch is brother of Michael Birch, and the siblings co-founded Bebo.com which was recently sold to AOL for an obscene amount of money. Cha-ching. Paul (Walsh that is), is big into video blogging too, and frequently uses Qik and Ustream to help make his posts a little bit more interesting.
Dries is the main man behind Drupal, the open source content mangement framework of choice for thousands of developers worldwide. He also recently founded Acquia, which I recently blogged about. A bit of a visionary, it’s interesting to get an insight into one of the strongest brains in the open source content mangement space.
Lullabot have created heaps of high profile sites using Drupal on behalf of clients like MTV, Fast Company, and Sony BMG. They’ve also created and contributed plenty of core and additional modules for Drupal, and have drafted some very handy training articles to help developers get to grips with Drupal and get creating sites quickly. Well worth a look if you’re into that sort of thing!
This clever chap is behind one of the most popular open source blogging platforms in the world today, WordPress. Through his company, Automattic, he’s been rolling out heaps of other services used by developers including Akismet (anti spam thingy), PollDaddy (which he bought from the Infacta boys and girls earlier this year), and Gravatar. One reason to hate him? He’s just 24, making anyone older than him – me included – seem like a total and complete failure! Check out his Wikipedia entry here.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com is brilliant too,oh and of course http://www.techcrunch.com