Blogroll

In addition to the feel-good-giving-back impulse to give credit to those that inspire you, I look at this list as bibliography of sorts, a list of my raw inputs. My impulse to share is best described in a New York Times post which describes re-blogging and tweeting as “metacuration” which leads to controlled serendipity. Through the act of sharing, I learn, connect, and learn again. My life’s interest is in tools which assist in the curation of lists such as these.

Here’s a list of some my information sources.

Read-In, a collection of blogs that I try to read every day

  • Anil Dash – dashes.com. I used to work with Anil at Six Apart. He has a keen insight on how to hack media
  • Clay Shirky – Another great mind on the intersection of media and the internet
  • John Battelle – searchblog. Author of The Search, co-organizer of the Web 2.0 Summit, John is a great filter to follow
  • Mike Speiser – laserlike. Every post by Mike is worth reading for it’s unique perspective on Silicon Valley business models and startups.
  • Ross Mayfield – Ross has been a fixture in the Web 2.0 scene so his observations come are informed with historical perspective
  • Todd Sampson – one of the smartest and most generous people I know

Finland, now that I live here, I might as well inform myself

  • Arctic Startup – Antti, Ville, and Mikka are single-handedly introducing the very vibrant Nordic startup scene to the rest of the world.
  • Helsinki According to PPusa – daily photos of my hometown by a very talented photographer
  • YLE English News – the government-sponsored news service

Fun, because everyone needs some relief

  • Laughing Squid – Scott Beale not only hosts my blog, he also is a wonderful curator of internet memes
  • Urban Prankster – Charlie Todd is the guy behind Improv Everywhere
  • 27b/6 – David Thorne is unique. Go read it

Nokia Blogs

  • Nokia Conversations – a great meta-weblog that pulls together what’s going on across the company. Kinda what Yodel Anecdotal and it’s more intimate precedent, YCoolThing did for Yahoo.
  • Nokia Beta Labs – the latest and greatest. You’ll be surprised at what you’ll find here.
  • Nokia Experts – learn something new here every day, Mathew Miller has been writing about mobile since he got his US Robotics Pilot 1000 in 1997.
  • E71 Fanatics – everything you ever wanted to know about this workhorse business phone
  • Maemo-Guru – although Maemo is not strictly Nokia, the only hardware running it (N900) is a Nokia device. From the guys that write Symbian-Guru.

Mobile Industry

  • Jan Chipchase – future perfect. Nokia’s very own anthropologist always has a unique perspective.
  • Russell Beattie – Russ has been hacking on mobile for years. He now works at Nokia Research.
  • Boy Genius Report - BGR has great sources of insider information. They regularly scan the FCC and patent databases for new technology.
  • Mike Rowehl – Mike used to host Mobile Mondays in Silicon Valley and is a mobile developer worth reading. He rides a motorcycle everywhere so he can’t carry a laptop.
  • Mobile Industry Review – Ewan Macleod is famous for his rants which are brutal but honest
  • Mobile Crunch – worth reading on its own along with Om’s jkOnTheRun.

Firehose. I usually let techmeme and twitter tell me what’s important but it’s always good to have your own sources too.

  • GigaOm – includes pointers to articles on other great Om-network blogs such as jkOnTheRun
  • ReadWriteWeb – I have been reading MacManus and Kirkpatrick since they started. A bit more thoughtful than their rival, TC.
  • TechCrunch – Another blog I’ve been following since it started. Sometimes a little quick on the draw but since the addition of MG Siegler, it’s gotten better. Always look forward to Paul Carr’s weekend screeds.
  • Scripting News – Dave Winer’s been around for ages. Some think he’s a pain in the ass but I think he’s brilliant. He’s spending a year at NYU with Jay Rosen looking to Reboot the News industry. I look forward to reading Dave in NYC.

Hackers

  • Kent Brewster – he doesn’t post as much since moving from Yahoo to Netflix but when he does, it’s always instructive.
  • Aku Aku – Dav is my brother in-law and loves to tinker
  • jr conlin – co-conspirator from Yahoo days, jr’s writing style and spirit speaks to the soul of hacking

Others

  • Cameron Marlow – one of the few research scientists at facebook, Cameron not only has access to a goldmine of information, he is perceptive enough to interpret it
  • Chris Messina, aka factoryjoe – a great person to follow if you’re interested in the social web and activity streams. Chris recently joined Google and writes with candor so I look forward to his observations
  • StraussBlog – Jonathan Strauss writes with intelligence, wit, and enthusiasm about the music business
  • Louis Gray – an early proponent of FriendFeed and it’s promises, Louis is a one-man promotion machine who, along with Steve Rubel are blogging about all that is new and wonderful on the social web
  • Techcraver – I like how Jason writes about phones. One of these days I hope to meet him.

Product Blogs

  • Code: flickr developer blog – they have the best API on the web so when they post about new methods to use it, I want to read it
  • Facebook Developer blog – the latest on the world’s largest social platform
  • Lifestream Blog – not a single product, more a collection of products. Those of you who read me know that I’m a huge fan of Lifestreams
  • Google Social Web – updates from the guys behind Google Friend Connect and Open Social
  • Google Mobile - always good to know what the folks in Mountain View have cooking

Economy

  • NPR’s Planet Money – asset-backed financial derivatives in plain English.
  • Paul Krugman – NY Times columnist, Princeton Economics Professor, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
  • Jubak – for insight into the mind of a stock picker.

Other Sources