Four blogs worth checking out.
A few weeks ago, I shared some of my favorite sources (including blogs) for financial news and commentary. Once in a while folks ask me to name some of my favorite blogs in general, so here are a few favorites, culled — unscientifically — from a trawl of my RSS feeds.
- Lateral Action by Mark McGuinness — The first post I ever saw on this blog was the iconoclastic “Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation.” McGuinness Brian Clark* had me at “hello” with that post.
- TimeBack by Dan Markovitz — If you’ve been reading me long (e.g. here, here, here), and especially if you share Dan’s and my obsession with the misuse of e-mail in the modern workplace, you won’t be surprised by this pick.
- Shannon Paul’s Very Official Blog — I met Shannon through Twitter, which means I got to share in the fun when she was recently hired by the Detroit Red Wings to direct their social-media efforts. Shannon’s a smart person with an open mind who wants to share the benefits of social media broadly.
- Conversation Agent by Valeria Maltoni — Valeria is another Twitter friend, and I’ve come to value her blog for its thoughtful posts not just on social media, but on broader topics like the importance of forming better connections with customers.
Now, if you would be so kind, please recommend four of YOUR favorites in the comments.
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* Update, midmorning November 27: In a gracious e-mail, Mark McGuinness points out that his Lateral Action co-author Brian Clark wrote the Tyler Durden entry.
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Thanks Tim, I’d love to take the credit for the Tyler Durden piece but modesty forbids… plus Brian might be reading this. :-)
Valeria’s blog is wonderful, will check out the others.
These aren’t necessarily all blogs but they are 4 of my favourite places, there are many more:
http://www.garyvaynerchuk.com – I blame Gary for indirectly getting me hooked on Twitter.I have had a twitter account for over a year and it is only until this past month or so that my use of twitter has exploded. His enthusiasm is so infectious I even blogged about him the other day.
Peter Cochrane-He writes regularly for silicon.com he used to work for BT for many years, I like the way he embraces new technology and puts out his no nonsense views.
BBC News – I get most of my news stories from the BBC, mainly in a daily email or I pick up some interesting news from their twitterfeed that gets fed to my tweetdeck client
Daily Dilbert – I can really relate to the everyday frustrations that Dilbert goes through, I think I’ve been through every situation and every type of person he has met myself in the 17 years I have worked.
Tim, you’ve included my blog with some really stellar examples of great blogs. I’m very honored, especially since I agree with your assessments of the others listed above. I also tend to think what you’re doing here is one of the best examples of a corporate blog on the web.
Many thanks!
Thank you for the shout, Tim. And thank you for your kind words, Mark. I’ve become addicted to The Art of Non Conformity by Chris Guillebeau http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/
I also recommend Dan Pink’s bog – http://www.danpink.com/ – it’s witty and Dan is an amazing writer.
Thanks for the recommendations, everybody!
(And Shannon, thanks for your generous words — I will try to live up to them.)