Media Discovers Blogs: Part MCCLXXII
Time Magazine writes about bloggers and blogging, and recognizes its top five "blogs to watch".
Those five are:
- Fark - A cool site, although the articles description, "[a] venue for posting the odd pictures and news items he liked to gather and send to friends in endless, annoying e-mails" is all-too-accurate.
- BoingBoing
- Instapundit - well, duh.
- Wonkette - a site that's gotten very tired.
- Rebecca Blood - Huh? Standard-issue mild-left blogger, worst design I've seen on a website lately, and not even an especially big player; the article notes Blood gets "about 30,000 visitors a month". Yowza - "Shot in the Dark" got 33,000 in May, and is on track for 36,000 in June. Time: Have your people call my people!
An interesting article, nonetheless.
Still - what kind of list was that?
The five blogs I find myself reading most often these days (besides obvious ones like my six Northern Alliance colleagues and Instapundit):
- Vox Popoli - Vox Day is an eclectic polymath (although, come to think of it, is there any other kind of polymath? Something about "monomaniacal polymath" just doesn't compute). Anyway - christian technogeek libertarian entrepreneur columnist. It's a fun blog.
- Belmont Club - The best strategy/politics blog out there; like reading Den Beste, only it takes about a third as long.
- Evangelical Outpost - Philosophy, pop culture, religion, social criticism, gratuitous erudition.
- Sheila's Redheaded Ramblings - She makes "maddening eclecticism" enjoyable. Everything from her Victor Klemperer's notes to Rasputin's equipment. When I say it's a "Guilty pleasure", it's only because as a good Scandinavian protestant, everything makes me feel guilty.
- Jay Reding - A news-cycle blogger with some great insights; think Captain Ed with better Libertarian cred.
So what's your hot list?
Posted by Mitch at
June 15, 2004 05:30 AM
I didn't make your top five? *sniffle*
Posted by: Ryan at June 15, 2004 09:55 AMAs someone who normally loathes Time Magazine this article wasn't as bad as I expected. What with LA Times Editor John S. Carrol's public rant against the danger of "pseudo-journalism."
Posted by: Gideon at June 15, 2004 12:39 PM1. This blog. (Looks like a shameless suck-up, I know, but it's still my fave...)
2. Little Green Footballs.
3. The Voodoo Lounge (http://lounge.pri.ee/mt/).
4. Aaron's Rantblog (http://la4israel.org/wordpress/).
5. Sullivan, prior to the perpetual gay-marriage-hissy-fit; The Belmont Club now.
You're welcome ;-)
Posted by: Pete (Alois) at June 15, 2004 04:49 PM1) Lileks
2) Velcrometer
3) VodkaPundit
4) Blackfive
5) Instapundit
Posted by: drizzle at June 15, 2004 10:50 PM1. Lileks
Posted by: Colleen at June 16, 2004 07:18 PM2. Powerline
3. Lucianne (is that a blog?)
4. Shot in the Dark
5. Hugh Hewitt