I Didn’t Make the Top 50

Well, I didn’t make the The Guardian.Co.UK’s top 50 most powerful blogs – bummer. And after reading through the list I realized that I’m totally “out of the loop” when it comes to blogs. I don’t read any of them, zip, none.

And I thought I was pretty connected. I mean, I’ve been reading blogs since blogs were invented. But, since I work in the technology industry I guess my circle doesn’t extend far beyond the nerds of the Internet.

So, here’s my top 11 list of powerful blogs.

These are in no particular order… suffice it to say that if you are in my reading circle, you have my attention – congratulations to all who made MY cut!!!

Blogs I Read Daily (or when they post)

Blog Maverick – Mark Cuba. He’s a entrepreneur, owns the Dallas Mavericks. He’s pretty interesting most of the time, although some of his entries bore the crap out of me.
Dave Ramsey – Radio personality who teaches people how to really live debt free. His blog isn’t that great to be honest. It has a lot of room for improvement, but I like Dave’s message and keep his blog on my list for the every now and then good thought.
ginny – Ginny is the wife of an ex-co-worker, good friend. BJ never writes in his blog, so I get my updates of them from her. But she’s got this career discovery thing going and it is interesting to see how she’s progressing.
I, Cringely – The Pulpit – The first of technology blogs I read. I don’t always see eye to eye with Cringely, but he’s got an opinion worthy of digesting.
Joel On Software – Joel Spolsky chronicles his journey through building a software development company from scratch. He has some great posts about the ins and outs of running his own company. Besides the software development stuff, if you get past the technology barrier, there is really rock-solid business concepts that can be used outside of the development world.
John Lunsford – A long time friend of mine who happens to be a State Representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. His blog posts aren’t so personal, but he’s working at getting information out to his constituents.
Luken.Org – A former co-worker of mine, Tony’s blog isn’t all that great. He usually posts about other stories and makes a small comment on those stories. But like all my friends, I’m happy that he’s in the blogosphere!
Memeorandum – A politics based aggregator. This site finds political blog posts from the political world and post links to them. This is the easiest way to keep up with what’s going on with the political blogosphere.
Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger – I started reading Robert way back when he worked for Microsoft. His blog is highly ranked in the technology field as he blogs about all things technology based.
Seth’s Blog – Seth Godin is a marketing guru and dishes out good advice for marketing all kinds of marketable ideas/products.
Zac’s Blog – Zac is a co-worker who writes about faith. He’s got a gift for writing down his thoughts on the higher power.
Now, I have another list of technology blogs that help keep me updated and current with the industry I work in…

Marcus Hass’ [MS] Blog, Channel 10, Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report, eWeek Technology News, eWeek Windows, Iain McDonald (Windows 200), Mark Russinovich Blog, Paul’s SuperSite Blog, PC Magazine: Tech Commentary, PopSci.Com, Slashdot, Techmeme and Tom’s Hardware.