Comments on: Totally blogless

By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:10:28 +0000

Like Dean says above, I’ve unconsciously left my Bloglines and Google Reader to molder, and morphed into a reader of Twitter links and network members’ blogs.

I also check out education.alltop.com for a quick “magazine browse” of the last five posts and intro paragraphs (conveniently pop-upped when hovered over). Then there’s Diigo groups I’ve joined, links to the last posts of commenters’ on my own blog via my Comment Luv plugin, etc.

I think the RSS reader is a casualty of new shifts - the Model T of web 2.0 already?

(PS. I just discovered you via your comment on the DJakes post - eloquent, well-written, thoughtful. I’ve known your name for a long time, but funny how the Blogoshpere has it’s neighborhoods. This is the first time I’ve visited yours. Interesting stuff.)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:01:34 +0000

I did the same thing a while back. I’m slowly rebuilding with a focus on more of components that might impact my edtech use rather than edtech blogs themselves. So I’m adding pop-culture, design, presentation, and technology blogs as opposed to pure edtech blogs. I’ve got plenty of edtech that creep in but I’m looking to get outside the bubble/echo chamber.

I feel I end up with some different, not necessarily better, but different ideas. I’m hoping they challenge me in different ways and I still get plenty of edtech via what I see as aggregators (folks who read all the edtech and I look for things that bubble up through them).

My thoughts, for what they’re worth.

Tom

By: Steve Dembo

Steve Dembo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:15:17 +0000

Exactly the point. I’m rebuilding that list and will be swapping it with the new one sometime soon. Pure and simple, that list hasn’t been updated for about a year and just isn’t an accurate reflection of my reading list anymore. Time to get back to basics!

By: ken

ken — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:59:01 +0000

I notice that you have a lengthy list of blogs over there on the right.

Should we be reading all of those?

I mean, you’re not.

Indexed is a giggle a graph. It’s more of a view and think. A bit different than reading.

By: bochi

bochi — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:52:03 +0000

Couldn’t live with out TED (http://blog.ted.com/) Also, I like assortedstuff.com. Just cynical enough (in a witty way) for me. Also, I dig Netvibes as my aggregator. The I use their “webnotes” function all the time for my little notes.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:16:49 +0000

I’d recommend anything over here at the Discovery Educator Network. Not sure if you’ve had a chance to check these folks out but they’ve sure got a pulse on what’s happening in the classroom and how to reach these kids. http://community.discoveryeducation.com/blogs

This one also comes highly recommended by some very credible sources (my parents): http://www.macmomma.blogspot.com/

~Lee

By: Brian Mull

Brian Mull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:35:18 +0000

I love the insights of the students at http://students2oh.org/

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:49:38 +0000

The thoughts that poor from Tom Woodward’s brain always fascinate me! http://www.bionicteaching.com

Give the Ed Tech a rest, and give me wife a thrill, she’d love to know you’re reading her blog! http://www.rimestimes.net

TOTALLY hilarious blog that mimics crappy graphs, only with venn diagrams on notecards. http://www.indexed.blogspot.com/

That’s my three to recommend, enjoy Steve!

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:48:19 +0000

I’ve thought about how you’ve changed over; but I couldn’t just left my reading behind.

Would it have been so bad to have imported your reading list from bloglines and during the process trimmed the ones you could let go? Since I agree with Dean you will probably end up reading the same blogs. Definitely as Darren points out you will get wider selection through your shared reader integration with Google Talk.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:40:06 +0000

Bridging Differences - it’s the one blog I would read if I were only allowed to have one.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:01:45 +0000

A friend of mine did this and ended up subscribing to basically the same blogs. If you’re stuck in twitter, try building up your list from your connections there.

By: Alfred Thompson

Alfred Thompson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:58:03 +0000

Take a look at http://alltop.com where they set up groups of blogs. As you pass your mouse over titles it shows you the first couple of lines of the post. I’m using this to find new blogs. The Education section is quite good BTW.

By: Jay Bennett

Jay Bennett — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:43:28 +0000

I love the Freakonomics blog, http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/, and I just recently started reading the Everyday Sociology Blog, http://nortonbooks.typepad.com/everydaysociology/, I’ve found that it helps release my inner Sociologist. I also added a contact form to my blog!

By: Darren Draper

Darren Draper — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:42:05 +0000

No matter which blogs you read, the switch to Google Reader is a must.

With Google Reader, you don’t really have to subscribe to any blogs because with Friends’ shared items, the great posts rise to the top.

By: Chris Craft

Chris Craft — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:26:52 +0000

http://www.tuaw.com

and anything else non ed-tech related.

Chris