Blogs: My top 10

16 Comments

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   Vics August 14, 2007

   I tend to read a lot of my feeds in situ anyway, I just use the reader to see when they’ve been updated and to make sure I can read my fave blogs anywhere without having to remember all the urls.
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   Rick Mahn August 14, 2007

   Hey Vics,
   Over the last 3 years, I’ve become literally dependent on my feed reader. Since last August when I switched to Google Reader, my information consumption has increased substantially with – at one point- around 275 feeds. I wish I had the time to visit all the blogs in a browser, but there aren’t enough days in the week to do that!

   While I’ve paired it down a lot, I still have a lot of information to parse, and I find I’m not spending as much time reading the content I enjoy most as I wish. This is an effort to make sure that I really take these in full context that they are meant to be in.

   Once I get my feed list paired down, I’m going to go out looking for more quality content again. It’s a never ending cycle, but I really can’t live without RSS feeds as I would never get through the information on the ‘net without it.
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   Liz Strauss August 14, 2007

   Thanks, that’s one list I’m more than honored to be part of. I read ever blog you’ve got there. I go where they are — To make it easier I keep them in two sets of tabs on my browser. So I get the relative ease of getting there and the effect of reading in their natural habitat as well.
   Thanks again!
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   Rick Mahn August 14, 2007

   Liz, thank you for dropping by. I’m constantly trying to find new perspectives, and am glad I found yours a few short months ago. I’d gotten away from visiting blogs in the browser for quite awhile, it’s nice to be trying something different for awhile.

   Thanks!
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   Mathew Ingram August 14, 2007

   Thanks a lot for the mention, Rick. I’m flattered.

   Mathew
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   Jeff Pulver August 14, 2007

   Hi Rick,

   Thanks for including me in the list. Your kind words are very much appreciated.

   I’m also very much an “old school” person when it comes to reading blogs. I don’t use any readers myself and I only read blogs by visiting their natural habitat. I think it gives us a chance to try to better connect with the person and their surroundings.

   Thanks again for the mention. You helped brighten my night.

   Best regards, Jeff
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   Rick Mahn August 15, 2007

   Mathew, Jeff,
   You guys are too kind, I really value the work you do on your blogs. I really enjoy it.

   And Jeff you made me think a little more – it is that connection that I wish to have with a blogger. To understand their point of view and better enter into conversations with them.

   ~Rick
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   Chris Brogan... August 15, 2007

   Wow! I’m in there with Liz and Jeff and Brian Clark? Wow! Solis and Doc, too? How cool! Thanks for the mention and for thinking of this list. It’s neat to see who gets into your head from time to time.

   Best to you.

   -Chris…
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   Rick Mahn August 15, 2007

   Hey Chris, thanks for stopping by! I really just value each of your viewpoints, ideas, and they way you present them.

   Regards,
   Rick
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    Brian Clark August 15, 2007

    Rick, thank you for the inclusion. Info overload is something I’ve struggled with this year as well, and to make someone’s “short list” is the biggest honor one can get in this space.
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    Rick Mahn August 15, 2007

    Brian,
    Well, just having all of you drop in and comment is a tribute to why I believe I’ve found some of the best bloggers around. You have helped give me a goal and an example of how hard bloggers work to perfect their craft and to deliver their message. Thank you!

    Cheers,
    Rick
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    Darren August 16, 2007

    thanks Rick – it’s an honor to be included in your daily reads
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    Chris Cree August 17, 2007

    Rick, I find myself pretty much speechless to be included in a list with so many of my own blogging heroes. Thank you so much for considering my blog read-worthy. And just in time for me to get off my life imposed blog sabbatical too!

    I’m with you when it comes to being at the point where I’ve got to invest some time cleaning out my own feed reader. There are too many in there that I’m not even reading. Sometimes the pack rat in me finds it hard to let them go.
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    Rick Mahn August 17, 2007

    There are a lot of reasons I picked the people I did, and one of them is because of the interactions that they practice with their readers.

    Darren, thanks for stopping by – I’ve learned a lot about the philosiphy and techniques of blogging from ProBlogger, it shows what can be done.

    Chris, your writing is well thought out and I find what you have to say interesting, it makes me think. I too am a pack rat when it comes to my feeds. I keep going back to Google Reader to clean about every other day right now, but only seem to delete one or two feeds. Guess I need to keep asking if their worth keeping or not.

    Thanks guys!
    Rick
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    Vanessa De La O September 16, 2008

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