Six Unusual Blogs I Like
- by Bill Graziano
I subscribe to and read over 100 SQL Server blogs every day. I link to posts that I think are interesting. I also read a fair number of non-SQL Server blogs. Here are a few that I think are interesting. danah boyd. She is a researcher with Microsoft and writes about privacy, social media and teenagers. I discovered her blog while looking for strategies to keep my personal and professional life separate. (I haven’t found a good solution to that yet.) Her stories of how teenagers use Facebook and other social media tools are fascinating. Clayton’s Web Snacks. Steve Clayton works at Microsoft and has a variety of blogs out there. This one focuses on … hmmm. His latest posts are on graffiti, infographics, paper tweets, cartoons and slow motion videos. It’s mostly visual and you never really know what you’ll get. It’s always interesting though and I like what he posts. It’s good creative stuff. Seth Godin. Seth writes about Marketing. I read him for motivation to get off my butt and get things done. He’s a great motivator who encourages you to think big. And do something! Ask the Pilot. Patrick Smith is a commercial airline pilot writing about the airline industry. He’s a great debunker of myths (no they don’t reduce oxygen in the cabin to keep you docile). My favorite topics include the TSA, flying myths, airport reviews and flight delays. My old favorite flight blog used to be enplaned. No one knew who wrote it. It focused on the economics of the airline industry. It was fascinating stuff. One day it was gone. The entire blog was deleted. Someone tracked down some partial archives and put them online. The Agent’s Journal. Jack Bechta is an NFL agent. He writes about the business side of the NFL, the draft and free agency. Lately he’s been writing about the potential lockout. He has a distinct lack of hype which I find very refreshing. xkcd. I call this the comic for smart people. A little math, some IT and internet privacy thrown in all make an unusual comic. Funny and intelligent.
