Link blogs… do yourself a favor

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I'm currently subscribed to 110 feeds and everyday the number of unread posts is going up. It seems like i just can't catch up anymore. Of all those unread posts, a lot will be very interesting, but there will also be quite a few that won't interest me that much. So i'm going to cut back on the number of feeds i'm subscribed to, and i'm going to rely on some fantastic links blogs to point me to the best posts. After all, these guys already spend their time and effort going through a whole lot of posts, why shouldn't i reuse that? :)

These are the four link blogs that i will be counting on to keep me properly updated:

I don't know where these guys find the time to go through all of those posts, but i hope they keep up the great work :)

So do yourself a favor, check out these link blogs and maybe you can save yourself some time as well :)

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  • Don

    It would be nice if bloggers would stop with the “Here’s how I spent my Sunday” blogs, and also the posts of “SQL Server 2008 went gold today” with no value add. The amount of noise in the blog-world is very high these days…

  • http://chadmyers.lostechies.com Chad Myers

    Well, I guess we don’t need to know what Don did this Sunday. I’m sure it consisted of things like: 1.) Kicking puppies, 2.) drowning kittens, 3.) peeing on ant mounds and 4.) posting sour on your blog.

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    I mostly agree with the things he said though :)

  • http://www.mikeborozdin.com/ Mike Borozdin

    That’s pretty interesting, because many people prefer to stay away from the blogs that provide nothing, but merely links. I think there are a lot of web sites that give you great links, like http://www.dzone.com, http://www.dotnetkicks.com.

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    I used to kinda look down on link blogs as well, but there’s a difference between merely ‘recycling’ other people’s content, or actually providing a very solid selection of all the great posts out there.

  • http://www.sitechno.com/blog Ruurd Boeke

    Actually, I have the same problem but was thinking about the reverse.
    You see, subscribing to blogs should provide you with the information you seek. The link blogs are basically a step back into time where we have an ‘editor’ that filters information and provides what he thinks is informational. But blogs, if used correctly, should provide the mix that _you_ are interested in.

    I’m subscribed as well to the linkblogs, but I am not sure if they actually help me or distract me… hmm!

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    Well, i have kept all my feed subscriptions for now to see how this little experiment goes before completely getting rid of them. But i put them in a folder that i’m not going to check all the time, and i will use it to see which interesting blogs aren’t picked up by the link blogs. At least the link blogs will offer a selection of the good posts on the more popular blogs. I will remain subscribed to the other interesting blogs of course :)

  • http://ossspyglass.com Mike

    Good point. I follow open source posts at http://ossspyglass.com

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  • http://tech.puredanger.com Alex Miller

    I really like http://jarpit.com for Java-ish stuff.

    And I maintain two link blogs of my own that may be interesting if you are into these topics:

    Java 7
    Concurrency

  • http://jasonhaley.com/blog Jason Haley

    I agree with you guys, the links I post are ‘edited’ depending on what I’m working on at the time and what interests me … which can and does change.

    I also use to look down on link blogs, as well as the blogs that just recycle other people’s content (I still do find them less valuable). My link blog grew out of me wanting to share what I found interesting with my few online friends several years ago and has not grown to be one of the ‘Microsoft oriented’ blogs … but at the source of why I still do it is to share what I find with others who might get some value from the links.

    Link blogs aren’t the answer to your problems, but they may point you at an interesting link when you are looking for one :)

    BTW: I value the great content the quality bloggers are writing out there more than link blogs (even mine).

  • http://jasonhaley.com/blog Jason Haley

    The line above should be ” has now grown to be …” instead of “has not grown to be …”

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