Links

This is a list of web sites, blogs and other things users of this site might be interested in. I’m always interested in finding new things, so feel free to suggest stuff you think I might be interested in. If you run into problems or dead links from this page, drop me an email and let me know, so I can fix it. One of the things I hate about most blogrolls is that they are, well, just links. So instead, I’m trying something a bit different: these links include some short description that I hope gives some explanation WHY I felt it deserved on my links page. A little context does wonders, I think. Hopefully it helps you figure out which of these links you want to add to your reading.

  • People
    • Tim O’Reilly: founder of O’Reilly Media. Always looking for the next big thing, always talking about it. Few people are better trailblazers, and paying attention to him gives you a head start on all of those that don’t. He’s one of those key people who when they speak, I listen. Maybe not always agree — but I listen, and think about what he says.
    • Jeremy Zawodny: one of the most balanced and reasoned geeks blogging. I read him because his technical information is top notch; I read him because he’s figured out that there’s more to life than computers.
    • Guy Kawasaki: I had a chance to work with Guy some at Apple back in the dark days. He was the one who first got me started working with the business side of the company instead of just geeking, taught me my first bits of marketing and why it mattered, and about other things in life, like believing in what you do and having enthusiasm — and about ethics and why they matter. In many ways, he re-shaped the arc of my career and life, although I didn’t really see that until much later. Having watched him in action during the last days before Steve came back to Apple, I think a strong case could be made that Apple wouldn’t have survived without what Guy was doing for them; sometimes, despite Apple, not with it.  He’s one guy who has proven that one person really can make a difference, and that it’s worth trying to.
    • Michael Gartenberg: one of my favorite analysts on mobile and technology issues.
    • Om Malik: Technology writing and founder of he GigaOm network.
    • John Scalzi: SF Author and Blogger on random things.
    • Ken Levine: Television writer (M*A*S*H, Cheers, and others).
    • Jon Udell: Has forgotten more geeky stuff than I’ll ever learn, but can explain it so people like me understand it — and why it matters.
    • David Levine: blazing the path I hope to follow back into writing. And damnit, reminding me how much I miss Orycon.
    • Joey DeVilla, Adventures of Accordian Boy in the 21st Century: never boring here. In a good way.
  • Hockey
    • David Pollak, Working the Corners: The Mercury News beat guy for the Shark talks hockey beyond the printed page.
    • SharksPage: A good Sharks-centric blog.
    • Inside the Kings: the Daily News blog covering the LA Kings. If I were to decide to try to write a hockey blog on a pro or semi-pro basis, this would be the model.
    • James Mirtle, From the Rink: He’s a blogger and a journalist; good at both, too.
    • Kukla’s Korner: The best site to watch to get the highlights of what’s going on in the hocke world.
    • Puck Daddy: Yahoo’s hockey blog. Another good resource to read when you don’t have time to read all of the other hockey blogs.
    • Ted Leonsis: Owner of the Washington Capitals. He ran some kind of internet company once, too.
    • The Ducks Blog: Anaheim Ducks coverage by the OC Register staff.
  • Other Stuff
    • Danger Room: National Security and Military commentary
    • The Counterterrorism blog: like Danger Room, it’s fascinating what you read here that doesn’t make the mainstream press.
    • Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution: Good business and economic talk.

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