I’m a voracious reader and would read all day if I could, but then I’d get nothing done. My RSS Reader goes through a constant flow of me adding and deleting subscriptions in an effort to not return to overloading myself with materials to read. I might add a subscription based on excellent post I run into on twitter, but if they don’t live up to that level of quality I will have to remove it again after a week or two. There are a few constants though, that stand the test of time and end up being little strongholds of inspiration and education. I have listed ten blogs below that belong in that category for me.
- Signal vs. Noise – I have a biz-crush on 37Signals, and this is their blog full of interesting post on a bunch of different topics.
- Seth Godin’s Blog – The Michael Jordan of marketing. Almost every post he writes has the potential to change or enhance the way we think about doing business with customers. He also writes books, including his new one Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?.
- HarvardBusiness.org – Pretty decent business school. High frequency posting, with a good chunk of it being great.
- Tim Ferriss’s Blog – Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, a book that has changed how I thought about work. His blog infrequently updates, but it’s typically interesting.
- Derek Siver’s Blog – Former CEO of CDBaby, and a real thinker. Insightful posts about mostly music related thoughts.
- TED Blog – TED is a conference I cannot afford to go to, but I can watch their lecture online until I can. In one word amazing. In a second, inspiring. It’s my goal to attend in the next five years.
- Fred Wilson’s Blog A VC – Fred is a venture capital guy based in NYC and responsible for a fascinating company that has made some very good investment decisions. Especially interesting for biz nerds.
- TuneCorner – TuneCore is somewhat of a disruptor in the music business and this is their blog. They’re awesome.
- Jake Lodwick’s Tumblr – The odd one out in this list perhaps since it has a more personal angle. Jake co-founded Vimeo and has a few other interesting ventures going. It’s sometimes odd, but always inspiring due to the interesting way Jake’s brain works.
- Scott Adams’ Blog – Scott Adams created Dilbert and writes about all kinds of stuff on his blog. Politics, free will, evolution, etc. Sometimes funny, sometimes thought provoking.
There ya go. I’d highly recommend checking these out and adding them to your RSS reader. (Note: I purposely didn’t include blogs written by my personal friends that are also great, because the list would get too long and seem compromised, but also check out Spencer Fry and Mike Karnjanaprakorn.)