Who are your people? Bloggers.
I have been getting my news exclusively from blogs for about 2 years now. I’ve found that when something absolutely critical is happening, someone tells me. There’s no need to read the national news regularly. The bloggers and tweeters of the wold comb through it and then post what’s interesting to me. In fact, they usually post it real-time with commentary from someone outside the MSM that I respect (namely, the blogger).
If you haven’t already get an RSS Reeder. The best, in my opinion is Google’s (www.google.com/reader). Here are a few essential blogs to get you started. I tried to limit myself to two per category that I read. I have dozens of others, but I’ll wait and see if there’s interest in knowing the rest. Or some lively debate on these.
- Pittsburgh Technology:
- Pittsburgh Ventures – Alan Veeck of Meakem Becker Venture Capital posts semi-regularly about the world of IT in Pittsburgh. His posts about Innovation Lab are especially interesting.
- TECHBurger – Pittsburgh Technology Council’s blog. A great way to keep up to date on the startup and small tech companies in Pittsburgh. Especially helpful are the Sunday “Week that was…” posts.
- The Pirates:
- Pittsburgh Baseball Club Blog – This may technically be cheating on my “blogs only” rule, as it’s the Post-Gazette’s Dejan Kovacevic. In fairness though, Dejan, unlike other MSM bloggers, actually runs it like a blog. His updates are real time and often supplemented with his own opinions, additional tidbits not in his coverage and reader Q&A.
- Where Have You Gone Andy Van Slyke – If the title isn’t enough… Pat is a fellow displaced Burgher in NC.
- Tech News:
- A VC – Tech news is harder to narrow down to just a couple. So instead I only chose one. A VC is clearly the best in this space. If you want more, comment about it and I’ll share the rest of my list.
- Pittsburgh:
- Null Space – Simply the best blog in Pittsburgh. Chris Briem finds some of the most interesting anomolies in anything data related.
- Pittsblog – Mike Madison has become somewhat of a default expert on the Burgh. His blog posts are a little rarer, but they are usually very well researched and insightful.
