My favorite blogs are personal blogs of one person. I like it when blogs “have a voice” and personal blogs can’t help but have that since all the writing is by the same person. I read a bunch of them and I thought I’d share. Below is a big ol’ list that are specifically people that blog, generally, about web stuff – be it design, development, entrepreneurship, typography, business, illustration, whatever. You probably know a lot of them. Maybe some of them you don’t.
I feel a little bad because, really, I should write up a little bit about what each person tends to write about and why I like them. It was an awful lot of work just putting this together though, so I’ll have to leave that for another time.
If you aren’t on this list, sorry ’bout that, you should leave a comment below and share your blog. If you are actively writing about nerdy web stuff, I totally want to read it.
Here’s an OPML file of all of them that should work, for those that want to mass-import.
I just recently started blogging at http://table37.net. The blog is fully responsive as well! Check it out. :)
That’s certainly a large background image…
Yea, it’s over a half meg. Wouldn’t kill you to shirk it down.
Wow, you read a lot of blogs.
Holy! That is an extensive list. Thanks for all the reading material… I’m sure my clients and their now-soon-to-be-late-projects-thanks-to-you will be thankful ;).
haha, good one.
but yes, great list, only one of the blogs on that list i’ve ever heard of so lots of new reading for me.
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Have you found some way to suspend sleep? Are you working on 30 hour days? Did you find a flux capacitor lying around somewhere?
Wow didn’t expect a list as long as that one.
I try to update mine… but sometimes I get busy
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Nice list, got an OPML file we can grab?
+1!!!!
+1;
Sooo many feeds. I’ve been checking each one individually and liking what I see (subscribed to 15 of the first 16).
I started with that idea but my XML output from google reader was way too big a mess. =/
Anyway, Paul Irish has one of those you can grab: http://paulirish.com/2010/front-end-development-feeds-to-follow/
I keep hoping that now that I’m blogging more frequently, that I’ll start showing up on lists like this. Very extensive, I’ll have to check out some of the people who I don’t already know!
Now if you were just gonna recommend 5, which 5 would it be? I don’t know if I can follow that many people, I think my RSS reader would explode!
No Frank Chimero?
Honestly I didn’t even realize Frank had a blog. I just subscribed, awesome, thanks.
I’ve created an OPML file of all the feed links which should hopefully work:
http://www.stuartswan.com/css_tricks.opml
Oh Snap Stuart. You beat me to the punch.
Download OPML
Out of curiosity, what was your method? I whipped together a Python script.
Anyway, thanks for this list, Chris!
Hey Hamish, just filtered it in Textmate, your feed is better as it has better titles so I’d recommend people download yours! Thanks.
Holy bejesus that is a long list.
Perfect timing though, I was just about to write you a message about this very thing!
Y U NO READ ZEN HABITS?
Seriously although its not a web tech blog, a great resource otherwise http://zenhabits.net/ & have influenced the way I live much.
I didn’t realize that was a personal blog, but it looks like it is. Awesome. No wonder it’s so well done.
I attempt to update the ineradicable http://www.binarysludge.com with juicy morsels of technical black magic, but sometimes end up down the pub.
Wow, what a list. Do you keep up with these daily? Check out my blog as well, always blogging about wonderful web things and css : )
http://blog.jenius.me
Amazing! Nice List! Have found a few really good blogs in the list and subscribed them too. Thanks for sharing.
I blog about webdesign at nickyeoman.com/blog you forgot me
and by reading, i mean…..i have them all in my rss reader and glance at their topics once or twice a week lol
Web 367
http://www.zachleat.com/web/
http://www.zachleat.com/web/feed/
wow, that’s a huge list, I am surprised that how much time you spend on these blogs? :) I just follow 3-4 blogs.
I swear your days must have way more hours in them than mine! You must have excellent time management skills.
Wow, what a list! There are quite a few familiar faces, but many many more new folks to explore.
If you’d like to take a look, I write about web nerd stuff (often focusing on web type).
Thanks for sharing, Chris!
Thanks for the mention / reading Chris! The feeling is mutual
Omg, you read a lot on the web ! You read each of the blogs mentioned everyday/week? Thanks for the list.. will try to check them out.. :)
I definitely *don’t* need to subscribe to all those blogs if I want to keep some of my spare time…
My personal blog on which I try to appear smart is located at http://www.paulsprangers.com The design is still not finished, but it’s better to have something right?
I can’t believe you would publish a list post!! What a sell-out!!
:)
But seriously, great list, will have to check out some of the ones I don’t recognize.
Information Overload?
Only if you let it.
Nothing personal man, but have you got a life? :P
Yes I do. Although I admit I spend quite a bit of time doing computerty stuff. You’d be even more appaled at my actual list of feeds, which is I’m sure three or more times as many feeds.
When do you get time to practice your guitar dude :| :P
Man! i can’t say anything…i am just marveled.
You sure have a of blogs to follow and they all seem pretty informative. I’ll try to follow some too! Do you follow other blogs that are not tech related?
To all the people who think this is a lot of blogs… that’s what RSS readers were invented for! Not only do they organise it all into tidy headlines you can quickly scan through, they contain a magical “mark all as read” button!
RSS is one of the best bits of the web!
Find mine at http://www.stevefenton.co.uk/Content/Blog/
I have been through the whole content of this blog which is very informative and knowledgeable stuff, So i would like to visit again.web design company india
The “John Dyer” feed link doesn’t work!
Here’s mine. It can be a little more lighthearted sometimes which I think would be good for you :-)
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Holy Crap… thats a ton of reading!!! Not enough girls in this field :(
Agreed! But I hope nobody thought I was being sexist. There are quite a few women in there and those are some of my favorites in the whole list. It’s just symptomatic of the field as a whole, which I’m sure you’ve noticed =)
Nothing but a challenge for the ladies to represent our skills and serve as role models for other young women. No hard feelings, Chris.
I was really curious about the ratio here, because when I scanned the list, I found there were quite a few females listed. So, here’s the score:
144 total blogs listed
22 Females, 122 males
That’s 15.2% female bloggers.
If we go by the most recent ALA survey results for the male/female ratio in our industry (17.4%), Chris’s list is pretty close. :)
Why the heck aren’t you on my list?! Everybody read Louis’ blog: http://www.impressivewebs.com/
Ha… thanks for the mention. : ) But there are some really talented people on this list and I’d feel pretty uncomfortable being on it. But feel free to add me if you reaaalllly want to… :)
I’ll put a date in my calendar for when I’m going to read through all of them. ;)
Looks more like a “Who’s Who” list than something you’d have in your RSS reader.
Yeah but they have personal blogs with rss feeds and they write about web design stuff, so why wouldn’t you read them in your RSS reader?
Writings by smart people are the only thing that should be in an RSS feed. Too much crappy content to filter out otherwise.
What an honor :) You can’t tell, but I’m totally blushing.
Rock on Chris.
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I always check out css-tricks.com .
It’s a great site ever.
good stuff I really want to start my own blog
You can do it!
Nice website love the layout so clean and uncluttered, what all websites should be like, check out mine which covers gaming news http://www.gamer4eva.com/ , any feed back on how it can be improved is most welcome.
Super clean gaming site and looks like a lot of hard work on you part has paid off in readers. Inspiring how you have content organized, for example by gaming platform.
Thx Chris for sharing this stuff.
That is a vary outstanding collection.
I open your site once a day, keep up with what you are doing. You are a vary passioned guy.
This is nice, I haven’t even heard/seen the work of most of these people before. I’ve bookmarked this list but please sort it alphabetically for easier reading. Thanks.
I’ve just recently started blogging about web development and am in the process of creating several useful tools on my site to both showcase my work and allow others to use freely. It’s time I got all my ideas out and share the love… :) Check it out at http://www.jstiles.com, thanks.
What about Gerard Ferrandez’s¿? He’s a GENIUS with JavaScript. It’s not really about snipets or stuff like that, more like pieces of art:
http://www.dhteumeuleu.com/
whoa! such a long list!! Gotta check them out!!
Thanks for sharing!
Nice list, added straightly to my feeddemon database ;D
I would have loved this list if it had 5-10 people. Too much choice is no longer a choice.
I know what you are referencing there, it’s called The Paradox of Choice. But this isn’t a web app or a vending machine, it’s just a list of folks I like.
Great, thanks! We started a special designers blog too not a so long time ago. Woul you like to check it out? The blog is about ideas, about sharing the ideas.
Imagine if you have a notebook of ideas and you make it public. Well. maybe it is hard to understand…
I.m.o. such a long list of personal blogs HAS to include Francisco Inchauste!
His texts are certainly among the best! Give it a try at http://www.getfinch.com!
I just started blogging. Trying to write good articles but getting zero traffic. My blog is blogsnewsreviews.com
The information shared is good but its too much at a time.
Instead you can do like blog of the week or blog of the day and post the blog and author of it like his or her interview kind of thing, and categories it as the topics in it.
Holy snap, that is a gigantic list! I thought I was quite the nerd for subbing to a bunch of blogs….apparently not nearly as much as I had thought.
I also agree that blogs by one person are my favorites (though I love nettuts), smaller blogs are just….so personal. That care and personal touch that comes from a single mind and voice is a powerful connection. It’s also easier for them to connect to readers vs. big websites that have tons of authors. Great list.
Hi Chris,
Nice list… found some really great blogs that I previously did not know about. I have an art directed blog that I have been working on for a year or so. It can be found here: http://iamsteve.tumblr.com. I update it on a pretty regular basis.
What. A. List.
Thanks! Being a newbie/wannabe to the design/ux industry this is a great list. So much useful information. Thanks again!
Only a few I recognise. I feel so out of touch. Do you just use your reader or visit the sites directly?
I’ve got my new wordpress up this week. I’ve overriden the ‘posted by [link]heydon[/link]’ line in the post meta with ‘by Heydon, of course’ : )
I started reading my email for the first time since last week, and it’s full of e-mail! Seriously, I started reading it around 5:00pm, with around 500 emails; and right now it’s only 11:24pm, and I only have 389 emails to read!
I just wonder how you get through all of your email, how you’re able to do so many things at once, man. How do you do it? Please send me an e-mail. I really want to know this!
My personal blog on which I try to appear smart is located at http://www.lazywebdesign.com The design is still not finished, but it’s better to have something right?
its awesome blogs i like them all thanks buddy
Thanks so much for including my blog here, Chris! Sorry for being slow to notice. I freakin’ love your comment design, btw!
Hey Chris,
I have no idea why you listed me since I’m so bad about updating my blog, but what a huge compliment! I am such a fan of yours and to even imagine that someone like you has peeked at my little site is mind blowing. I’m definitely going to check out the others you listed and stock up on inspiration.
Keep up the good work!
Jessica
Hey guys? Am actually new at this blog thing, but hoping to grow as well as you guys. I got two articles at the moment, I need your critisms where necessary as well as your likes and comments. check me at http://bcece-evenangle.blogspot.com. halla *_*
Hey Guys,
New at the whole blog thing but a ton of great articles here to learn from. I started a new website called 4dable.com and have added a blog to it and wondering how to get traffic towards both my website and blog. the blog is 4dable.com/blog. thxs cheers mate !!
Good list. I’m always looking for good resources. Thanks for the post.
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