5 blogs that make me think
I’m not usually one for jumping onto various memes, but when Robert tagged me with the “5 blogs that make me think” meme I figured I could turn it into an opportunity to mention a few people whose writings I enjoy and find thought-provoking in one way or another.
Since I know how some people (including myself) feel about memes, I want to ask the people on my list to please not feel obliged to pass this on.
In alphabetical order by surname:
- Joe Clark. For the hard-hitting, sarcastic postings on accessibility, Web standards, typography, and much more (though Joe recently announced in Trying not to pretend that he is retiring from Web accessibility).
- Chris Heilmann. For a lot of useful tricks and tips related to JavaScript and accessibility, and for making me laugh a lot.
- Bruce Lawson. For the “I don’t give a damn”-attitude and humour, and for the frank and no-nonsense rants about things that are wrong in the world.
- Jack Pickard. For his rants about Web standards and accessibility. And for the chemistry theme, including the ethanol dogs.
- Jonathan Snook. For consistently providing excellent advice and tips on JavaScript and other stuff related to Web development.
There are many others, of course, but I had to pick five. One of my criteria is that the blog should be updated on a reasonably regular basis, which is why a couple of my otherwise favourite writers are not on this list.
What five blogs or bloggers make you think?
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Thanks Roger! It's nice to hear. :)
yea, Jonathan, you really have a great blog! Roger Johansson is on my "Top 5 blogs that make me think!"
Yeah, you're on my short-list Roger! So is that Andy Clarke guy (except he doesn't seem to blog much at the moment...maybe too busy with other stuff). I keep ending-up at Jonathan's site - so that's probably a sign he's doing something right eh? ;)
There's a bunch of other great people too...(narrowing down to just five is tricky!)
And the nominations are...
Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain - 31three.com
Andy Clarke - stuffandnonsense.co.uk
Simon "Colly" Collison - colly.com
Brad, Ryan & Keegan - thebignoob.com
Jason Santa Maria - jasonsantamaria.com
Nice picks Roger. Your blog makes me think too. Jonathan Snook has really great and helpful posts.
Thanks for sharing!
In no particular order:
Joe Clarke Jonathon Snook Jeffrey Zeldman Cameron Moll
and some guy called Roger Johansson :-)
Great post.
And of course, your blog as well. :)
Some good suggestions so far. To be honest I was hoping that more people would chime in with suggestions. I have a feeling that I am missing some good blogs.
DM, Matt, Dino, David, Hamish: Thanks :-).
5 [Web Design/Development Related] Blogs That Make Me Think
BTW: Your Markdown interpretor appears to be broken, so I had to post this in HTML.
Some really great blogs Roger, I like:
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