The new tradition to our monthly highlighting of five less visible blogs appears to be delivering it at the very end of the month, rather than the beginning. Just because it's posted at the end of April doesn't make these selections any less relevant or important than any other month. This is a feature I look forward to every month, and it's always fun to make the selections.If you are new to louisgray.com, we have been trying to extend the blogging ecosystem, finding what Tac Anderson calls "the good long tail blogs". We know many of you get tired of the the echochamber, so we are more than happy to bring you some new voices. To get on this list, bloggers need to post regularly, cover something resembling technology, and have less than 1,000 subscribers or so.
With that intro, here are this month's selections...
1) The AppsLab (theappslab.com)
Focus: Oracle, Web 2.0, Technology
Three Recent Posts:
- In Defense of Anonymous Commenting?
- Musings on Relationship Symmetry in the Enterprise
- When Are You Most Productive?
2) Rick Klau's weblog (tins.rklau.com)
Focus: Blogger, Google, Twitter
Three Recent Posts:
- The Stand, Playing Out on Twitter
- Eight Lessons Learned as a Brand on Twitter
- Music Rights Are Killing Good TV Shows
3) The Programmer's Paradox (theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com)
Focus: Software, Development
Three Recent Posts:RSS Feed: Subscribe Now
4) New Comm Biz (newcombizz.com)
Focus: Technology, Blogging, Social Networking
Three Recent Posts:
- Where Are All the Good Long Tail Blogs?
- Do Social Media Professionals Work Harder Than Their Peers?
- The Only Thing You Should Be Doing
5) Guruvan (guruvan.gurus.net)
Focus: Social Networking, Marketing
Three Recent Posts:
- The Mine Is Caving In On Twitter's Gold
- Sphere of Influence Or Marketing Pool? How Do you use your Social Networks?
- FriendFeed vs. Twitter OR Remember the Tortoise and the Hare?
Want to be on this list? You can catch my eye by posting great information in the field of technology, social media, blogging and the Web. I'll be more likely to highlight you if you blog almost every day, and bring new stories to the table that don't repeat discussions launched elsewhere. And if you have more than 1,000 subscribers, you're probably too big for this.
To see even more new blogs I'm adding to my reader, or get a sneak peek for next month's highlighted blogs, follow my activity on Toluu. If you don't have a login to Toluu, send me an e-mail to louisgray@mac.com and I'll get that set up right away.