As we wrap up July, it comes time again to highlight some enterprising bloggers who are practicing their craft with little attention - or at least a lot less than some of the brand names we frequently run up against. This month's edition, like the others, brings new voices into the sphere who you may want to start reading and follow. Each month, I try to find five new ones that you may not have heard, who are working hard in obscurity. Most are interested in a lot of the same things I am - including technology, information gathering, gadgetry and social networking.To get on this list, bloggers need to post regularly, cover something resembling technology, and have less than 1,000 subscribers or so, with very rare exceptions. We are more than happy to take nominations as well, either here, by e-mail, FriendFeed or Twitter.
The July 2009 blogs are:
1) In the Mind of Damond Nollan (damondnollan.com)
Focus: IT Management, Education, Software, Internet Services
Three Recent Posts:
- First Look at Google Voice
- Small Discovery Makes Lazyfeed Exceedingly Cool
- How to Share Interesting Stuff from the Web Using Google Reader and Friendfeed
2) Victus Spiritus by Mark Essel ( victusspiritus,com)
Focus: Investment, Technology, Social Networking
Three Recent Posts:
- Crowd Sourced Venture Capitalism
- Open Social Media of the People, by the People, for the People
- Motivation for Behavior Change, Cognitive Dissonance
3) Adam Sherk (www.adamsherk.com)
Focus: Publishing, SEO, Public Relations
Three Recent Posts:
- Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content
- Do People Search for “Breaking News”?
- Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Ropes
4) TrendsSpotting (trendsspotting.com)
(This violates my rule of 1,000 or fewer subscribers, but I bet it's new to many of you)
Focus: Statistics, Trends, Social Media
Three Recent Posts:
- Facebook’s Naked Reality: Social Networks Research Insights
- Taking A Stock Of Real Time Search Hype
- Apple is Risking its Brand Image
5) Social Squared by Jess Sloss (socialsquared.com)
Focus: Social Media, Marketing, Lifestreaming
Three Recent Posts:
- The Everyday Evangelist
- Want 500,000 Clicks? Try Giving Away 10 Macbook Pros
- Find Twitter Followers and Build An Audience With These Helpful Applications
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 usually 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.