For those of you who don’t know, I was asked earlier this year to be included in a book with some of the top bloggers in the world. I’m excited to see that the book is finally out on sale on Amazon.com:
It was truly an honor to be listed with some of these bloggers and I just wanted to give them a shout out real quick and hopefully will be able to meet them one day to get each one of my chapters signed by them. Here’s a list of the Top 30 Bloggers and a little bio from their blogs:
- Dave Taylor - The Intuitive Blog - Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is widely recognized as an expert on both technical and business issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startup companies, has written twenty business and technical books and holds both an MBA and MS Ed. Dave maintains three weblogs, The Intuitive Life Business Blog, focused on business and industry analysis, the eponymous Ask Dave Taylor devoted to tech and business Q&A and The Attachment Parenting Blog, discussing topics of interest to parents. Dave is an award-winning speaker, sought after conference and workshop participant and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs.
- Chris Anderson - The Long Tail - A very popular editor in chief for Wired Magazine who has set up a special page for people to get to know him just a little bit better. Click here to check it out - CA Bio
- Gina Trapani - Lifehacker - A freelance web programmer and technology writer based in San Diego, California. Relocated from Brooklyn, New York, Gina is the founding editor of Lifehacker.com, a weblog on software and personal productivity and the author of Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day (Wiley, December 2006). A Sun-certified Java programmer, Gina builds Firefox extensions and web sites. Her writing has appeared in Popular Science, Wired, Women’s Health and Macworld magazines. The Wall Street Journal Online recently profiled her and her work has also been mentioned in Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, Wired and PC Magazine.
- Ina Steiner - AuctionBytes - Ina is Editor of AuctionBytes newsletters. Ina has appeared on television news segments and radio programs, including Public Radio’s Marketplace and Bloomberg Radio’s Tomorrow Tonight, and is a weekly guest on “Calling All Collectors” syndicated radio show. Read More.
- Mary Jo Foley - All About Microsoft - Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 20 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet News, eWeek and Baseline. She has kept close tabs on Microsoft strategy, products and technologies for the past 10 years. In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning “At The Evil Empire” column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for Ziff Davis.
- Dave Rothman - TeleRead - David is author of six nonfiction books published by Ballantine, St. Martin’s Press and others. David serves as site coordinator. While David originates many posts for the TeleRead Web Log, aka the TeleBlog, we welcome contributions from others.
- Frank Warren - PostSecret - A blog that posts unique postcards donated by the readers. If you’re to click only one link here, go here. I love seeing the creativity that comes from a community.
- Mike Masnick - Techdirt - Mike is the visionary behind Techdirt, building up the core idea into reality and recruiting the management team. In addition to providing the strategic direction for the company, Mike oversees all editorial aspects of the Techdirt’s public and customer sites. Mike’s insight into the realms of business and technology are the basis for his frequent posts to the award winning Techdirt blog. The widely followed, often quoted blog was launched in 1997. Prior to founding Techdirt Inc., Mike worked in business development and marketing at Release Software, an e-commerce startup, and in marketing at Intel. Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA — both from Cornell University.
- Mark Frauenfelder - BoingBoing.net - In his own words - “ - I’m a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. (Click on my picture for a bigger version.) I co-founded bOING bOING magazine and the Boing Boing Blog, and was an editor at Wired from 1993-1998. For three years, I wrote a monthly column for Playboy called “Living Online,” and was the co-editor of The Happy Mutant Handbook (Putnam-Berkley, 1995). I’m the design columnist for Mobile PC magazine and a contributing editor to TheFeature. I’m also a ukulele fanatic. From June to October 2003, my wife, two daughters and I lived around the South Pacific.
- Robert Scoble - Scobleizer - is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. He is married to Maryam Ghaemmaghami Scoble. He has two sons, Patrick, from a previous marriage, and Milan. He and his wife currently work at PodTech.net,[1] a video-podcast startup. He is also the co-author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers with Shel Israel.
- Peter Rojas - Engadget - Peter Rojas is the CEO and co-founder of RCRD LBL, an ad-supported free music download site, and the founder and editorial director of Engadget, a daily blog covering gadgets and personal technology with a monthly readership of over 9 million. He is also the co-founder of Joystiq, Gizmodo, and Hackaday, and served as an on-air contributor to HGTV’s I Want That – Tech Toys and as a guest host on G4’s Attack of the Show.
- John Neff - Autoblog - John is a Editor in Chief of one of the biggest and best auto blogs on the net. Starting with only 4 writers and another editor, they saw a growth to nearly 3 million visitors within their first two years of existence.
- Ken Fisher - Ars Technica - I’m currently a Ph.D. student in Religion at Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. I’m now working on my dissertation, and hope to be finished in a few years. I have worked in IT for most of my “career years,” performing senior administrative functions at two different universalities, as well as running my own consulting business on the side. I tend now to focus all of my energy on my studies, but I still consult from time to time to pay the bills. Read More.
- Deborah Petersen - Life in the Fast Lane - Fast Lane Transport is a family owned company started by Layne Petersen in 2000. My name is Deborah Petersen, Layne’s wife, and I am the primary blogger for this site. You won’t find me discussing business topics only — as important as this is to our company’s success — rather, I will also share with you some of my other interests including yard art, garden art, and details about what is going on in my home city,
- Joel Comm - JoelComm.com - Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for over 20 years. In 1995, Joel launched WorldVillage.com, a family-friendly portal to the web which enjoys thousands of visitors each day. Joel is the co-creator of ClassicGames.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1997, and now goes by the name Yahoo! Games. Since then, Joel’s company, InfoMedia, Inc., has launched dozens of web sites which offer online shopping, free stuff, website reviews and more. Joel is the author of many popular books, including the NY Times Best-Seller, The AdSense Code. He regularly makes appearances at Internet marketing conferences and seminars.
- Brian Lam - Gizmodo - This is one of my favorite blogs that I actually go and read every day. Only problem is that Brian doesn’t really have a bio on Gizmodo, so just know that he’s a tech freak who started a blog which has grown into one of the most popular tech blogs in the world.
- Kristin Darguzas - ParentDish - My life before Nolan was an adrenaline-fueled triage of extreme sports,international travelling, and corporate ladder climbing. My unexpected pregnancy changed my life in ways I could never have imagined, and, though it would have seemed impossible to Old Kristin, I wouldn’t change my new Universe for anything. I used to keep a personal blog until things got kind of weird (this is the Internet, you know) so now my primary outlet is ParentDish. I know. You’re so welcome. Read More.
- Chris Grant - Joystiq - Motivated by either an unhealthy Messianic complex or a dearth of career opportunities (he never could decide which), Chris put his college education to good use as a carpenter before becoming editor-in-chief of the popular gaming blog, Joystiq. If he isn’t busy playing or writing about games, he’s doing other, no doubt less important, things (though he probably shouldn’t be). He hangs his hat in the cultural epicenter of the video game industry, Philadelphia.
- Scott McNulty - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - Being the Apple whore that I am, I visit this site religiously. I think it’s a weblogs rule to not post bios, so just trust me in saying this is a great blog for an of you new apple owners.
- Philipp Lenssen - Google Blogoscoped - In his own words: “I’m from Germany and I’m doing this blog and my other sites & related projects full-time (before that, I worked as web developer for several years). I like to do a bit of everything, from drawing to programming, writing to trying to play around with music, and I’m always interested in the intersections among those areas.” Read More.
- Brad Hill - Weblogs, Inc. - In his own words: “I’m the Director of Weblogs, Inc., an AOL Company. I have been (and in spare time still am) an author, consultant, and occasional public speaker. I’ve written a ton of consumer nonfiction books and many pounds of articles and columns.” Read More.
- Steve Rubel - Micro Persuasion - Steve Rubel is a senior marketing strategist with over 15 years experience. He currently serves as senior vice president in Edelman’s me2revolution practice. Edelman is the largest independent global PR firm. He is charged with helping Edelman identify, test, incubate and champion new forms of communication. He also explores this on his well-read Micro Persuasion weblog and in a bi-weekly column for AdAge Digital. Steve is often sought out as a speaker and appears frequently in the press. He has been named to several prestigious lists, including: Media Magazine’s Media 100, the AlwaysOn/Technorati Open Media 100 and the CNET News.com Blog 100. Prior to joining Edelman in 2006, Rubel spent five years at CooperKatz & Company.
- Rebecca Lieb - ClickZ - Rebecca Lieb is vice president and editor-in-chief of the ClickZ Network. She has held executive marketing and communications positions at strategic e-services consultancies, including Siegel & Gale. She worked in the same capacity for global entertainment and media companies including Universal Television & Networks Group (formerly USA Networks International) and Bertelsmann’s German network, RTL Television. As a journalist, Rebecca has written on media for numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and spent five years as Variety’s Berlin-based German/Eastern European bureau chief. She’s also a member of the graduate faculty at New York University’s Center for Publishing, where she also serves on the Electronic Publishing Advisory Group.
- Deidre Woollard - Luxist - Here’s an interview I found with another member of the Weblogs, Inc network
- Richard MacManus - Read/WriteWeb - Read/WriteWeb was founded and is edited by Richard MacManus, from Wellington New Zealand. Prior to R/WW Richard did research, analysis and product development work for companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has also worked for some of New Zealand’s top organizations as a Web Manager. Richard co-founded the Web 2.0 Workgroup
and from September 2005 – December 2006 he started and ran the Web 2.0 Explorer blog at ZDNet. Richard also co-founded and was Executive Editor of Micro Media Corporation, a multi-channel leadership program in Web and Media 2.0 that operated under the brand name TransMission. - Eric T. - Internet Duct Tape - My name is Eric and I am a Canadian engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering. I’m a fan of automation and using computers to do the heavy lifting so I don’t have to. I have the typical engineer’s desire to put a square peg in a round hole just to see if it’s possible. Internet Duct Tape is about that Frankenstein-like philosophy of making things work together that were never meant to.
- Victor Agreda - DIY Life - One of my favorite blogs to just read and learn about different ways to do things myself :). As you guessed, Victor doesn’t have a bio on the site either, but that shouldn’t stop you from checking out the blog!
- Steve Garfield - Steve Garfield’s Video Blog - Steve Garfield is a video blogger based in Boston, Massachusetts. Garfield is one of the Internet’s first video bloggers having launched his own regular video blog on January 1, 2004. Garfield likes to capture and share fleeting moments and teach others how to do the same. This led to his becoming co-creator of the first vloggercon, and a co-organizer of the first PodCamp held in Boston. He currently runs the Boston Media Makers. Steve Garfield’s Video Blog features “The Carol & Steve Show” and “Vlog Soup.” On February 3, 2005, Garfield posted what is believed to be the first video blog from a United States elected politician, Boston City Councillor John Tobin. Garfield is currently a regular contributor to Rocketboom and a co-host of the New Mediacracy podcast.
- Grant Robertson - Download Squad - Grant has written professionally since early 2001, and as an amateur since 1997. For Weblogs, Inc. Grant previously served as Lead Editor of The Digital Music Weblog; Increasing web traffic by 150% during his 6 month
tenure. Grant has also written for high-profile open-source community sites, Linux.com and Newsforge.com under the direction of former Slashdot editors Robin Miller and Emmett Plant. Grant’s earliest published articles appeared in privately published gray-hat “hacker” zines, under a variety of pseudonyms, beginning around 1998
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congrats on making the list!
that’s a pretty incredible list… you truly are “the legendary”!
Congrats on being included in the list of such reputable bloggers Gary! I wasn’t informed at the time as to who was going to be featured in the book.
Have you received your copy yet? Considering it’s already available at the retail level, I’m surprised I haven’t.
There were a couple of things that I was misquoted for about getting links, and not leaving comments even after proofing and being told the changes were made. It made me cringe a bit to read the published copy didn’t have the changes.
Reading your write-up of my site was a good reminder that I have to update my About page
Thanks for including me in your review.
I’m looking forward to reading what you and others had to say.
Thanks for dropping by Deborah . . . . Shoemoney told me he had some problems with the publisher as well, which is why he requested to be removed from the book totally. I haven’t received my copy yet, but I will contact them soon to see what’s going on . . .
Congratulations! I know, it’s been ages since I’ve visited and I’m glad to see the new look (for me at least!) and that you’re being featured in a book! Wow!
awesome on making the list! looking forward to reading it!
Hi Gary,
I’m reading the book right now and enjoying it quite a bit. If nothing else (and there in fact is quite a bit else) it will prompt bloggers to take what they do more seriously. I think after reading the book most will pay more attention to their own quality and read other blogs mush more frequently. Kudos to a book that should improve the blogosphere.
Bruce
The Bookshop Blog
Hey Gary,
That certainly doesn’t sound comforting that Shoemoney pulled out of this book. A friend will be sending me a copy soon. I’ll keep you posted once I receive it.