Ask HN: Which tech blog do you follow?

28 points by mrlebowski ↗ HN
I had been following TechCrunch cuz everybody else was, but its turning to be pretty boring now. Frankly, I dislike the tabloid style posts of TechCrunch, a lot (and most of them are about Apple or Twitter).

Which blog do you follow?

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http://www.phoronix.com/ http://www.groklaw.net/ http://arstechnica.com/

Phoronix can be a good source of updates on a wide variety of software and hardware, and is the source of the biggest Linux benchmark suite, but can sometimes be shallow and dull. Groklaw is always insightful and informative. Ars is usually good, particularly Nobel Intent, but it is starting to drift into the realm of sensationalism.

These are my absolute favorite tech news sources...whether they're blogs or news sites: (yes, Techcrunch is included): BBC News | Technology Bits BusinessWeek.com -- Technology CNN.com - Technology Dvorak Uncensored Engadget Forbes.com Technology News FT.com - IT Gizmodo Guardian Tech Hacker News guardian.co.uk Lifehacker Mashable! Mixergy PaidContent.org PR2.0 Read/WriteWeb Silicon Alley Insider Springwise TechCrunch Techmeme TechRadar TechRepublic Blogs Telegraph Technology The iPhone Blog The Next Web VentureBeat

Here's an OPML file of the lot http://drop.io/s2z7plk

Wired Top Stories Lifehacker http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/ PG Essays http://www.techstars.org/ Seth's Blog - some brilliant marketing nuggets in there Dilbert - of course http://www.startbreakingfree.com/ - takes you through step by step as this guy built several sites from the ground up. http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/ Mashable Smashing Magazine http://www.collegemogul.com http://carsonified.com/ TED Videos http://www.ted.com/talks/browse The Register (El Reg) http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://wealthpilgrim.com/ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/
I prefer to run into good articles, instead of chasing them down. RSS feeds and blog following can drain time fairly quickly; better search for what I want, if it's important enough it will find me.
Books are also generally far superior for those who want to learn or develop themselves.
I read Hacker News to get a mashup of the web, it's better than digg or stumbleupon. When I'm bored I read Techcrunch or Tweetmeme.
Hacker News.

Because you guys separate the wheat from the chaff.