In today's age, people are more responsible for the information they disseminate than ever before. The moment you claim that something is not possible, your average Googler can find some website that claims the contrary (or even worse, actually implements the contrary). So as a website creator (or any other freelancer), you have a great responsibility to stay up-to-date with the industry. This is even more important when considering what kind of online business or opportunities to pursue. Thankfully, the advent of blogs and newsfeeds makes this task a snap. So here are 40 blogs that you can read via RSS over your morning coffee, orange juice, or Tang. By using a good RSS reader and only reading necessary or interesting topics, I can usually get through them all in about 15 minutes (as long as I keep up daily).
Note: The blogs listed below concern the fields that are most pertinent to blogging, web freelancing, and online income. I occasionally rework my feeds, dropping ones that have dry runs and adding new ones I like (with both decisions being purely subjective). There are a number of other blogs I surf as well when they come to mind. If you know any that you think are great, feel free to comment on them (but realize that the comment form does not currently allow actual linking tags). And oh yeah, you might also consider subscribing to our feed here at Wake Up Later if you're not already :-)
Business / Marketing
TechCrunch (Website | RSS Feed)
All the best tech startup news.
ValleyWag (Website | RSS Feed)
The gossip of Silicon Valley.
Seth's Blog (Website | RSS Feed)
Master and author of encapsulated marketing truths.
Businesspundit (Website | RSS Feed)
Reads like a business class curriculum.
Duct Tape Marketing Blog (Website | RSS Feed)
Marketing for 21st century bootstrappers.
Get Rich Slowly (Website | RSS Feed)
Sensible money making/saving tips.
SEO Book.com (Website | RSS Feed)
Aaron Wall knows SEO and publishes often (now with videos).
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog (Website | RSS Feed)
SEO from many angles and authors.
Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills (Website | RSS Feed)
Average guy who knows how to make good cash on the internet.
Blogging
Problogger (Website | RSS Feed)
The guru of professional blogging.
Skellie Wag (Website | RSS Feed)
Create better content and have better focii.
Chris Garrett on Blogging (Website | RSS Feed)
Chris knows blogging and blog media marketing.
Copyblogger (Website | RSS Feed)
Be a better and smarter writer.
Blogging Experiment (Website | RSS Feed)
Average guy trying to make it full-time blogging.
Blogging Tips (Website | RSS Feed)
Multi-author blogging tips.
Daily Blog Tips (Website | RSS Feed)
Umm...daily bogging tips :-)
Design
Web Designer Wall (Website | RSS Feed)
Great web design articles with no filler material.
Smashing Magazine (Website | RSS Feed)
Great design inspiration and free font lists.
Digg / Design (Website | RSS Feed)
Compilation of hit-or-miss design articles.
Business of Design Online (Website | RSS Feed)
The business-zen side of being a designer.
Carsonified (Website | RSS Feed)
Various design news and organizer of conferences.
Development
(Note that development news often happens with large code releases and that's when I read up -- these blogs are more or less feeds about various web and Flash techniques.)
A List Apart (Website | RSS Feed)
For people who make websites.
Vitamin (Website | RSS Feed)
More stuff for people who make websites.
Slashdot (Website | RSS Feed)
News for nerds.
Adobe Labs RSS (Website | RSS Feed)
Where internet magic is brewing.
The Flash Blog (Website | RSS Feed)
I like Flash and they know Flash.
Justin's Flash Blog (Website | RSS Feed)
From someone in the Flash dev team.
Digg / Programming (Website | RSS Feed)
Compilation of hit-or-miss programming articles.
Digg / Software (Website | RSS Feed)
Compilation of hit-or-miss software articles.
Internet and Technology
Engadget (Website | RSS Feed)
Tech news part one.
Gizmodo (Website | RSS Feed)
Tech news part two.
Techmeme (Website | RSS Feed)
News bits from around the techscape.
Zen Habits (Website | RSS Feed)
Plain good productivity habits.
Life Hacker (Website | RSS Feed)
Tips for productivity and technology life.
Freelance
Freelance Switch (Website | RSS Feed)
Daily articles from some of the best bloggers and freelancers.
Freelance Folder (Website | RSS Feed)
Multi-author blog on freelancing.
Adii (Website | RSS Feed)
Wordpress guru and web freelancer.
Shane and Peter (Website | RSS Feed)
Good business heads on two freelance shoulders.
Web Worker Daily (Website | RSS Feed)
Oft-updated blog for web workers in general.
Flying Solo (Website | RSS Feed)
How to run a freelance business, mate.
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