There are more and more Puget Sound folk jumping into the blogosphere these days. Time for a shout out, and some links (with blogroll additions coming soon to my current "Northwest/West Coast" lineup).
As in my feature article on Puget Sound bloggers for the December issue of Seattle Magazine (current link via Seattle blogging priestess Ambra Nykol and her scanner), my focus here is primarily on bloggers who highlight politics or elements of culture apart from geekdom.
Goodness knows I'm fascinated by evolving technologies, and (both here and in my 4/01 to 5/04 regular guest op-ed column in The Seattle Times) have written about the convergence of technology with popular culture and politics. It's a ripe, fascinating area to explore, and changing every day. I admire geeks a lot, especially those who are plugged into politics (my bias, I guess). But if you're evangelizing blogging to the 96 percent of Net users not yet familiar with the medium (and that's part of my ongoing focus), then "inside baseball" techie blogs aren't where you'd want to send them first.
So here are a few more humble "underbloggers" like myself - not quite as famous as Daily Koz or Instapundit - that I'd like to "tug on your coat about." As Tom Waits would say.
Skor Grimm is a frickin' hoot. This guy is poised for blogosphere stardom, seriously. Give him some love, and comments. OK?
Check out Seth Cooper's Sharks With Lasers.
Here's the Live Journal page of Mark Atwood, a gun-friendly geek with an eye for the intersection of politics and popular culture. He says he's worth $2.9 million. Almost enough for private schooling your kids in Seattle these days.
David Keenan's Seattle Sense hits the spot. Another Seattle Conservative. Damn, we're gonna have to have a Pride parade or something.
In classic blog fashion, Pajama Jihad was created so the author could make sure his letter to the editor got aired publicly, just in case it didn't get printed. He has kept going, with a focus on regional and national politics.
Josef has a blog, too.
Bainbridge-based blogger, scientist, writer, thinker and mom Julie Leung's Seedlings and Sprouts is a good read. She was featured, along with several other West Sound bloggers in a recent piece by The Bremerton/Kitsap Sun. Nice story; the online version includes URLs of a number of West Sound bloggers, but no live links (huhhh?).
Fortunately this post by Julie on her 15 minutes of local MSM fame does include a number of such links (at the bottom), so explore.
And of course, Daily Recycler is already famous.
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at November 21, 2004 10:38 AM
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Thanks for adding my blog. I sort-of copied your list and my own personal comments about it.
I am also watching VERY closely the gubernatorial situation on my blog since SoundPolitics.com isn't covering the current battle. I have had record post-election weekend traffic as a result.
I'm about to rebuild my blog roll.
Posted by: Josef K at November 21, 2004 03:17 PMFair enough, although the only hit I ever got in little league was a foul ball. :)
Posted by: Chris Pirillo at November 21, 2004 08:01 PMDude, don't be forgetting Ambra - you don't want me going off like a Pacers fan now do you?
Posted by: P. Scott Cummins at November 21, 2004 08:30 PMGood to hear from you all. And Scott, absolutely, Ambra rocks, you're right. I already have her on my blogroll.
Posted by: Matt R. at November 21, 2004 10:25 PMAs a consumer, not a producer, of blogs, I have a word of advice (or perhaps request) to new entrants in the blogosphere.
While it is always satisfying to find a clever expression of views one already holds, it is even more valuable to find a good argument for opposing positions, and still more useful to find links to stories not well covered in the mainstream media. The blogs of James Na, Matt Rosenberg, and Andrew Sullivan are unfailing interesting (to me, at least) because of the items they turn up that would otherwise never come to my attention.
Posted by: Tom Rekdal at November 22, 2004 09:09 AMThanks for the link. It's great to find each other and I'm excited to see the regional blogosphere expanding. I was honored to be mentioned in the Kitsap papers (although I agree with you about the live links!) and I am honored to be listed here. I'll keep reading...thanks!
Posted by: Julie Leung at November 22, 2004 11:01 PMI own a special thanks to Matt R. He turned me on to this "blogging." He was very generously encouraging and helpful. He is a great advocate for the medium.
I find that it is, foremost, something really fun to do. However, I also find that I can become obsessive about it, constantly searching the web for something that would be interesting to me as well as for potential readers.
I do not recommend the medium for those who are maniacally obsessive-compulsive perfectionists.
Posted by: James J. Na at November 23, 2004 07:15 AMMy ears must of been burning because I see my name here....hmmm. Anyway, I just stopped by Matt to drop you this link I created of your article scanned. Great work by the way and congrats!
Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 23, 2004 11:27 AMNo HTML enabled? Oops. So here's the link:
http://www.nykola.com/images/seattlemagazine.html
Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 23, 2004 11:29 AMThanks Ambra!
Posted by: Matt R. at November 23, 2004 12:54 PMThanks to Ambra and Nice column to Matt. I enjoyed reading it.
And the picture of Stefan... that was cool!
Posted by: Josef at November 25, 2004 08:41 PMI just had this post pointed out to me. Thank you very much for the link, Matt.
Posted by: Nathan Azinger at November 29, 2004 10:52 AMI wish I was worth almost three million, then I would be living in a condo in Belltown instead of a dumpy little apartment on Eastside. That number was just the result of a silly little LiveJournal "meme".
So before the golddiggers think there is a target here, there ain't no gold to dig.
But thanks for referring people to my LJ. :)