Blog of the Week
Posted on November 25, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Categories: Blog of the Week
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers!
A friend of mine asked me for some recommendations on blogs recently, and I thought I would start sharing (not more than twice a month) my favorite blogs. Not only what they are, but why I like them. So to start this off, I am picking the first blog of the week:
Why was Lifehacker chosen? To me, Lifehacking is about not wasting time and energy on stuff that doesn’t really matter, so it fits right it to what I try to accomplish with simplicity and productivity.
The Lifehacker team culls through thousands of news items, user-submitted tips and other blogs to pull out tips on everything from software to safety to cooking to optimization. This gives me a large selection of material to choose from.
The Downside to Lifehacker: Lifehacker produces a lot of articles. Twenty to thirty per day. And they don’t publish full content in their feed, either, so I have to go to the site to read the article.
Why I Like Lifehacker: In spite of the above, they are very, very good at titles, and I can tell from their titles if I want to read the rest of the article. I usually find one or two articles a day that I go on to read.
Lifehacker also classifies their articles in the feed titles, so I can glance at an article and see [Android] and know that I can skip it.
Their summaries are concise, to the point, and well written. The information is usually helpful, accurate, and often written in an entertaining style. The also have a very active commenter base, who often provide more information or alternatives.
I would like to make this an interactive feature, so please email me with your favorite blog (LJ (AT) simpleproductivityblog (DOT) com), or leave it in the comments below. I will do my best look at every blog that people send me.
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Comments (7)
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Great idea LJ! The only problem is that you will be giving me EVEN MORE fab blogs to read!
So…a question. How do you organise your time to read them? I have a list but that’s as far as I get!!
I’m glad you asked! I have a system for getting through my blogs very quickly. I outlined it in How I Keep On Top of 100+ Blogs.
My current reading list is about 111 blogs and 7 Google Alerts.
I look forward to more of your recommended blog reading.
You’re posting on a holiday–I’m impressed! I wish I could get into a more regular posting schedule. Sometime you should share some blogging productivity tips (creating a posting schedule, generating article ideas, etc.).
Happy Thanksgiving!
While I am actually online right now (Thanksgiving evening), my blog posts are automated and go out automatically via WordPress.
I don’t actually get up every morning and post. If I had to, the blog would be updated sporadically. And truth be told, it is the main reason I moved the blog from Blogger over to WordPress.
I will make a note of blogging productivity tips — it will fit in really nicely with a book I am reviewing right now. More on that soon!
And as far as being online on Thanksgiving, it’s amazing what I can come up with to do when I am trying to avoid writing my book!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Lifehacker does publish full articles in their feed if you subscribe to their “VIP” feed.
http://feeds.gawker.com/lifehacker/vip
Awesome tip! I am now getting full feeds! YAY!