If You Could Only Read One Blog... Which One Makes the Cut?
July 10th, 2008 Posted in Blogging
One hundred and seventy four. That is the number of feeds I currently read. Granted, quite a few of these are alerts or blogs that rarely post. Still that is a lot of content. Update: 1/06/09 221 feeds
In a typical day I "read" 175+ blog posts. I say "read" because with that much material I have to scan and only read that which is really relevant. If you held a gun to my head (please don't) and told me to pick one blog to read, it wouldn't take me two seconds. One...Tw..Seth Godin's blog. 
Seth is one of those people who has worked hard and achieved the coveted status of "guru". Marketing is his game. He has the bestselling books and original buzzwords to prove it. Not only are his posts brilliantly creative, he writes in a way most people online have forgotten how...
Succinctly.
His posts are rarely much longer than this one. Why do I think his brevity is brilliant?
People scan, not read (online) The Internet is a noisy, information rich medium. People don't have time nor desire to wade through mountains of text.
Occam's Razor states basically "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." If you have a great insight to share online, make it as simple and succinct as possible. Trim the fat. Get to the point. Some of the most profound truths are the simplest.
If you could only read one blog, which would you pick?
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
The other day I wrote a very similar post: If you could only read 2 blogs:
http://www.myeggnoodles.com/if-you-could-only-read-2-blogs.html
If I had to choose one, it would be techcrunch :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
@Chris - I really like TechCrunch also. But as it mostly just breaks news, I could live without it.
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
That's a hard question to answer
July 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
probably either The Daily Dish (Andrew Sullivan) or Marginal Revolution.
both have a great amount of variety and rarely (if ever) post anything remotely mediocre.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
That's a REALLY tough question to answer!!! Like you, I have a lot of blogs that I read/scan on a daily basis. There are a handful that I really look forward too; my top "5" so-to-speak.
I will say however that Seth Godin is probably one of the few who can blog with such authority. I've always felt that when someone disables comments on their blog, they're hurting their ability to be authoritative...I'm often prone to not listen. (I'm not sure if any of that is making sense so forgive me if it's not). But with Seth, I'm "all ears". He always has something insightful to say...
Amongst some of my favorites are: ConversationAgent.com; ChrisBrogan.com; Chrisg.com; ... And the list goes on...
July 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
@Eliza thanks for the suggestions.
@Ricardo I totally agree, when ever their is a Godin post in my reader I actually take the time and really read it.
You are spot on about comments being turned off. Few people can get away with that. I can see why he has to do it. There are trolls enough on ProBlogger or some of the other big blogs. They make some useless comment just to get a link in front of thousands of people.
I really enjoy Chris Brogan - haven't heard of the other two, will check em out! Thanks!