Chase Jarvis Blog: 150 of YOUR Favorite Blogs, and My NEW Favorite 9

150 of YOUR Favorite Blogs, and My NEW Favorite 9

11/19/2007 01:54:00 AM

Well, if you're a regular here, you'll know why I haven't posted in more than a week - I've been buried in the great links you've sent over. Wow am I grateful for everyone's time submitting their favorites. My plan was always to organize 'em, but I had no idea there would a)be so many and b)of such a high quality... So that said, I did chuck 'em into three categories: photography, design, and pop culture. There could have been more categories (music, science, tech, NSFW, etc), but I settled on three, because it felt right. It's an amalgamation (and culling of duplicates) of 150 of links submitted as YOUR favorites. Remember, this is YOUR list. As promised, I visited every single one. Many were already on my list of my regulars, but lots were not. And I only had to chuck out a couple insincere links. Overall, I can't thank you enough for the inspiration and the new reading material - and props for coming together as a community; this is a great resource.

Read to the bottom for my favorites and some more really cool link pools (And don't forget, free Tshirts to those readers who recommended my fav NEW selections found at the bottom - you'll need to ping me with your mailing address).

PHOTOGRAPHY BLOGS/SITES
365 Portraits
A Little News
A Photo Editor
Afuckaday (NSFW - Nudes)
Assignment Construct
Behind the Camera
Behind The Lens
Black Star Photoblog
Brian Garson Photography
c h r o m a s i a
CameraPorn
Conscientious
Cornershots
Craig Tanner Creative
[Daily dose of imagery]
Deceptive Media
Digital Photography School
Digital Photography Tips from the Top Floor
DIYPhotography.net
Durham Township
Echard Wheeler
Epic Edits Weblog
F/1.0
FlashFlavor
George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography
Jasmine Star - Photo Blog
JMG-Galleries
JR Photoblog
Lighting Mods
Mauro delRomano's Flickr Stream
Magnum Blog
Moustache May
Mrs. Deane
Muse-ings
MUTE - Photoblog
My Glass Eye
Nikonians News - Photography & Imaging News and Podcasts
Now roll it up and smoke it again...
Nuno Ferreira
Perous Secret Diary - Stay Out!
A photography Blog
Photoshop Insider
PopPhoto Flash
Pretty Girl Shooter (NSFW - Nudes)
Reuters Photographers
Smudo.org
Strobist
Strobist Favorites
The F STOP
The Image is Found
The Neurotopian
The Online Photographer
Thinsite
The Shutter Click
Whats the Jackanory?
Wink
Wasted Photos
Jamie Stoker

DESIGN BLOGS/SITES

[a barriga de um arquitecto]
Ace Jet 170
Adland
Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
Funfurde
Greg Mankiw's Blog
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog
i love typography
information aesthetics
JoshSpear.com
MAKE Magazine
MoCo Loco
Monoscope
NOTCOT.ORG
Presentation Zen
REFERENCE LIBRARY
Signal vs. Noise
Sleevage
Spoon Graphics
The Belly of an Architect
Trend Spotting

POP CULTURE BLOGS/SITES
PostSecret
5ives
A Brief Message
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)
Arts & Letters Daily
Bad Astronomy Blog
BAGnewsNotes
Beyond the Map Stars
Brooks Blog
Cool Tools
Coudal Partners Blended Feed
Crank Cast
Damn Interesting
Daring Fireball
David Byrne Journal
Demonbaby
Design is Kinky
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens
Engadget
Engadget HD
Forever Geek
forgetfoo.com (NSFW)
Free Albums Galore
From Our Own Correspondent
Wired Gadgets
Gizmodo
Hack a Day
HD For Indies
Henrhy
Hot Chicks with Douchebags
I, Platform
indexed
KSSX | rezzing
KWERFELDEIN - Martin Gommel
Moco Loco
Mute
Lies.com
Lifehacker
Light Diary
Mariners Blog
Mike Col√≥n | Blog
Multimedia Evangelist
Neatorama
nikf
No Impact Man
Overheard in New York
Pogue's Pages
ReubenMiller
Six Sentences
Smodcast
Sound Opinions
STORYBOARD FOR A DISPARATE LIFE
Stereogum
TechCrunch
The Big Picture
The Boy Genius Report
The Factory Floor
The Greenwood Collective
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
TreeHugger
Vanessa Fox. Nude.
Voodoo Funk
WebbAlert
Willarg.com
Wooster Collective
Woot
WWdN: In Exile
Yewknee.com

Okay now. I can't string this out any longer. In exploring all these blogs, I learned a few things:

1. I like photoblogs. This is new for me. I used to not like them at all.
2. I'm a sucker for design blogs.
3. I like knowing what you like, and I like that it's all over the map. Proof that we cat get inspired from so many sources.

Anyway, remember, many of the blogs you listed above are incredible, but they were already on my list of daily visits... This list below represents new discoveries--my new favorites of your suggestions. Thanks to this community I now get to enjoy:

Photo related:
365 Portraits
[Daily dose of imagery]
Deceptive Media
Smudo.org
Wink

Design related:
Monoscope
NOTCOT.ORG
Signal vs. Noise

Pop Culture:
Wooster Collective

If you're the author of one of these blogs, thanks for the inspiration. Amazing stuff. If you suggested I read one of these blogs, feel free to ping me for a t-shirt.

Now since we're on a roll, I figured what the hell: Here are a few more blogs that are on my list of regulars that weren't mentioned above. Some are blow-your-mind cool, others are just some friend sites - either way, you might find a nugget in here:

SOME MORE BLOGS I READ THAT ARE NOT ON YOUR LIST

Anthem Magazine Blog
Boing Boing
David Airey :: Creative Design ::
James Duncan Davidson
Lightheavyweight
LightSource Studio Photography Podcast
PDNPulse
Seth's Blog
SID LEE
State of the Art
TED | TEDBlog
The BUILD Blog
The Incoherent Geek
The KEXP Blog

If you want to fill your Google Reader or other RSS Aggregator with all these links from this community's master list above, check back in 24 hours. I'll tie all these up via OPML first thing in the morning.

UPDATE-- OPML IS HERE: www.chasejarvis.com/google_reader.xml

NOW, THE WRAP UP. Lastly, and perhaps the coolest aspect of this whole dealio, is that this little My New Favorite Blog post from two weeks ago seems to have inspired a slew of photography-related link pools, site lists, and blog aggregates this past week from several other talented bloggers. A handful have done an amazing job. While I didn't edit your lists on principle, these friends below went thru plenty of additional work to pare it down for you...so check 'em out too. It's no surprise, they're all on the list:

-Epic Edits Weblog has 87 Favorite Photo Blogs
-A Photo Editor has launched a new feature site that allows you to rank Photo Blogs and such
-Martin Gommel's Kwerfeldein.de has posted 99 Photographer Portfolios
-My pal David Airey did a nice one for graphic design blogs too.

Have a great week.

44 Comments:

David Airey said...: Hey Chase,

I hope all's well with you buddy.

Thanks for the kind mention here, and it's a pleasure to know you're still checking my site out from time to time.

You might already have seen that I'm on a break now until around Christmas time, so if you get in touch, and don't hear from me, it's certainly not that I'm ignoring you.

Ciao for now.; 4:52 AM
Fly on the Wall said...: great post. I've just lost two hours looking at it all.; 7:35 AM
Brian Auer said...: Wow Chase, this is a serious list your readers have put together! After I go through all of these links, I'm sure I'll have many more than 87 photography blogs in my reader. What's cool to see is that I recognize many of the sites in these lists.; 7:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Gasp. Wow. That is a seriously cool list.; 8:27 AM
Anonymous said...: Love the list chase!Time to explore the internet!; 8:44 AM
Jasmine said...: Hi Chase! Thanks for spreading a little blog lovin' my way...and props for inspiring and pushing photography forward! :); 8:59 AM
Mads Alexander said...: Awsome job Chase, you wrote a new bible :-) Web 2.0 kicks ass !; 9:11 AM
Peter said...: Thanks for the great list, since you like design sites like 'Design if Kinky' you should check out (if you haven't already):

http://www.pixelsurgeon.com
&
http://www.k10k.net

Khoi Vinhs (design director for NYT) personal site http://www.subtraction.com/

is pretty cool to.

Thanks for the great link resource.

cheers

Pete; 9:38 AM
Todd W. said...: Sad to see Gallery Hopper missing from the list.

Must. Post. More. Often.; 10:31 AM
Chase Jarvis said...: @ Todd: Drat, man. I LOOOOVE Gallery Hopper. In fact, I gave a shoutout to Gallery Hopper 2 posts ago when discussing Camille Seaman. I don't go there everyday, cause I don't have a place in NYC (yet ;), but I visit at least once every other week to tune in. There's no doubt you've got a great thing going

I bet our back and forth here, coupled with you posting it back in the comments on the original My New Favorite Blog (people are still posting lots of new stuff there several times per day now...) post, will get your site on the radar of this community. Thanks for commenting here - it's a waaay worthy addition.

Additionally, I have noticed your blog expanding to other, more broad stuff, which is really cool (eg. I'm a huge Errol Morris fan) - NICE! So it's becoming other things for me too...but it will always be my go to NYC gallery, fine art home base.; 10:54 AM
John Harrington said...: :-(

Photo Business Forum didn't make the list.; 11:19 AM
Chase Jarvis said...: @ John: Got missed by the community the first tiem around, but it's here now - which is good. Glad you chimed in. Photo Business Forum is John's blog, and it's a killer resource. It's not new to me, but I like and respect it very much. I send peeps there often.

Remember friends - this isn't MY list of 150 blogs, it's yours. Let's keep adding to it, here and at the original My New Favorite Blog post. There's still beaucoup postings happening there every hour and it's sure to be a great resource for a very long time to come.; 11:50 AM
KerryG said...: Our photoblog is at http://L7Foto.com and features tutorials and product reviews for beginner through intermediate photographers.; 1:24 PM
Ryan G said...: Thanks for the link! We are honored. LOVE your work.; 1:43 PM
Jimmie said...: Hey Chase, it is an HONOR to be on your favorites list. Thanks and lemme know if you ever need a photo assistant in NYC ;) Will work for donuts.

Jimmie
cornershots.com; 9:21 PM
Brooks said...: Ha! I've never considered my photo blog (Brooks Blog) a Pop Culture blog. :-); 11:35 PM
nuno ferreira said...: Hi Chase,

I'm glad you found so many cool photoblogs to visit and you're right, what a great community we are. :-)

I was one of the lucky ones that gave you the links of your favorite 9 ([Daily dose of imagery], Deceptive Media, Smudo.org and Wink).

Those are some of my daily visits and inspiration, and because you loved them so much, I'll leave here some more links that I didn't post last time:

http://friskypics.com/?
http://martinandreasen.dk/journal/index.php
http://www.nferreira.com/
http://www.terraspirit.com/
http://moodaholic.com/
http://www.justingaynor.com/index.php
http://www.fotobyimran.com/index.php
http://g8.no/index.php

Hope you enjoy them.

By the way, where can I send you my address for the t-shirt? :-)

Where can I send you my adress for the t-shirt?; 3:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Chase one of my daily addictions is bludomain.com/blog.cfm!

Thanks for your great list

Cameron; 6:18 AM
Chase Jarvis said...: T shirt winners can ping me at: info at chasejarvis dot com.; 8:23 AM
Carlo said...: Hey Chase, amazing list! I forgot a couple last time around:
www.iso50.com --> Design
http://www.j-roumagnac.net/?showimage=340 --> Photoblog

If multiple people linked to the same blog, would they all get T's? :D
[Daily Dose of Imagery] is indeed an amazing blog.; 3:18 PM
Michael Ryan said...: Its not on the list and its not a blog, but its a great resource of info...and cool stuff, a bit like Digg for photographers

http://photographyvoter.com/

some really fascinating stuff coming across...; 4:04 PM
mtracey said...: You might take a look at www.photographyireland.net

If the largest photo forum in Ireland with lots of tips etc... checkout some of the tutorial/flash stuff etc... good resource; 4:19 AM
JayMoz said...: No love for the Fotohacker?; 6:55 AM
Josh McCulloch said...: Hey Chase,

Thanks for posting this resource, fantastic! Some old, some new, and my RSS Reader is filling up fast. Inspired somewhat by you, I've begun bloggin' about my photography, the gear, and my take on the biz. Feel free to check it out: Josh McCulloch Photography Blog.

Keep up the great posts, I always look forward to reading them.

Cheers, Josh; 9:52 PM
johannes said...: Hi Chase,

I've been following your blog quite a while but I wasn't really interested in other blogs except those one or two I read regularly. Thank you for that list, this post really made me think about the whole web 2.0 thing and I tried a lot of other blogs and resources and i'm very happy with it!!

Greets from Germany, sorry for bad english :); 12:45 AM
Udi Tirosh said...: Thanks for that list, Chase. Also Thanks for being in it. I think it is a great resource for getting started on photo blogging as a reader or as a blogger.
- udi; 1:35 PM
ashley & jeremy parsons said...: thanks for the list - I will now become a full-time blog stalker, as opposed to the previous part-time. another one I like - something a little different:
http://3191.visualblogging.com/
thanks for your inspiration; 9:17 AM
Ninja-bot said...: I had the privilege of sharing a gallery with Sam J (dailydoseofimagery) last year in Toronto. Kudos to you Chase for finding his work!; 11:33 AM
through|His|lens said...: i am surprised photoinduced.com isn't up there...

though it is a relatively new site. :)

thanks for all the links!; 9:42 PM
galf said...: Hey...you have a Portuguese blog on the list....I'm shocked... and happy, but mostly shocked... and happy.Kudos for that. Glad to see someone noticed what's being done in this "little sea-side corner" of Europe.; 4:20 AM
Josh Cole said...: Can't forget the ol' Photographywhore.com.

Thanks for sharing the list. Killer.; 4:35 AM
Rick Yazwinski said...: Hey Chase! Any luck with that OPML yet??

Have I just missed it?; 6:15 PM
Chase Jarvis said...: DRAT! Sorry, I spaced that, like 38 times. Just posted it to the body of the entry, but here it is too:

OPML: www.chasejarvis.com/google_reader.xml; 8:29 PM
Ken Mott said...: http://www.thewiebners.com/shovel/

Forgot about this one.

And if you ever want to do some head to head GHIII on the wii, i can bring my guitar.

Thanks!; 8:44 AM
controleman said...: One of my daily addiction is this eyes-delicious blog:

http://www.worksongs.com/; 11:26 AM
Leigh Wetterau said...: you should try
coolhunting.com

my favoriteeeee; 5:09 PM
Anonymous said...: I can't believe the great "Pop Candy" wasn't on the pop culture list:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/; 6:52 AM
Brooks said...: My photo blog (Brooks Blog) still looks funny in the Pop Culture list, no matter how many times I see it there.; 4:28 PM
Destry Jaimes said...: Hi Chase,

I know this is an older post, but since it's raining off and on here in Austin today, I've been catching up on blogs right and left. During my reading, something (I don't remember what), triggered a memory of a long forgotten favorite blog of mine, The Sneeze. I stumbled upon this humorous blog a few years back because of the very funny series entitled "Steve, Don't Eat It!"

All of his posts are laugh worthy, and as I was reading the latest posts there, I remembered about this post of yours, and thought I'd share.

Hope you enjoy it on your next rainy day.
-Dez; 8:35 PM
deceptive said...: Just wanted to say thanks for the link, and sorry this is a late thank you. It's much appreciated.; 12:06 PM
damonw said...: HI there-
hmmm.. no mention of photoinduced.com?
where we give free photo stuff away every week? Anyway, dig your vids, bro.
From starting in this biz working with a huge photo operation traveling constantly, it brought they bring back fond memories.
Cheers!
damon; 9:04 PM
subnetrix said...: wow, thanks for the OPML, few people ever do that.; 7:54 PM
smokindave said...: I really enjoy this list of sites. I find myself reading these a lot lately on my lunch hour and my prep period (yes, I am a teacher). I look for different angles to shoot what I shoot. I have very different subjects than a lot of other photographers here, but I am expanding my horizons. Here is my stuff:
daveherrenimaging.blogspot.com
dherrenimaging.com

My wife wants me to thank you for the fact that I went out and bought an iPhone after seeing the iPhone pics!; 1:52 PM
Aji said...: I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Kaylee

http://www.craigslisttool.info; 3:35 AM