I have gotten in the habit of starting each day off by combing through my feed reader to have a look at what was written the day prior. It helps me to wake up, get the mind running and more often then not provides just enough inspiration to get me excited about my day. I thought it would be kind of fun to share with you those that I follow through the blogosphere on a daily basis and perhaps encourage you to share you own at the bottom.
Here they are appearing in no particular order (except maybe how they are currently appearing in my reader):
Coudal Partners – visit the site or grab the feed (Intelligent, smart and just plain interesting)
Freelance Folder – visit the site or grab the feed (No freelancer should go without)
Adii Rockstar – visit the site or grab the feed (A WordPress Rockstar and an intelligent businessman)
Pro Blog Design – visit the site or grab the feed (A lot more than the name leads to believe)
CSS-Tricks – visit the site or grab the feed (If you design or develop visit daily)
Freelance Switch – visit the site or grab the feed (A wealth of information for all web workers)
Blog Design Blog – visit the site or grab the feed (A must follow for bloggers and blog designers)
37 Signals Signal vs Noise – Visit the site or grab the feed (gotta stay up with this crew)
Just Creative Design – Visit the site or grab the feed (This site inspires me)
I love Typography – Visit the Site or grab the feed (The Beauty of Typography)
Logo Design Love – Visit the site or grab the feed (I love logos )
Twirk Ethic – Visit the site or grab the feed (Just plain interesting and downright inspirational)
David Airey – Visit the site or grab the feed (Insprational and Informative the man knows his stuff)
Freelancer Magazine – Visit the site or grab the feed (Just started following this one)
Chris Brogan – Visit the site or grab the feed (A social media genius)
Ryan Graves - Visit the site or grab the feed (Social Media, Entreprenuership, the web and he’s local)
Comet Branding – Visit the site or grab the feed (local marketing guru and social media expert Al Krueger)
Jason Santa Maria – Visit the site or grab the feed (Amazing graphic designer if nothing else worth visiting for the beauty of the site)
There are so many more that I probably visit on a daily basis and not to leave anyone out but this is what is sitting in my Feed Reader as we speak. As you can see I have a lot of reading to do so I should get back to work, please feel free to add yours below!
Thanks so much for the mention! Glad that you enjoy the blog and I hope I continue to help you wake up, haha!
Thanks for the compliment, Jeremy. It’s a pleasure to have you as a reader (to both my blogs!).
Hey thanks for the shout-out. I really dig the design here. Inquiringly clean.
Doh. Dumb spellcheck. “Inspiringly”, as it turns out, isn’t a word.
@Ryan It’s my favorite time to catch up on reading! It is both refreshing and exciting to see someone local exploring the realm of social media the way you do, you can bet I will be following along for along time to come.
@David Airey – Absolutely, I wouldn’t miss either of them, thanks for stopping by. The inspiration alone is enough to keep me coming back for more.
@Chris Coyier – I am more that willing to recognize it as a word since it is used in the form of a compliment, thanks. CSS-Tricks has given me direction on more than one occasion. I owe the introduction of a Lifestream on this blog to your Sweetcron Tutorial and partial credit for my Inspiration due to this little gem you wrote.
Thanks for the complement! I’m very proud to be included in your reader with these great blogs!
Thanks for the mention Jeremy, I too subscribe to the majority of these feeds, a good collection! No Smashing Magazine I noticed!
@Michael Martin – Absolutely I’m am there regularly, by the way your most recent post couldn’t have come at a better time due to a little project I am working on. Thanks for the inspiration!
@Jacob Cass – Thanks for stopping by, the mention is well deserved I have received quite and education by being a regular reader of your blog. Good to know that some of you guys are reading the same, it makes me feel as though I am on the right track.
On Smashing Magazine, good point and excellent addition to the list, perhaps it needs to make it’s way onto the above.
Nice list of sites! Thanks!
Another one I like is Jennifer Kyrnin over at about.com http://webdesign.about.com/b/
She covers a lot of stuff from very basic to high level (because she teaches their courses), but it keeps your memory fresh for some of those tricks you tend to forget. She provides some nice links and she also gives some good Dreamweaver tips and an occasional dip into some fixes for those dotNet IE hassles. Easy reading with a few short articles per day.
Take care and keep up the nice blogs!
Thanks for mentioning my blog! Good stuff.
Nice list! This post sparks a vision for a type of “social feed sharing” web app. Like a Digg for feeds.