DISQUS

hugh macleod · 2 years ago

A good list there. I've become a huge fan of Rex Hmmock lately.

hugh macleod · 2 years ago

*Rex Hammock. Mea Culpa.

Raena · 2 years ago

"Out of all those feeds Google Reader keeps track of the top 35 feeds. This is the new A list and DARE IS ON IT. See, he better watch attacking the A list tech bloggers because he now is one."

Huh? This is *your* new A-list.

I don't believe there is such a thing as *the* A-list.

Raena · 2 years ago

And if there is a "the" A-list, I don't think it's composed solely of *your* reading preferences.

Ben Gold · 2 years ago

hehe, Mashable is #1, eh?

Brent Evans · 2 years ago

Now I know how to get my blog linked to Scoble - make a baseless complaint about him :)

I subscribe to almost all of those on your list Robert and I also read many "b" and "c" blogs because there is so much good content out there to be had. To say you are out of touch when you're an "A Lister" is not correct. I can say that since I'm still a lowly "C" or whatever lister.

Brent

Dave Winer · 2 years ago

Cool. I'm not on your A-list either!

Looking forward to the peace and quiet.

And now I can start whinging about A-listers!! :-)

Victor Agreda jr · 2 years ago

So what can Download Squad be doing better so we're hitting your radars more? While this may not be "the" A-list, I think it's a good litmus test to say what is worth your time, and your time is quite valuable!

Robert Scoble · 2 years ago

Brent: that's been true for a long time. You're just figuring that out? :-)

Ben: yes, but mostly because Mashable puts a large quantity of new products up. Other people on the network are more authoritative. I'd rather read Mike Arrington, for instance, than most of the people on Mashable. That's partly branding but it's also partly just a reflection of standing in the community.

Dave Winer: hey, soon I won't be on the A list either, so will soon join you!

Srikanth · 2 years ago

sometimes I think you just blog-search for “Robert Scoble” and add them to your shared list. :-)

dawn m. armfield · 2 years ago

I just read your shared feed in my feeds that way I can get your A-list and my A-list and others' A-lists...then it's all good. :-)

Jim "Genuine" Turner · 2 years ago

Can I get an honorable mention?

Krish · 2 years ago

The answer to his question is quite simple. They see the trends before others could spot it. Twitter is a perfect example for this.

Rex Dixon · 2 years ago

A-List? My intent is to be on the "Z-List". :)

Rex

Bzantine · 2 years ago

There is no such thing as a "A" list except for among the so-called elitists. I read some blogs on this "list", but only if I find the daily entries intriguing. If not, I move on. Most of the blogs I read are somewhat obscure in terms of topics, so they will never make anyones' list.

Most of the rage right now is social networks, but most of them are banal and self-serving. I would get nothing from joining or using an existing network. They don't serve anything up I'm interested in. If I want a job, I'll ask someone at church or a friend. I prefer dealing with people in meatspace, not online. Most of the social networks offer no real technology. There is still IM, still email, still file sharing, still blogs. I'm looking for something different, something new. Everything is simply a rehash of everything else.

Laugh all you want, but I look to sci-fi for cool ideas. We could easily develop some of them given a little R&D and time.

Ray · 2 years ago

Valleywag????? Come on, I've seen more bad/negative press about valleywag then any blog or site ever.

LayZ · 2 years ago

It seems your list proves Dare's point.

Derek · 2 years ago

Your post seems to say that the best way onto the list is to go after the supposed A-list. Could be a good approach if all you are looking to do is be on the list for a short time.

I cannot see how any sort of blog flaiming would be the way to the A-list, besides, what if all of the A-listers start doing it? then there will be no room for anyone new

Prokofy Neva · 2 years ago

Wow, I post and have a podcast on Metaversed.com, am I like A-list-by-proxy or A-list-by-proximity?

Hey, that was mean about the dude not having friends on Facebook, geez, it's damn hard getting friends off that thing.

Eric Engleman · 2 years ago

Love this list.

It brings to mind an old saying from staffers of the New York Daily News, "Love me, hate me. But always read me."

Allen Stern · 2 years ago

Dangit, looks like CenterNetworks missed the cut again...
http://www.centernetworks.com

Ilya Lichtenstein · 2 years ago

What did Valleywag do to earn its way back into your good graces?

Betsy Aoki · 2 years ago

Coming back from a great Blogher conference, I think I'm mostly bummed that there are no obvious women bloggers in that list (yes MSDN and TechNet blogs include women, but those are feeds of 100s of people). I'm a solid B or C lister as a blogger so I'm less worried about me personally than peeved about the universe at large- aren't there any girl geeks making your list Robert? If not, we better get on the stick and make that blog happen.

Cheers,

Betsy

Garth · 2 years ago

Tech bloggers are first, but they won't be largest in the end.

Perez Hilton dominates all of you, Deadspin has alwasys been bigger than techcrunch.

Mike Arrington wants to catch cnet, but icanhascheezburger is right on his tail :)

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/icanhascheezbu...

Tech is but a tiny niche and the A list a tiny subset of that niche.

Lazy · 2 years ago

@25 Isn't quality of content more important than gender? I gotta believe that if there blogs writtrn by women on Scoble's list it's because the content doesn't make the cut. I rather dpunt it has anything to do with gender discrimination. So I'd tell your fellow women bloggers to write more unique relevant content to what appeals to dweebs like scoble. (if that is their goal)

Lazy · 2 years ago

I mean: "I rather doubt...."

Dan Guy · 2 years ago

I lasted a whole 21 seconds into that video this time.

Xopher · 2 years ago

Man, I was a little dissapointed to see that the comment I made on Dare's blog saying that I think he missed the point being that most of the A-listers blog for the geeks as well as the average joe didn't make it on to his site. Some of us don't always have the time to check out all the new features and new websites, and you guys are usually the best place to go to find out.

AT · 2 years ago

Not sure if you realize that all three links in your post are the same: it is your GR shared items at http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14480565058...

Since I am just learning about Google Reader (and the blogger circuit, might I add), I was hoping to glean some useful info about it from your post: judging, sharing, etc. But I think I am missing the point you were trying to make, or rather, I get the point, but am unable to see the intented illustrations.

What is the "judging" you are talking about and what's with the triplicate link?

Billy · 2 years ago

The so-called "a-list" bloggers are nothing more than a self-appointed priesthood whose members gather together to hear their own sermons.

tubeselect · 2 years ago

Robert - do you publish all your feeds as OPML anywhere?

Robert Scoble · 2 years ago

I put mine up at http://share.opml.org/

David Scott Lewis · 2 years ago

Interesting list, but nothing that is focused on enterprise software -- although maybe you have no interest in this. I admit, "IT" when defined as "information toys" (i.e., the Web 2.0 world) is a lot more fun than "IT" when defined as "information technology."

Try some of the Enterprise Irregulars, especially Deal Architect. You might learn about "real" software for a change.

David Scott Lewis · 2 years ago

BTW, I noticed that Techmeme didn't make your short list. Or, did you not include it because it's not the originating source?