Here are some of the blogs and newsletters I follow, divided into the following categories (the first two have a blurry boundary):
Occasionally I add new things, and mention them in Blogroll Keepers posts.
§ 1. Personal blogs
- Aegir
- Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
- Alice Bartlett
- Atlas Minor (James A. Reeves)
- Book Two (James Bridle)
- Giles Turnbull
- Infovore (Tom Armitage)
- Interconnected (Matt Webb)
- Kellan Elliott-McCrea
- Laura James
- Live Laugh Blog (Jenn Schiffer)
- Mary Loosemore
- Matthew Sheret
- MetaGrrrl (Dinah Sanders)
- Nadia Asparouhova
- Noisy Decent Graphics (Ben Terrett)
- Petafloptimism (Matt Jones)
- Robin Sloan
- Russell Davies
- Simon Willison
- Style Deficit
- Tom Armitage
- Tom Stuart
- Warren Ellis Ltd
- A Whole Lotta Nothing (Matt Haughey)
§ 2. Topic-based blogs
Music
- Disquiet (Marc Weidenbaum)
- Ethan Hein (music education)
- GreilMarcus.net
- How NOT to write about music (Everett True)
- Sweeping the Nation
Photography
- GroundZeroArt (Kirk Tuck)
- The Online Darkroom (Bruce Robbins)
- The Online Photographer (Mike Johnston)
- Thom Hogan – News/Views
- The Wandering Lensman (Dennis A. Mook)
Making websites
- Adactio (Jeremy Keith; the web)
- Adam Johson (Django, Git, etc.)
- Daily Developer Tips (Chris Ferdinandi; JavaScript)
- James Bennett (Django)
- Mat Segal (Django)
Everything
- Book of Joe
- Kottke.org (Jason Kottke)
- Sippey.com (Michael Sippey)
- Things Magazine
Other topics
- The Beauty of Transport (Daniel Wright; transport infrastructure design)
- Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more) (silent movies in LA)
- Cheese and Biscuits (mainly London restaurants)
- Die, Workwear! (men’s clothing)
- Dirty Feed (old UK TV comedy)
- Electric Flapjack Guitars (Michael Dales; making electric guitars)
- Everyday Commentary (knives, torches, pens)
- FIRE v London (personal finance)
- Granola Shotgun (US urbanism, property, etc.)
- Handprinted (printmaking)
- Martin Truefitt-Baker (linocut printing)
- maya.land (the web)
- Monevator (UK personal finance)
- Monty Don’s Tips and Advice (gardening)
- New Escapologist (escaping work, consumerism, and anxiety)
- Orson Cart (making horse-drawn carriages)
- New Aesthetic (James Bridle)
- One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age (internet history)
- The Ranty Highwayman (road design and transport)
- The Rosenrot (Gracia Ventus; fashion)
§ 3. Email newsletters
- Afternoon Slow (Russell Davies)
- All My Stars (Joanne McNeil; internet, science fiction)
- B3TA
- Ben Brown
- Buckslip (culture, given the internet)
- Construction Physics (Brian Potter; infrastructure, industrial technology)
- Converge (Guy Moorhouse; design and creativity)
- Culture: An Owner’s Manual (W. David Marx)
- Cool Mail, Jenn (Jenn Schiffer)
- Did Someone Say Emoji? (Jennifer Daniel; emoji)
- Garbage Day (Ryan Broderick; the internet)
- Griefbacon (Helena Fitzgerald; “long, weird essays”)
- Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether (music)
- The Imperfections (Oliver Burkeman; productivity, happiness)
- The London Minute (Michael Macleod; London news)
- Money Stuff (Matt Levine; US finance)
- Monomythical (Nadia Asparouhova; living life online)
- Robin Sloan’s main and lab newsletters
- Ridgeline and Roden (Craig Mod; walking, photography)
- Scope of Work (engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure)
- Things I Have Enjoyed & Things I Have Learnt (Alby)