Sites I View on an Almost Daily Basis…
I try to stay ahead of the trends when it comes to the interwebs and I do so by reading pretty much anything that comes my way. I don’t watch TV unless it’s something I downloaded or I am sleeping at my girlfriends place. I would say if I’m not working on something at the moment then its a good chance that I’m on one of these:
Blogs:
http://www.valleywag.com -Tech Gossip
http://www.techcrunch.com - Tech/Startup News and it’s sister sites
http://www.gawker.com - NYC Gossip
http://www.hollywoodtuna.com - Hotchick Gossip/Pics
http://www.egotastic.com - Hotchick Gossip/Pics
http://www.webmetricsguru.com/ - Looks like crap but the content is OK on occasion
Personal Blogs:
reversecowgirl.tumblr.com - former sex blogger
toomuchnick.com - Editor at Gawker
melissagira.com - Sex Blogger
www.beingfamous.com - Amir from College Humor
www.adamgotterer.com The tech guy from college humor
justinouellette.com/ -Dude who created muxtape
milhouse.tumblr.com - 4chan blog deff NSFW what is seen cannot be unseen
picapixels.tumblr.com - Some girls blog, in a different lang but lots of cool images
Life Casters:
pop17.com - Sarah Myers Austin (met her at a tech crunch party)
tastyblogsnack.com - iJustine
Media:
www.jakeandamir.com/ -skits are hit or miss, but these guys are funny
WebComics:
garfieldminusgarfield.net - The Garfield Comic with Garfield missing
penny-arcade.com -Video Game Web Comic
ctrlaltdel-online.com -Video Game Web Comic
xkcd.com -Geeky Stick Figure Web Comic
Websites:
digg.com - No description needed
slashdot.com - Old Skool, but the comments are some of the most in depth anywhere.
ffffound.com - A web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes. (for some reason I get a lot of word art)
4chan.org - I’ve a big fan of find the orgins of internet meme’s this is where 99% of them seem to come from. NSFW and what can be seen can not be unseen.
facebook.com - I think facebook lost it’s roots, but its still the best social networking site at the moment.
todaysbigthing.com - daily dose of interweb famous (or will be) videos per day
Tools:
statcounter.com - to check out the page loads on some projects
alexa.com - see what the sites are at (one blog I work on is in the 35k range lateley)
adbrite.com - crappy way to make money till a site hits 500k page loads per month
