I waited until I was sure these blogs were sustainable. I highly recommend both Librarian in Black and Tame the Web.
Librarian in Black: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/
Normally, I would run fast and far from a blog by a “Self-proclaimed Techie Gamer Librarian Chick.” From what I can tell, “chick” is usually a synonym for “allergic to grammar.” However, “techy librarian” Sarah Houghton not only gleans the best of the best of technology news–she can really write, and her observations are insightful and amusing, with a soupcon of edginess I find very appealing.
Michael Stephens, author of Tame the Web, at http://homepage.mac.com/mstephens7/B143020931/index.html, has a mellower, more pedagogical view of life. His blog is worth tracking for the concise snippets of Web-life he captures; who else would give me a one-paragraph synopsis of Googleblatting?
Posted on this day, other years:
- In Praise of Succeeding - 2011
- Podcasting Video Tutorial - 2005
Michael’s has been “sustained” since March 2003. Not new to many and a must grab in my aggregator, if not yours.
But Steven… that’s less than a year. I like his blog, but I wouldn’t assume a personal blog is stable until I had tracked it a while.
Well, your argument begs the question: If it took almost a year to determine that Michael was a committed blogger (assuming that’s what you meant by sustainable), how can LiB be pronounced sustainable after only six weeks?
I think your accolades are deserved in both cases. But given the unbelievable rate of initiation/attrition in the “biblioblogoshere,” Michael would almost be considered “old skool.”
Anyway, my unsolicited two cents…
No, my measurement didn’t start when Michael started the blog. My measurement started when I found the blog, and watched it for a while to ensure that it was–at this point–viable, interesting, well-written, and that Michael wasn’t getting ready to go somewhere else. In Sarah’s case, I had some initial reservations primarily because she was posting so much every day, but from knowing her, I believe she’ll continue.
My ten cents,
Karen