Blog Day 2008

Ahhh the beauty of the RSS feed reader!

It's tough to wade through a bunch of websites that you like to read. Sure, you can keep them in your "Favorites" or your "Bookmarks", but it's a lot of web cruising to read them all. I recently discovered the RSS feed reader - which allows you to save all your favorite feeds in one place, and then be able to read all the headlines without the web surfing. It allows you to read so many more cool things in a lot less time.

Today Chris Brogan posted on Blog Day 2008 - which just so happens to be today, August 31.  That being the case, let's spread the word on blogs - being one of those bloggers out there that's trying to write material worthy of human consumption!

The goal is to find 5 new blogs and introduce them to the world. Hell, how about introducing 5 blogs that I find entertaining, educational, and intriguing?

So here goes ...

1. Tri To Be Funny. My friend Carrie Barrett is a marketing maven, a triathlete, and a stand-up comic. Quite the combo! She's got some great insights on life and training. Check it out here .

2. Seth Godin. Seth is a the author of "The Purple Cow" among others and got me thinking about marketing issues and how people perceive value and adopt new ideas. Check it out here.

3. Dosh Dosh. Maki has an interesting business/web blog about "Making Money Online". I've found that his perspective on writing and marketing on the web is refreshing and insightful. Check it out here.

4. Smart Sport International. Ok ok I would be crazy to not mention my business blog as it's the other side of my creative writing. It's much more educationally-oriented than the one you're reading now. Check it out here.

5. Lifestream Blog. Many of us use various websites to compile information on various aspects of our world. Perhaps you are using Twitter  for microblogging and communication, or Facebook to keep in touch with your friends, or LinkedIn for business contacts, or Del.icio.us for your bookmarks. Lifestreaming is a way of visually compiling all of your diverse online information into a "lifestream", a veritable timeline of your online life. Mark Krynsky writes an intriguing blog on what we are coming to know as lifestreaming. Check it out here.

And hey, let's add another for good luck ...

6. Tinkerbell's Triathlon Journal. Katherine has been blogging about her experiences as a new triathlete. She started in the sport at age 46. Her perspective is insightful and inspirational. Check it out here .

So there you have it. With any luck, you'll find some new perspectives on the world on this, Blog Day 2008. 

Here's a Blog Day tag over at Technorati should you be interested.