Blogroll

The number of blogs I read has grown way beyond what’s practical to list in a regular blog roll. Here’s who I am reading most often.

Blogging, New Media, SEO, Community Building, Web Design

  • FastWonder – Open Culture blog by Jive Software’s Dawn Foster
  • The Drill Down – A social media podcast by by Andrew Sorcini
  • Chris Brogan – Chris Brogan uses social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals.
  • GoBigAlways – Jive Software’s CMO Sam Lawrence
  • HorsePigCow – Marketing uncommon by Tara Hunt
  • ProBlogger- Blog tips to help you make money by professional blogger Darren Rowse
  • Scobleizer – Robert Scoble the original Microsoft blogger, and voice of Web 2.0
  • Matt Cutts – Google’s most popular voice on search
  • SEO Book – Aaron Wall’s excellent SEO reference
  • SearchEngineLand – The most comprehensive source of Search Engine Optimization news
  • SEOmoz – News, tips, and tricks from the SEO industry
  • Jakob Nielsen’s Use It – The king of web usability
  • Web Strategy – Discussion on how web tools enable companies to connect with customers by Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang

Legal

  • Groklaw – Pamela Jones legal reference for the digital world spawned by the SCO suit against IBM
  • Mark Radcliffe – Senior Partner at DLA Piper, General counsel to the Open Source Initiative
  • Mark Webbink – Former legal counsel to Red Hat
  • LuisVilla – Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between

Local & Personal

Marketing and Business

  • CopyBlogger – Tips for creating excellent web content by Brian Clark
  • GapingVoid - Hugh MacLeod’s business card art and marketing advice
  • SethGodin – Prolific marketing strategist, author,blogger, and founder of Squidoo
  • WebInkNow – Author of the New Rules of Marketing and PR,and Web 2.0 marketing guru David Meerman Scott

Open Source

  • O (blog N) – Personal blog of MindTouch’s (open source wiki software) Aaron Fulkerson
  • Boycott Novell – Roy Schestowitz’s blog on fair competition and consumer rights specifically when it comes to Novell’s deal with Microsoft
  • Joe Brockmeier – OpenSUSE Community Manager
  • The Open Road – One of open source’s most prolific bloggers Matt Asay
  • CAOS Theory – Blog by analyst firm, The 451 Group on the commercial adoption of open source (CAOS)
  • Code – A blog about open source technology at The New York Times, written by and primarily for developers
  • Alex Fletcher – Analyst for the Entiva Group
  • Glynn Foster – Open Solaris and GNOME hacker
  • Robert Gallopini – Italian Open Source leader
  • HoosierPenguin – Blog by Linux Today Editor in Chief Brian Proffit
  • Don Marti – Editor-in-Chief of LinuxWorld.com
  • Fabrizio Capobianco – CEO of Funambol, the mobile open source company
  • Kabatology – Practical hand-outs on Open Source Standards, Reviews, Linux Solutions including Hacks, Tips & Tricks by Martin Kaba.
  • No Node Left Behind- Blog for open source systems management vendor, Zenoss
  • Once More onto the Breach – Stephen Walli’s blog about open source, standards, and the business of software
  • Open… – Author and journalist, Glyn Moody covering open source, open genomics, and open content
  • The Open Force- Blog by MySQL CEO Zack Urlocker
  • Open Source Community Blog- Blog with discussion on open source content management systems: Joomla, Wordpress, Plone, Typo3 and more
  • Opensville - whurley’s BMC blog
  • Port25 – Microsoft’s open source blog
  • Resourceful Idiot – Open source and technology blogger
  • SourceForgeBlog – Community blog for the world’s largest repository ofopen source software
  • rand ($thought); – IBM architect Savio Rodrigues blog on open source
  • Anthony Gold – VP and GM of Open Source at Unisys
  • The VAR Guy – Covers a bit of everything but a lot of open source commentary.
  • whurley – Open Source Architect at BMC, good buddy, and legend in his own mind;)
  • ZDnet: Linux andOpen Source – Blog by journalists Dana Blankenhorn and Paula Rooney

Technology

  • BadgerFiles – Mike Badger’s blog on technology
  • Nicholas Carr – The author of the Does IT Matter and The Big Switch
  • Joel on Software – Blog about software and software companies by programmer and CEO, Joel Spolsky
  • Doug McClure – Blog on Business Service Management by Doug McClure
  • Monkchips – Red Monk Analyst James Governor’s discussion on software ecosystems and convergence
  • OSNews – Operating system news with a oen source feel
  • People Over Process – Redmonk Analyst, systems management refugee, and sandwich connesouir Michael Cote
  • JonathanSwartz – CEO of Sun Microsystems
  • Tech Teapot – Blog on networking by Jack Hughes
  • Tecosystems – RedMonk Analyst Stephen O’Grady’s blog on open source
  • JohnM. Willis – Tivoli and ESM expert who is seeing the open source light
  • WiredBlogs – Wired Magazine’s blog portal

About

Mark R. HinkleHello, my name is Mark Hinkle and I am technology enthusiast and executive for Zenoss Inc. the maker of the open source monitoring software, Zenoss Core. This is my personal blog and does not reflect the opinions of my employer. I am also on the advisory boards for open source collaboration software maker, MindTouch and SourceForge, the world's largest repository of open source software.  If you want to find out more you can read my bio. 

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