How I Read Blogs
I’ve been reading a ton the past few days as I catch up from vacation time away. My preferred method of following blogs is to use Feedly. Within Feedly I use an extension called Sortly that orders each feed by popularity/likes (not sure where the likes are coming from).
It’s awesome because I can go blog by blog, scroll down to load a few hundred posts, sort them by popularity, and then pick the posts that look most interesting to me. I love that I can use the power of crowd curation to cut through the noise and make sure I see the most trending pieces.
I follow a lot of blogs, so reading can often feel like a meandering excursion — which I really enjoy. Below are some of my favorite blogs & sources of information and inspiration. Hope you find one you like!
VC Blogs:
- AVC by Fred Wilson (USV)
- Both Sides of the Table by Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures)
- CDixon Blog by Chris Dixon (A16Z)
- Continuations by Albert Wenger (USV)
- Ben’s Blog by Ben Horowitz (A16Z)
- Feld Thoughts by Brad Feld (Foundry Group)
Life Improvement:
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree (psychology, productivity, life)
- Lifehack (productivity, lifestyle)
- New York Times Fitness & Nutrition
- Zen Habits (productivity, inspiration)
Long Reads, News & Tech
- Long Reads (great long form content from variety of sources)
- The Week Magazine (my favorite weekly source of curated, digestible news; I usually read it in print though)
- Other news/literary (Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Times)
Tech Blogs/News
Just for fun:
- Apartment Therapy (home decorating/design)
- Thrillist (lifestyle, food, travel)
- Design Milk (design & art)
- Co.Design (part of Fast Company — focused on design, tech, art)
- Cool Hunting (design, fashion, culture)
- Smitten Kitchen (cooking with beautiful photos)
San Francisco:
- Thrillist SF (having trouble with RSS feed on this one — so I check it manually)
- San Francisco Business Times
- 7x7 (Best resources for food, drink and activities)
- Curbed SF (Real Estate)
- Eater SF (Food)
- SFist (Local news, food, arts and events)
Artificial Intelligence & Robots:
I always love checking out new sites so if you have any other suggestions or favorites that you think I shouldn’t miss, do let me know!