Blogroll

I've personally interacted with many of these authors and orgs over the years, some are friends. I recommend supporting them as much as possible.

Blogs

• A Smart Bear

  Jason Cohen's writing on startups, business, and entrepreneurship

• Andy Croll

  Ruby development, entrepreneurship, and building software businesses

• Ben Curtis

  Software development, entrepreneurship, and remote work

• Daring Fireball

  John Gruber's commentary on technology and design with a focus on Apple

• Derek Sivers

  Thoughts on life, business, philosophy, and programming

• Erin Kissane

  Writing on networks, information design, and digital culture

• Hapgood

  Mike Caulfield's blog on education, digital literacy, and online verification

• Joel Hooks

  Software development, education, and building online businesses

• John Nunemaker

  Ruby development, open source, and building software products

• Justin Jackson

  SaaS marketing, building calm companies, and business ethics

• Maggie Appleton

  Visual essays on programming, design, and digital anthropology

• Marc-André Argentino

  Analysis of hybridized threats and counterterrorism research

• Mike Perham

  Ruby development, open source, and building Sidekiq

• Pluralistic

  Cory Doctorow's blog about technology, digital rights, and society

• Seth's Blog

  Seth Godin on marketing, leadership, and creating change

• Stacking the Bricks

  Amy Hoy and Alex Hillman on bootstrapping and building sustainable businesses

News

• 404 Media

  Independent tech journalism focused on media and the darker corners of the internet

• High Country News

  Independent journalism covering the American West's environment and communities

• Range Media

  Independent local news covering Spokane and the Inland Northwest

Newsletters

• Ben Thompson's Stratechery

  Analysis of the strategy and business side of technology and media, and the impact of technology on society.

• Dina Litovsky's In the Flash

  An ongoing dialogue about the art and craft of creating and thinking about images

• Erin Kissane's wreckage/salvage

  Research projects and long-form explorations into networks and governance

• Flaming Hydra

  A writer-owned newsletter collective covering media, culture, and society

• Leah Sottile's The Truth Does Not Change...

  ...According to Our Ability to Stomach It. Journalism and essays about writing and the American West

• Mike Caulfield's The End(s) of Argument

  Researching information literacy, misinformation, and civic reasoning

• Molly White's Citation Needed

  Critical coverage of tech and the cryptocurrency industry

• Patrick McKenzie's Bits about Money

  Deep dives into financial technology, banking infrastructure, and how money moves around the world

• Seth Cotlar's Rightlandia

  More than you ever wanted to know about Walter Huss

• Talia Lavin's The Sword and the Sandwich

  Politics, religion, and the far-right (and sandwiches)

Nonprofit Organizations

• Coalition for Responsible Home Education

  Advocating for responsible homeschooling practices and protecting homeschooled children

• Electronic Frontier Foundation

  Defending civil liberties in the digital world

• Internet Archive

  Building a digital library of Internet sites and cultural artifacts

• Ruby Central

  Supporting and advocating for the Ruby programming community

• Wikipedia

  The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit