This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a very positive response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here’s how it works.  Every few days I ask a group of my favorite bloggers to each recommend 5 blogs to add to the list.  I post the recommended blogs in a subsequent update, and add them to my swivel feeds list.  Each update has a list of the recent blog recommendations, followed by the next group of bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the ninth group, plus any stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

There has been some confusion about who is supposed to recommend what.  The single column list below are the new blogs that got added to the list by the last group of bloggers.  The new list of bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list is near the bottom of this post.

RECENT ADDITIONS

Badhostess
Bernadette Martin
Brian Moffatt
Bubble Generation
Cephalogenic
Chris Cree
Chris Garrett
Coding Horror
Daughter of Opinion
David Airey
Donncha
Earl Mardle
EnviroWoman’s Blog
George Kelly
GrannyJ
High Altitude Gardening
Jeff Jarvis
Jim Long
Joanna Young
Jon Husband
Josh Bancroft
Jozet at Halushki
Michael Specht
Nick Hortovanyi
rc3.org
Rich Burridge
ScienceBlogs
Scott Lemon
Seth Finkelstein
Shelley Powers
Stephen Collins
Stephen O’Grady
Tim Riley
Tony Pierce
Tony Woodlief

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and almost all of them are new additions to my reading list (I already subscribed to a couple).

The blogs listed above join the following prior recommendations and participants in the sixth edition of my new reading list.  Links to inform others about our swivel feeds collaborative reading list experiment would be much appreciated, but are by no means a condition to inclusion.

SWIVEL FEEDS LIST TO DATE

A Cons. Experience Adam Gaffin Adam Ostrow Ah Soon Alan Levine Alan Patrick Amyloo Andy Abramson Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Ben Rockwood Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blog Business Summit Blogging Pro Blognation Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett Brian Balfour Brian Oberkirch C.C. Chapman Chip Camden Chris Brogan Chris Doelle Chris Marston Christine Thurow Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton Crystal Jackson Curiousgirl’s Playground D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Cohen David Rothman Deborah Schultz Dennis the Peasant Dogster Blog Don Dodge Donna Bogatin Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Eric Olson Eric Scalf Ethan Jo hn son Ewan McIntosh f8d Father Bob Fear Not the Gods Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton FresHDV Funny Junk Furdlog GAS Tech. News

Giovanni Rodriguez Giveaway of the Day Greg Hughes Greg Sterling Hack a Day Haydn Shaughnessy Heise Security Hilary Talbot Howard Lindzon Hugo Ortega ICH Cheezburger Ian Delaney Ian Forrester Ilker Yoldas Imagethief IT|Redux J.A. Konrath J.D. Roth J.P. Rangaswami Jackson Miller Jake Ludington Jay Neely Jeff Balke Jeff Masters Jeneane Sessum Jennifer Slegg Jeremiah Owyang Jessica Hagy Jing Chen jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Gruber John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell JonnyB Josh Kopelman Joshua Porter Just Elite Justine Ezarik Karl Martino Kate Trgovac Ken Jennings Kevin Burton Kfir Pravda Larry Borsato Learned on Women Les Orchard Lifehacker Lisa Stone Liz Stauss Long Zheng Lost and Gone Forever Louis Gray M.G. Seigler Madame Levy Marek Uliasz Marginal Revolution Martin Gordon Matt Moran Matt’s Idea Blog Merlin Mann Mike Manuel Mike Miller Mike Schaffner Nancy White Nashville Is Talking Natalie Goes to Japan

New Scientist Nick Carr Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Official Google Blog OmegaMom One Degree Opacity Paddy Johnson PaidContent Pam Slim Paper Ghost Paul Colligan Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Penelope Trunk Phydeaux3 Pramit Singh Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews Rex Hammock Ric Hayman Richard Querin Rick Mahn The River Rob Hyndman Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle Rod Begbie Roger Ehrenberg Rory Blyth SBWLTN Scott Adams Scott Hanselman Seamus McCauley Seth Godin Shel Israel Signal vs Noise Stand to Reason Stereogum Steven Hodson The Struggling Writer Stuart Brown T-Critic Techdirt TED Blog Think ThoughtWorks Blogs Tina Roth Eisenberg Tom Evslin Tom Matrullo Tom Moody Tony Hung Tresblue Trevin Chow Tricks of the Trade Twangville UNEASYsilence Valleywag War on Folly Wes Fryer Will Truman Will Wheaton Wonderland or Not Wondermark Yes But No But Yes Yuvi Panda Zen Habits

From Group Nine, I never heard from Mathew Ingram, Nick Carr, Om Malik, PC Doctor, Phil Sim, Randy Morin or Rob Barron.  All have been dropped from the swivel feeds list.   My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

Now for the final group of bloggers each of whom I am asking to add 5 blogs to the list:

NEW LIST OF BLOGGERS TO ADD 5 BLOGS TO THE LIST

Robert Gale:  One of the fun brokers, along with Randy Morin.  A must read blog.

Robert Scoble:  Needs no introduction.  Robert has been very friendly and helpful during my blogging experience.

Rogers Cadenhead:  Another Texas guy.  An interesting writer on various topics.

Ron Jeffries:  A long time read.

Sam Huleatt:  Sam writes about social media, startups and other interesting stuff.

Scott Kingery:  Another long time read.

Seth Finkelstein:  Seth and I fought the gatekeeper wars together.  Absolutely one of my favorite bloggers.

Shelley Powers:  I’ve read Shelley’s blog for a long time.  Very smart lady, and a great writer.

Steve Newson:  Another long time blogging pal.

Steve Rubel:  Steve also needs no introduction.  He has been super-helpful to me as I muddle my way through the blogosphere.

Steve Spalding:  A fairly recent read, who has become one of my favorite bloggers.

Steven Streight:  Another long time read, as well as my favorite Twitterer.

Stowe Boyd:  Stowe has an ability to boil issues down to their elements that I find very compelling.  Another long time read.

Susan Getgood:  One of my core blogging pals.

TDavid:  Another of my core blogging pals.

Thomas Hawk:  Along with Paul Lester, the best photographer in the blogosphere (though Richard Querin is gaining on them).  He and I like the same music too.

Tom Morris:  Another long time blogging pal.

Tom Reynolds:  Tom was one of the first A-Listers (though he won’t like being called that) to comment here.  I’ve read his blog forever.

Tony Hung:  A relatively recent addition to my reading list.  Smart guy.  Good writer.

Wally Bangs:  Wally writes as well as anyone I know.  I love his Nashville music scene stuff.

Warner Crocker:  Another core blogging pal.

Zoli Erdos:  Another long time read.

That’s the tenth and final group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use your blog, the comments or email, whichever you prefer.

After this group, I will add my 5 blogs to the list and publish the OPML file.  So get your picks in now!

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a very positive response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here’s how it works.  Every few days I ask a group of my favorite bloggers to each recommend 5 blogs to add to the list.  I post the recommended blogs in a subsequent update, and add them to my swivel feeds list.  Each update has a list of the recent blog recommendations, followed by the next group of bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the eighth group, plus any stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

There has been some confusion about who is supposed to recommend what.  The single column list below are the new blogs that got added to the list by the last group of bloggers.  The new list of bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list is near the bottom of this post.

RECENT ADDITIONS

Ben Rockwood
Chris Doelle
Curiousgirl’s Playground
Furdlog
Giveaway of the Day
Hack a Day
J.D. Roth
John Gruber
Ken Jennings
Learned on Women
Lifehacker
MG Seigler
Marginal Revolution
Matt’s Idea Blog
Merlin Mann
Mike Schaffner
Pam Slim
Rob Hyndman
Roger Ehrenberg
Seth Godin
Signal vs Noise
Stand to Reason
Steven Hodson
Techdirt
Wes Fryer
Will Wheaton
Yuvi Panda

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but three are new additions to my reading list (I already subscribed to those three).

The blogs listed above join the following prior recommendations and participants in the sixth edition of my new reading list.  Links to inform others about our swivel feeds collaborative reading list experiment would be much appreciated, but are by no means a condition to inclusion.

SWIVEL FEEDS LIST TO DATE

A Cons. Experience Adam Gaffin Adam Ostrow Ah Soon Alan Levine Alan Patrick Amyloo Andy Abramson Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blog Business Summit Blogging Pro Blognation Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett Brian Balfour Brian Oberkirch C.C. Chapman Chip Camden Chris Brogan Chris Marston Christine Thurow Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton Crystal Jackson D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Cohen David Rothman Deborah Schultz Dennis the Peasant Dogster Blog Don Dodge Donna Bogatin Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Eric Olson Eric Scalf Ethan Johnson Ewan McIntosh f8d Father Bob Fear Not the Gods

Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton FresHDV Funny Junk GAS Tech. News Giovanni Rodriguez Greg Hughes Greg Sterling Haydn Shaughnessy Heise Security Hilary Talbot Howard Lindzon Hugo Ortega ICH Cheezburger Ian Delaney Ian Forrester Ilker Yoldas Imagethief IT|Redux J.A. Konrath J.P. Rangaswami Jackson Miller Jake Ludington Jay Neely Jeff Balke Jeff Masters Jennifer Slegg Jeremiah Owyang Jessica Hagy Jing Chen jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell JonnyB Josh Kopelman Joshua Porter Just Elite Justine Ezarik Kate Trgovac Kevin Burton Kfir Pravda Larry Borsato Les Orchard Lisa Stone Liz Stauss Long Zheng Lost and Gone Forever Louis Gray Madame Levy Marek Uliasz Martin Gordon Matt Moran Mike Manuel Mike Miller Nancy White Nashville Is Talking Natalie Goes to Japan

New Scientist Nick Carr Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Official Google Blog One Degree Opacity Paddy Johnson PaidContent Paper Ghost Paul Colligan Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Penelope Trunk Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews Rex Hammock The River Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle Rod Begbie Rory Blyth SBWLTN Scott Adams Scott Hanselman Seamus McCauley Shel Israel Stereogum The Struggling Writer Stuart Brown T-Critic TED Blog Think ThoughtWorks Blogs Tina Roth Eisenberg Tom Evslin Tom Matrullo Tom Moody Tony Hung Tresblue Trevin Chow Tricks of the Trade Twangville UNEASYsilence Valleywag War on Folly Will Truman Wonderland or Not Wondermark Yes But No But Yes Zen Habits

From Group 8, I haven’t received recommendations from Marc Canter, Mark Evans, Michael Parekh, Mike Seyfang or Niall Kennedy.  From Group 7, I haven’t received recommendations from John Dvorak, John Watson, Karl Martino, Kevin Briody, Kevin Hales or Kevin Maney.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

From Group 6,

JD Lasica, Jeneane Sessum, Jeremy Zawodny and Jimmy Huen did not make any recommendations.  All have been dropped from the swivel feeds list.

Now for the next 12 bloggers each of whom I am asking to add 5 blogs to the list:

NEW LIST OF BLOGGERS TO ADD 5 BLOGS TO THE LIST

Mathew Ingram: One of my original blogging buddies.

Nick Carr: The Cormac McCarthy of the blogosphere.  I don’t always agree with him, but he can turn a phrase like no other blogger.

Om Malik: I’ve read Om since my first week in the blogosphere.  Lots of value to be had on his various sites.

OmegaMom: An all around interesting and cool person.

PC Doctor: One of my long-time, every day reads.

Phil Sim: Another of my original blogging buddies.

Pramit Singh: One of my favorite writers on social networking.

Randy Morin: One of my core blogging pals.

Ric Hayman: Another long time blogging pal.

Richard Querin: Yet another of my core blogging buddies.

Rick Mahn: One more of my long-time blogging pals.

Rob Barron: Mike turned me onto Rob a few months ago.  One of my favorite recent additions to my reading list.

That’s the ninth group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use your blog, the comments or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a very positive response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here’s how it works.  Every few days I ask a group of 8 of my favorite bloggers to each recommend 5 blogs to add to the list.  I post the recommended blogs in a subsequent update, and add them to my swivel feeds list.  Each update has a list of the recent blog recommendations, followed by the next 8 bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the seventh group, plus any stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

There has been some confusion about who is supposed to recommend what.  The single column list below are the new blogs that got added to the list by the last group of bloggers.  The new list of bloggers I am asking to add blogs to the list is near the bottom of this post.

RECENT ADDITIONS

Blog Business Summit
Brian Oberkirch
Dogster Blog
FresHDV
Giovanni Rodriguez
Imagethief
Mike Manuel
One Degree
PaidContent
Paper Ghost
Shel Israel
Stuart Brown
TED Blog
Think

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but one are new additions to my reading list.

The blogs listed above join the following prior recommendations and participants in the sixth edition of my new reading list.  Links to inform others about our swivel feeds collaborative reading list experiment would be much appreciated, but are by no means a condition to inclusion.

SWIVEL FEEDS LIST TO DATE

A Cons. Experience Adam Gaffin Adam Ostrow Ah Soon Alan Levine Alan Patrick Amyloo Andy Abramson Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blogging Pro Blognation Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett Brian Balfour C.C. Chapman Chip Camden Chris Brogan Chris Marston Christine Thurow Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton Crystal Jackson D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Cohen David Rothman Deborah Schultz Dennis the Peasant Don Dodge Donna Bogatin Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Eric Olson

Ethan Johnson Ewan McIntosh f8d Father Bob Fear Not the Gods Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton Funny Junk GAS Tech. News Greg Hughes Greg Sterling Haydn Shaughnessy Heise Security Hilary Talbot Howard Lindzon Hugo Ortega ICH Cheezburger Ian Delaney Ian Forrester Ilker Yoldas IT|Redux J.A. Konrath J.P. Rangaswami Jackson Miller Jake Ludington Jay Neely Jeff Balke Jeff Masters Jennifer Slegg Jeremiah Owyang Jessica Hagy Jing Chen jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell JonnyB Josh Kopelman Joshua Porter Just Elite Justine Ezarik Kate Trgovac Kevin Burton Kfir Pravda Les Orchard Lisa Stone Liz Stauss Long Zheng Lost and Gone Forever Madame Levy Marek Uliasz

Mike Miller Nancy White Nashville Is Talking Natalie Goes to Japan New Scientist Nick Carr Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Official Google Blog Opacity Paddy Johnson Paul Colligan Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Penelope Trunk Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews Rex Hammock The River Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle Rod Begbie Rory Blyth SBWLTN Scott Adams Scott Hanselman Seamus McCauley Stereogum T-Critic The Struggling Writer ThoughtWorks Blogs Tina Roth Eisenberg Tom Evslin Tom Matrullo Tom Moody Tony Hung Tresblue Trevin Chow Tricks of the Trade Twangville UNEASYsilence Valleywag War on Folly Will Truman Wonderland or Not Wondermark Yes But No But Yes Zen Habits

From Group 7, I haven’t received recommendations from John Dvorak, John Watson, Karl Martino, Kevin Briody, Kevin Hales, Kevin Maney or Larry Borsato.  From Group 6, I haven’t received recommendations from JD Lasica, Jeneane Sessum, Jeremy Zawodny or Jimmy Huen.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

From Group 5, Guy Kawasaki, Henry Blodget and Hugh MacLeod did not make any recommendations.  All have been dropped from the swivel feeds list.  Hugh and Guy get a “sponsor’s exemption” and will remain on my personal reading list.

Now for the next 8 bloggers each of whom I am asking to add 5 blogs to the list:

NEW LIST OF BLOGGERS TO ADD 5 BLOGS TO THE LIST

Louis Gray: We certainly don’t always agree on everything, but I enjoy his blog- even when he is crapping all over me 🙂

Marc Canter: Marc is a long time read and the CEO of Broadband Mechanics, the company behind People Aggregator.

Mark Evans: Another long time read who writes about tech, telecom and other interesting issues.

Martin Gordon: One more long time read, who writes about tech, social networks and other interesting stuff.

Matt Moran: A relatively new blog in my feeds list, Matt is into family, tech and music- also my three favorite things.

Michael Parekh: Even though he’s a Tarheel (Go Deacs), I’ve read his blog for a long time.  He writes about lots of tech-related topics.

Mike Seyfang: I met Mike through Dave Wallace, and enjoy both this blog and his podcast.

Niall Kennedy: I started reading Niall when he was at Technorati.  He’s now a web technologist living in San Francisco.

That’s the eighth group of bloggers I’m askin

g to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use your blog, the comments or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a generally positive response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here’s how it works.  Every few days I ask a group of 8 of my favorite bloggers to each recommend 5 blogs to add to the list.  I’ll post the recommended blogs in a subsequent update, and add them to my swivel feeds list.  Each update has a list of the recent blog recommendations, followed by the next 8 bloggers who I am asking to add blogs to the list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the sixth group, plus any stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

Adam Ostrow
Ah Soon
Alan Patrick
Andy Abramson
Blognation
Brian Balfour
Chris Marston
Crystal Jackson
Don Dodge
Ewan McIntosh
Funny Junk
Greg Sterling
Jeff Masters
JonnyB’s Private Secret Diary
Joshua Porter
Just Elite
Kfir Pravda
Liz Stauss
Nick Carr
Official Google Blog
Rod Begbie
Seamus McCauley
Stereogum
T-Critic
Tina Roth Eisenberg
Tom Evslin
Tony Hung
Twangville
Yes But No But Yes

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but two of them are new to me.

These blogs join the following prior recommendations and participants in the fifth edition of my new reading list.

A Cons. Experience Adam Gaffin Alan Levine Amyloo Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blogging Pro Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett C.C. Chapman Chip Camden Chris Brogan Christine Thurow Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Cohen David Rothman Deborah Schultz Dennis the Peasant Donna Bogatin Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Eric Olson

Ethan Johnson f8d Father Bob Fear Not the Gods Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton GAS Tech. News Greg Hughes Haydn Shaughnessy Heise Security Hilary Talbot Howard Lindzon Hugo Ortega ICH Cheezburger Ian Delaney Ian Forrester Ilker Yoldas IT|Redux J.A. Konrath J.P. Rangaswami Jackson Miller Jay Neely Jeff Balke Jennifer Slegg Jessica Hagy Jing Chen jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell Josh Kopelman Justine Ezarik Kevin Burton Les O rc hard Lisa Stone Long Zheng Lost and Gone Forever Madame Levy Marek Uliasz

Mike Miller Nancy White Nashville Is Talking Natalie Goes to Japan New Scientist Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Opacity Paddy Johnson Paul Colligan Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Penelope Trunk Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews Rex Hammock The River Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle Rory Blyth SBWLTN Scott Adams Scott Hanselman The Struggling Writer ThoughtWorks Blogs Tom Matrullo Tom Moody Tresblue Trevin Chow Tricks of the Trade UNEASYsilence Valleywag War on Folly Will Truman Wonderland or Not Wondermark Zen Habits

From Group 6, I haven’t heard from JD Lasica, Jeneane Sessum, Jeremiah Owyang or Jeremy Zawodny.  Jimmy Huen has not yet made his picks.  From Group 5 I haven’t heard from Guy Kawasaki, Henry Blodget, Hugh MacLeod or Jake Ludington.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

From Group 4, Eric Scalf, Frank Gruber and Fred Wilson did not respond.  All have been dropped from the swivel feeds list.

Now for the next 8 bloggers, who I am asking to add 5 blogs to the list:

John Dvorak:  I enjoy John’s magazine articles greatly.  My Evening Reading segment was inspired by his column.

John Watson:  Father, blogger, software developer.  I love the way he captures universal truths – and sometime just humor – in his conversations with his kids.

Karl Martino:  Another long time read who blogs about new media, software and life in general.

Kate Trgovac:  Kate writes about social media, marketing, Web 2.0 and other interesting topics.

Kevin Briody:  Kevin is a Oregon Ducks fan living in Seattle.  Hopefully he’ll participate even though my Deacons came to his hometown and owned his Ducks in the 2002 Seattle Bowl.

Kevin Hales:  This Kevin is an NC State fan (Wake owns them too), a champion Scrabble player and one of the best writers I know.  I wish he blogged more.

Kevin Maney:  The former USA Today tech columnist has been a regular read of mine for a year or so.  He’s a musician too.

Larry Borsato:  Another long time read who writes on tech, media and all sorts of interesting things.

That’s the seventh group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a generally positive response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here’s how it works.  Every few days I ask a group of 8 of my favorite bloggers to each recommend 5 blogs to add to the list.  I’ll post the recommended blogs in a subsequent update, and add them to my swivel feeds list.  Each update has a list of the recent blog recommendations, followed by the next 8 bloggers who I am asking to add blogs to the list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the fifth group, plus any stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

Adam Gaffin
David Cohen
Eric Olson
Howard Lindzon
Jing Chen
Josh Kopelman
Kevin Burton
Nashville Is Talking
Paddy Johnson
Penelope Trunk
Rex Hammock
Rory Blyth
Scott Adams
ThoughtWorks Blogs
Tom Moody
Trevin Chow

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but two of them are new to me.

These blogs join the following prior recommendations and participants in the fourth edition of my new reading list.

A Cons. Experience Alan Levine Amyloo Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blogging Pro Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett C.C. Chapman Chip Camden Chris Brogan Christine Thurow Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Rothman Deborah Schultz Dennis the Peasant Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Ethan Johnson f8d Father Bob Fear Not the Gods Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton GAS Tech. News Greg Hughes Haydn Shaughnessy Heise Security Hilary Talbot Hugo Ortega ICH Cheezburger Ian Forrester IT|Redux

J.A. Konrath J.P. Rangaswami Jackson Miller Jennifer Slegg Jessica Hagy jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell Justine Ezarik Les Orchard Lisa Stone Long Zheng Lost and Gone Forever Madame Levy Marek Uliasz Mike Miller Nancy White Natalie Goes to Japan New Scientist Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Opacity Paul Colligan Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews The River Robert A ndrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle SBWLTN Scott Hanselman The Struggling Writer Tom Matrullo Tresblue Tricks of the Trade UNEASYsilence Valleywag War on Folly Will Truman Wonderland or Not Wondermark Zen Habits

From Group 5 I haven’t heard from Guy Kawasaki, Henry Blodget, Hugh MacLeod, Ian Delaney, Ilker Yoldas or Jake Ludington.  From Group 4 I haven’t heard from Donna Bogatin, Eric Scalf, Frank Gruber or Fred Wilson.  I’m a little discouraged by the lack of response from those groups, but we’ll soldier on.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

From Group 3, Dave Winer (surprise of surprises) and Doc Searls did not respond.  Both have been dropped from the swivel feeds list, but both get a “sponsor’s exemption” and will remain on my personal reading list.

Now for the next 8 bloggers, who I am asking to add 5 blogs to the list:

Jay Neely: Jay is a relatively new read for me, but he is spot on when it comes to social networking issues and other tech topics.

JD Lasica: JD writes about citizens’ media and related topics.  I’ve read his blog for quite a while.

Jeff Balke: Jeff is a web developer, musician, photographer and blogger from Houston.

Jeff Pulver: Jeff writes about VOIP and a wide range of other topics.  He’s a very well known blogger.

Jeneane Sessum: Jeneane is one of my long time reads.  She turns a phrase like a great songwriter.  Hopefully, she’ll use her cool new laptop to give me some blog recommendations.

Jeremiah Owyang: Jeremiah writes about Podcasting, video blogging and citizen journalism.  Another long time read.

Jeremy Zawodny: Jeremy writes about blogging, flying and all sorts of tech-related topics.

Jimmy Huen: A new read, Jimmy writes about his experiences as the founder of an internet start-up here in Houston.

That’s the sixth group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list by adding 5 of their favorite blogs to the list.  I’ve had a great response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.  When the list is complete, I will share it and upload an OPML file for those who are interested.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the fourth group, plus a couple of stragglers from prior groups.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

C.C. Chapman
Christine Thurow
Dennis the Peasant
Fear Not the Gods
I Can Has Cheezburger
Justine Ezarik
Lost and Gone Forever
Madame Levy
Paul Colligan
The River
SBWLTN
Tom Matrullo
War on Folly
Will Truman

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all of them are new to me.

These blogs join the following prior recommendations and participants in the fourth edition of my new reading list.

A Cons. Experience Alan Levine Amyloo Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz Beth Kanter BldgBlog Blogging Pro Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Feld Brad Kellett Chip Camden Chris Brogan Christopher Carfi Claus Valca Corey Clayton D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Rogers Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Rothman Deborah Schultz Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite Ethan Johnson f8d Father Bob Frank Paynter Fraser Kelton GAS Tech. News Heise Security Hilary Talbot Hugo Ortega Ian Forrester IT|Redux

J.A. Konrath J.P. Rangaswami Jennifer Slegg Jessica Hagy jkOnTheRun Joe Wikert John Tropea John T. Unger John Walkenbach Jon Udell Les Orchard Lisa Stone Long Zheng Marek Uliasz Mike Miller Nancy White Natalie Goes to Japan New Scientist Nick Hodge Nick O’Neill Opacity Paul Greenberg Paul Lester Paul Stamatiou Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite ReveNews Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek Robert Nagle Scott Hanselman The Struggling Writer Tresblue Tricks of the Trade UNEASYsilence Valleywag Wonderland or Not Wondermark Zen Habits

From Group 4 I haven’t heard from Donna Bogatin, Eric Scalf, Frank Gruber, Fraser Kelton, Fred Wilson or Greg Hughes.  From Group 3 I haven’t heard from Dave Winer or Doc Searls, and haven’t received any recommendations from David Airey.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

From Group 2, Bill Liversidge and Dave Rogers did not respond.  Bill has been dropped from the swivel feeds list.  Dave remains on the reading list, because he was recommended as a swivel feed by another participant.

Now for the next 8 bloggers:

Guy Kawasaki: I’ve read Guy’s blog since the day he launched it.  He and I don’t always agree on everything, but I have been consistent in my praise of his blog building abilities.  He only reads 22 or so feeds, so the ones he reads must be pretty good.

Haydn Shaughnessy: Hayden is a tech and new media journalist and a pioneer of social networking engines.

Henry Blodget:  Henry is a former Wall Street analyst, who writes about tech related business.

Hugh MacLeod: Hugh is a working man’s A-Lister, an artist, marketer and blogger.  A long time read.

Ian Delaney: Ian is a London based tech journalist, and another long time read.

Ilker Yoldas: I discovered Ilker’s blog when Mike tagged me in his Thinking Blogger Awards meme.  He blogs on a wide range of interesting topics, and has a talent for encouraging interaction among bloggers.

Jackson Miller: One of my newer blogging buddies and a daily read.

Jake Ludington: A long time read on various tech and media topics.

That’s the fifth group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list.  I’ve had a great response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the third group.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

Alan Levine
Beth Kanter
Brad Feld
Claus Valca
Dave Rogers
Father Bob
Fraser Kelton
Hugo Ortega
J.P. Rangaswami
Jennifer Slegg
jkOnTheRun
Joe Wikert
John Walkenbach
Jon Udell
Long Zheng
Marek Uliasz
Nick Hodge
Paul Lester
ReveNews
Robert Nagle
Scott Hanselman
Valleywag
Wondermark

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but five of them are new to me.

These blogs join the following prior recommendations and participants in the third edition of my new reading list.

A Cons. Experience Amyloo Anne Zelinka Assaf Arkin Ballastexistenz BldgBlog Blogging Pro Blonde 2.0 Bob Meets World Bonnie Staring Brad Kellett Chip Camden Chris Brogan Christopher Carfi Claus Valca D’Arcy Norman Daily Cup of Tech Dan Santow Dave Taylor Dave Wallace David Rothman Deborah Schultz Doug Karr Dwight Silverman Earl Moore Ed Bott Engtech Lite f8d GAS Tech. News Heise Security Hilary Talbot

Ian Forrester IT|Redux J.A. Konrath Jessica Hagy John Tropea John T. Unger Les Orchard Lisa Stone Mike Miller Nancy White Natalie Goes to Japan New Scientist Nick O’Neill Opacity Paul Greenberg Paul Stamatiou Phydeaux3 Quasi Fictional Read/Write Web Reg Braithwaite Robert Andrews Robert Hruzek The Struggling Writer Tresblue Tricks of the Trade UNEASYsilence Wonderland or Not Zen Habits

From Group 3 I haven’t heard from Dave Winer, David Airey or Doc Searls.  From Group 2 I haven’t heard from Bill Liversidge, Corey Clayton or Dave Rogers.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.  Craig Newmark elected not to participate.

From Group 1, Amy Gahran, Ben Metcalfe or Ben Werdmuller did not respond and have been dropped from the swivel feeds list.  Amy gets a “sponsor’s exemption,” however, and remains on my reading list.  I think she may still be off the grid.

Now for the next 8 bloggers:

Donna Bogatin:  Until recently, Donna wrote for ZDNet at Digital Markets.  Now she’s on her own at InsiderChatter.com.  One of my long time reads.

Eric Scalf:  My WordPress guru and a great writer on blog building and other topics.

Ethan Johnson:  Another core blogging buddy.  He has this soccer thing going, but at least I have some understanding of soccer.  Unlike Linux and Macs and that sort of thing.

Frank Gruber:  A long time blogging buddy as well.  Frank works for AOL and writes about Web 2.0, technology a
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other interesting stuff.

Frank Paynter:  I’ve read Frank’s blog for as long as I’ve been reading blogs.  Highly recommended.

Fraser Kelton:  Fraser is another long-time read.  He has been blogging intermittently lately.  Maybe this will nudge him back to the keyboard.

Fred Wilson:  Fred and I are about the same age, and share a lot of musical interests.  He’s a good, thoughtful writer on a wide range of topics.

Greg Hughes:  Another long time read, Greg is an IT/security guy who writes well about various tech topics.

That’s the fourth group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list.  I have had a great response so far, and my new reading list is coming together nicely, with a diverse and interesting mix of bloggers.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the second group.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

BldgBlog
Blogging Pro
D’Arcy Norman
Daily Cup of Tech
Dan Santow
Doug Karr
GAS Technology News
Jessica Hagy
John T. Unger
Lisa Stone
Nancy White
Natalie Goes to Japan
Opacity
Paul Greenberg
Paul Stamatiou
Robert Hruzek
UNEASYsilence
Read/Write Web
Wonderland or Not
Zen Habits

I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all but two of them are new to me.

These blogs join the following prior recommendations and participants in the second edition of my new reading list.

A Consuming Experience
Amyloo
Anne Zelinka
Assaf Arkin
Ballastexistenz
Blonde 2.0
Bob Meets World
Bonnie Staring
Brad Kellett
Chip Camden
Chris Brogan
Christopher Carfi
Claus Valca
David Rothman
Deborah Schultz
Engtech Lite
f8d
Heise Security
Hilary Talbot
Ian Forrester
IT|Redux
J.A. Konrath
John Tropea
Les Orchard
Mike Miller
New Scientist
Nick O’Neill
Phydeaux3
Quasi Fictional
Reg Braithwaite
Robert Andrews
The Struggling Writer
Tresblue
Tricks of the Trade

I never got any suggestions from the following Group 1 members: Amy Gahran, Ben Metcalfe or Ben Werdmuller.  No worries, as participation by them (like the reading of their blogs by me) is purely voluntary.  Amy gets a pass because she hasn’t posted lately and may be off the grid.  From Group 2, I haven’t heard from Bill Liversidge, Corey Clayton, Craig Newmark (who says via email he will try to send his recommendations next week) or Dave Rogers, but there’s still time.  My general policy is to assume non-participation after 2 weeks.

Now for the next 8 bloggers:

Dave Taylor:  Dave has the best tech answer blog I have ever seen.  It’s like a mini-tech Wikipedia, only everything is accurate and unbiased.

Dave Wallace:  One of my core blogging buddies, and recently a podcasting buddy.  He’s going to be mad at me, since I already subscribed to Mike’s blog.

Dave Winer:  We don’t always agree on everything, but I respect his opinions and have read his blog for years.  Dave, I would genuinely like your input and hope you’ll participate.

David Airey:  David is a graphic design guy, who writes about a lot of interesting topics.  I borrowed his excellent idea of thanking Commenters in subsequent posts.

Doc Searls:  Everybody knows Doc Searls.  As I said on the podcast the other night, Doc is a great guy and one of the so called A-Listers who remains a regular guy.  Plus he likes beach music.

Dwight Silverman:  The tech guru for the Houston Chronicle.  Another Houston blogger, and one of my long-time reads.

Earl Moore:  Another of my core blogging pals.  He has best looking blog template I’ve ever seen.  He’s going to claim it’s because he’s a Mac guy.

Ed Bott: Ed is a well known tech journalist, whose blog I have read for years.  A must read for all tech-interested folks.

That’s the third group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please recommend 5 of your favorite blogs to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

This is an update on my swivel feeds experiment, in which I ask bloggers I read to help me rebuild my reading list.

Here are the swivel feeds recommendations so far from the first group.  Note that, when possible, I designate blogs by the name of the blogger, because I like to know who I’m talking to.

Anne Zelinka
Ballastexistenz
Bob Meets World
Bonnie Staring
Chris Brogan
David Rothman
Deborah Schultz
Engtech Lite
f8d
Heise Security
Hilary Talbot
Ian Forrester
IT|Redux
J.A. Konrath
John Tropea
Les Orchard
New Scientist
Nick O’Neill
Phydeaux3
Quasi Fictional
Reg Braithwaite
Robert Andrews
The Struggling Writer
Tresblue
Tricks of the Trade

 

Participants Blonde 2.0, Mike Miller, Amyloo, Assaf Arkin and Improbulus round out the first edition of my new reading list.

So far, we are off to a good start.  I have subscribed to all of the recommended blogs, and all of them are new to me.

No suggestions yet from A Consuming Experience, Amy Gahran, Amyloo, Assaf Arkin, Ben Metcalfe or Ben Werdmuller, but there’s plenty of time to get them in.

Now for the next 8 bloggers (whose additions will be listed in the next update):

Bill Liversidge: Bill is a writer, like several of the swivel feeds recommendations above.  I have been reading his blog for a long time, though he does not post as much as he used to.  I hope he sees this.

Brad Kellett: One of my core blogging pals.  He’s one of my mobile tech gurus, though he writes well about a lot of other topics too.

Chip Camden: Another of my core blogging buddies.  He’s a software developer who, like me, blogs about all sorts of things.  One of my long-time reads.

Christopher Carfi:  Chris is an entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Cerado.  I’ve been reading his blog since I found out what blogs were.

Claus Valca: Another Houston blogger, who writes detailed and very informative posts about software, among other topics.

Corey Clayton: A relatively new read who I met via Twitter.  He’s a tech writer and a podcaster.

Craig Newmark: The founder of Craigslist needs no introduction.  The first time he commented here, I actually called my wife from work and told her.  That’s the only thing about this blog she actually thinks is cool, as opposed to, well, nerdy.  I enjoy Craig’s political and social activism posts.

Dave Rogers:  Dave is a retired navy commander from Florida, whose blog I have read for a year or two.  He writes well about all sorts of stuff.

That’s the second group of bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please give me 5 recommendations to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

It’s no secret that I’ve been a little bored with some of my feeds lately.  So it’s time to launch a grand experiment that will provide lots of good, new blogs to read.  I’m going to dump a lot of my feeds and ask bloggers I enjoy reading to help rebuild my reading list.

And I’m going to compile the list and share it with everyone.

When I logged on today, I had 147 feeds in my feed reader.  Some of them are news sites and blogs that I view as the functional equivalent of news sites.  They will remain in my feeds.  This group consists of Blogspotting, C|Net Alpha, C|Net News, Digital Markets, Download Squad, DPR, eHomeUpgrade, Engadget, Fark, Farmgate, Gizmodo, HD Beat, InsideMicrosoft, Lifehacker, Mashable, Obscure, Photography School, ProBlogger, PVRblog, Steve Gillmor, TechCrunch, Techdirt, Techmeme, TV Squad, Valleywag and ZDNet Blogs.

Next, there are quite a few blogs that I am going to drop, because they have fallen into near abandonment or otherwise don’t interest me for one reason or another.  No need to list those.

Now for the fun part.

Then there are the rest of my feeds.  This group consists of the bloggers who interest me the most.  I have a lot of interests, so these feeds cover a lot of ground.  And I want these folks to help me reseed my reading list with blogs they like and/or think I’d like.

I’ll update both the list and my feeds as we go, and when we’re done, I’ll post the entire list and an OPML file for anyone who wants it.

So, once or twice a week, I’ll list several of these blogs, describe briefly why I enjoy them and ask each of the writers to add 5 blogs to the list.

That’s about it.

So let’s get started with the first 8 bloggers.

A Consuming Experience: I learned a lot of the technical stuff I do with my blog template from Improbulus.  Her blog is a living resource for blogging and technical tips and how-tos.

Amy Gahran: She was the first person who got me thinking about blogs as conversations, which became my core blogging philosophy.

Amyloo: Amy blogs on a lot of topics that interest me.  A great blend of tech, politics, music, philosophy.

Assaf Arkin:  He’s one of my favorite software reads, and the Tom Clancy of the blogosphere.  Lots of hard, but understandable, tech.  Very little “me too” posts about the latest bookmarking application, etc.

Mike Miller:  Mike is one of my core blogging buddies, and someone I discuss stuff with almost every day.  He’s already led me to lots of good reads and several people who’ll appear in this series, but I want more.

Ben Metcalfe:  Ben is a social media commentator and developer.  Thus, I learn a lot more from him than a lot of the social media bloggers who merely regurgitate what they read on TechCrunch.

Ben Werdmuller:  I realize that Nuclear Sledgehammer is a group/company blog, and I mean no disrespect to the other writers, but Ben was the one I started reading first, so he gets the recommendation request.  Good, thoughtful writing about the blogosphere, social networking, etc.

Blonde 2.0: Ayelet came out of nowhere to quickly become one of my favorite bloggers.  If she posted a little more, she’d be in the Technorati 100 within a year (Steve Rubel once said that about me, but I didn’t quite make it).

So there are the first 8 bloggers I’m asking to help rebuild my reading list.  If you’re willing, please give me 5 recommendations to add to the list.  Use the comments, your blog or email, whichever you prefer.

Also, if you are a blogger I don’t know about yet, feel free to tell me about your blog, and it may make the list too.  And if you’re one of the rare non-blogging blog readers, please give me your list too.  I am very interested in recommendations from non-bloggers.