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Tech tips, geeky how-tos, thoughtful analysis of issues, news about the latest gadgets, ideas for improving your blog -- you'll find it all in these 10 terrific tech blogs.
I. Hacker Chick
The Hacker Chick Blog is a beautiful starting point. I say beautiful because the graphics on this blog are stunning: everything from the image representing the hacker chick (software developer Abby Fichtner) to the icons and images used as illustrations are visually outstanding. Hacker Chick writes about designing Wordpress themes, agile computing, programming, social media and business. In Build Your Startup From the Heart, she said,
The world, it seems, is changing. If you ask Daniel Pink, he’ll say that our "left-brained" aptitudes — logical, analytical skills, the types of things schools reward us for — are no longer sufficient if we want to remain competitive. These are, after all, the very things being automated by computers and outsourced at rates we can’t compete with if we want to pay our mortgages, or, say, eat.
If we truly want to succeed, we need to pull in those right-brained skills that our schools & employers have tried so hard to beat out of us — artistry, empathy, play, and story telling.
You don't find many programmers who think this way, or who can pull it together the way Hacker Chick does.
II. Pars3c
Elizabeth Howell has her head in the stars with her blog Pars3c. The blog is pronounced "PAR-seck," and astronomical term that gives you an idea of the topics you'll find on the blog. This blog is about astronomy, spaceflight, science and telescopes.
In 500 explosions, 500 reasons to love satellites, Elizabeth said,
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again — the greatest thing about space-borne observatories is they have 24-hour darkness to enjoy. This makes it easier to catch fleeting cosmic events, even explosions.
Like that moment last month when NASA’s Swift telescope saw its 500th gamma-ray burst.
III. Blogger Buster
Blogger Buster is for the Google Blogger users. It's written by Amanda Kay. Blogger templates and tutorials are the heart of this blog.
For example, you can learn about 90 Related Posts with Thumbnails for Blogger - New Version by BloggerWidgets.
Aneesh of Blogger Widgets has developed a new "Related Posts" script for Blogger which displays thumbnails of images in addition to linked post titles.
In appearance, this Blogger "add-on" is similar to the LinkWithin script. Each section is highlighted in a complementary colour when the mouse hovers over it, and the entire section is clickable, leading to the URL of the "related post" displayed.
IV. Girl Developer
Girl Developer is written by Sara, a software engineer. Her topics range among .net and WAN, tech events, software reviews and life as a developer. There's always a dash of style and humor in the mix. Recently she wrote about Meeting Wendy Friedlander, a fellow developer who is undergoing cancer treatment. Meeting Wendy prompted her to put together a fund-raising dinner:
I put this dinner together because I think it would be wonderful if we could all help Wendy a little as a community. She's one of our own and it really could be any one of us. We're having a dinner for Wendy, and if you're in the NYC area and can make it we'd love to have you. It will be a great time of fellowship with other developers and I'm looking forward to it. If you can't make the dinner or aren't from the area there is a paypal link here for donations.
V. Do it Myself Blog
Do it Myself Blog is the work of Glenda Watson Hyatt, the left-thumb blogger -- so called because she types only with her left thumb due to her cerebral palsy. Glenda writes about accessibility on the web and in life, about events she attends and speeches she gives with the help of her computer's voice, about new technology, entrepreneurship and trying to find an accessible bathroom while at tech events.
Lately Glenda has been searching for
