Blogs I Miss

I realised today that many of the blogs in my news reader are dormant/dead.  Some were tentative ventures that didn't develop, but some were really interesting for a while.  For me, the lesson is that if you are not actively seeking out new blogs to read, you are slowly losing touch with the blogosphere.

Anyway, here are some blogs I miss:

Can anyone recommend any new blogs that I should definitely be subscribing to?

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  1. Alan Coady27 November 2007 at 20:28

    Hi Robert,

    Here are a few I have in my feed reader. I don't read all of them every day, but there is frequently interesting stuff. If you're wondering where all the education ones are, I know you'll have them already. Most of the urls give away enough to guess what they're about.

    http://blog.ted.com/

    http://www.oed.com/

    http://www.primary-teacher-uk.co.uk/

    http://mtblog.typepad.com/rsa_networks/

    http://www.therestisnoise.com/

    http://jamesfrankel.musiced.net/

    http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/

    http://www.overcomingbias.com/

    http://stephenfry.com/blog

    http://mikewadejournalist.blogspot.com/

    http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/

    http://www.mindhacks.com/

    http://www.sharpbrains.com/

    http://www.newscientist.com/news.ns

    http://science-community.sciam.com/forum.jspa?forumID=300000977

    http://neuropsychological.blogspot.com/

    http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/

    http://www.omniglot.com/blog/

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/

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  2. David Noble27 November 2007 at 21:18

    I've update, myself, recently. Really enjoying:

    Lisa Stevens at http://lisibo.blogspot.com/
    Doug Dickinson at http://www.dougdickinson.co.uk/blog/
    Allanah at http://allanahk.edublogs.org/
    Jo McLeay at http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/

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  3. jonesieboy27 November 2007 at 22:20

    Thanks David. One of your links led me to Australian Edubloggers - loads of new blogs to explore :)

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  4. jonesieboy28 November 2007 at 21:47

    Awesome list Alan - thanks (I would have replied earlier but Alan's post got held but by my anti-spam software)

    The Stephen Fry blog alone is a great find.

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