Instructables is the best place on the Web to show what you've made and how you made it. The partners at Squid Labs — a mix of MIT, Brown, and Stanford engineers and inventors — launched Instructables in order to share the projects that sparked their passion. Soon, visitors from all over joined in, contributing their own projects and marveling at others. Word continues to spread — Technorati lists Instructables among the Top 100 blogs in the world, with more than 9,800 links from nearly 4,000 sites. Instructables' Food and Craft categories skew female, while the Tech section's audience skews male.

Breitbart.com offers real-time access to top news and analysis sources. You can monitor up-to-the-minute feeds from wires, newspapers, networks, key blogs and more. And there are multiple options for exploring topics by channel. While some news sites select stories for the user and others allow users to rank favorite news stories, Breitbart emphasizes user access to the raw news feeds -- kind of an organized grocery store of news.

Breitbart.tv is all news video, all the time. Our goal is to monitor the best video stories on the internet and provide an easy way for you to click and watch — all from one page. Our goal is to find video links from network and cable operations, as well as local television stations across the country. We’ll also be tracking news video posted on popular upload sites.If it’s online and newsworthy, it could end up on Breitbart.tv.

Breitbart is currently serving about 20 million news pages per month to more than three million unique visitors. Many top bloggers rely on Breitbart as a primary news resource. Technorati puts Breitbart.com in its Top 50, with more than 30,000 links from nearly 8,000 blogs.

AppleInsider launched in 1997 and quickly grew to become one of the Internet's premier sources of information for all things Apple. Each month AppleInsider is read by millions of visitors ranging from entry-level and advanced PC users to Wall Street analysts and Fortune 500 executives. Over the years, AppleInsider has broken stories on everything from Apple's plan to enter the retail business to cosmetic details of its next-generation Intel Macs and iPod digital music players.

Apartment Therapy helps people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and community online.

It's the perfect site for people who believe simplicity and luxury are not mutually exclusive. Special sections focus on cooking, parenting, home technology and sustainable living.

Developer Shed is home to 12 high-technology websites, collectively known as the Developer Shed Network. This sites offer content written by developers for developers. In addition to their vast array of programming tutorials, they also offer how-to's covering search engine optimization, system administration, and web hosting. In addition, they serve up the best hands-on hardware reviews on the net.

The Network serves more than 6 million unique visitors each month, providing fresh content day-to-day. We also offer up two weekly newsletters with a combined circulation of 500,000+ dedicated readers. Our audience is made up of technology professionals from every field – from the novice programmer to Chief Technology Officers of large firms. Furthermore, we enjoy heavy traffic across a plethora of forums, and offer our viewers a weekly dose of comedy via our tongue-in-cheek show, Tech News You Can't Use.

Known for its piercing views on the gaming industry and memorable robot mascot, the Webby-recognized Destructoid.com is the pulse of the hardcore gamer. Its unique (and often irreverent) editorial voice was formulated by mixing independent editorial with community-scale mass blogging and social networking.

Dtoid's multiple editors cover daily breaking news, gamer culture, music, reviews, and industry politics and have often appeared as industry experts on MTV, G4, and SpikeTV. Destructoid is one of the top 3 gaming blogs and its iconic robot is also a playable character in the Xbox 360 title Bomberman Live, marking the first appearance of a gaming blog's brand within a popular video game.

Metafilter is often mentioned in the same breath as BoingBoing by sources such as the New York Times, which reported in their piece on leading bloggers: "Every e-mail discussion list, Web bulletin board and group blog is an example of collective intelligence at work. Do you want to know where 'memes' start? Try the group blogs www.metafilter.com and boingboing.net" (Circuits, 8/12/04). MetaFilter attracts 1,900,000 monthly uniques (50,000 of his readers are registered contributors to the site) and has links from over 172,000 other sites (Google).

Boy Genius Report is one of the leading tech gadget blogs on the web. Its readers know where to go for scoops. According to Google, more than 12,000 sites link to its ground-breaking information, and it attracts more than 1 million monthly unique visitors.

The site has appeared on CNBC, in The Wall Street Journal, BrandWeek, ABC Radio, and many others. It's preparing a nationally syndicated radio show and other ways to build its brand. The site regularly features celebrity segments with guests such as Pharrell, Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Just Blaze, DJ Clue, and more -- all of whom help keep the great tech-based content flowing.

TREND HUNTER Magazine is an explosion of cool fueled by a global network of thousands of trend spotters and cool hunters. Editor in chief Jeremy Gutsche knows that innovation and strategic advantage hinge on the ability to identify the next big thing. By tracking the evolution of cool, contributing Trend Hunters generate ideas, stimulate creativity, and ultimately shape our social context. Advertising in Trend Hunter infects an influential population of social leaders. As MTV puts it, "At Trend Hunter, find out what’s cool BEFORE it’s cool!"

Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 7 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web and offering social media resources and guides. Mashable’s audience includes early adopters, social media enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, influencers, brands and corporations, marketing, PR and advertising agencies, Web 2.0 aficionados and technology journalists. Mashable is also popular with bloggers, Twitter and Facebook users – an increasingly influential demographic.

Boing Boing attracts more than 5 million unique visitors to its site each month, and has over 600,000 RSS subscribers. And it now offers Boing Boing Video, which was recently highlighted by CNN, and Boing Boing Gadgets.

By Comscore's measure, Boing Boing is among the five most-visited blogs on the web. Technorati's list of most influential blogs -- based on how many other sites link to that blog -- puts Boing Boing in the top 5. According to Google, more than 600,000 other sites link to Boing Boing. Forbes voted Boing Boing "best of the web" among tech blogs, as did BusinessWeek. AdRants, ad exec veteran Steve Hall's blog, posted an article to the effect that if Boing Boing covers your ad campaign, it's gone viral. 2006 Bloggies winner: Best Group Blog and Lifetime Achievement. 2006 Webby Awards nominee. Named '25 Best Blogs 2009' by TIME.

The New Yorker described Boing Boing as "a technology blog that is read by geeks the world over."

High-Def Digest is dedicated to featuring Blue-Ray daily news, comprehensive reviews, release dates, and the latest in HD gear. The site attracts a passionate and influential audience of high-tech early adopters and DVD enthusiasts. The site is published by former Yahoo executive Jed Rosenzweig, and edited by Peter Bracke, founding editor of DVDFILE.com and the author of the book Ultimate DVD.

Gamersyde is dedicated to covering to all news & media related to next-gen gaming, providing both official trailers and screenshots as well as exclusive HD gameplay videos.

The site built a reputation on its special game coverage from shows all over the world thanks to its team of editors spread out across Europe, North-America and Japan. Videos can all be downloaded in 720p or simply streamed (more than 500,000 streams occur monthly). Most of Gamersyde's peers put their HD content behind a subscription wall, giving Gamersyde a loyal readership that appreciates the free HD content.

Gamersyde also features live coverage of all major gaming events including E3, TGS or GDC. With its active and talkative community and the support of the international sites and forums that matter, Gamersyde is today a reference website made for gamers, by gamers.

Uncrate is a popular web-based buyer's guide for men. Their dedicated team finds and reviews the best gadgets, clothes, music and movies, cars and more. Updated every week day, Uncrate reaches a large, influential audience of men looking for the next great thing. The site also offers a free AJAX-powered shopping list service that allows readers to save the items they want to buy or check out later. Uncrate has quickly become a respected, go-to guide for finding the absolute best of the best men's products.

GoNintendo is the most up-to-date source for Nintendo news, period. With an update schedule that continues literally all through the night and on every weekend and holiday, the site has quickly established itself as a hub for Nintendo enthusiasts. GoNintendo has a fantastic community made up of some of the most dedicated & loyal fans in the videogame arena.

The GoNintendo weekly podcast is overwhelmingly popular, and is consistently in iTunes' top 10 gaming podcast. If you are looking for Nintendo news, there's no better place.

Launched in September 2004, Ubergizmo has quickly become one of the top consumer electronics websites. Founded by Hubert Nguyen and Eliane Fiolet, who are respectively engineer and designer, Ubergizmo delivers straightforward news and analysis of the electronics you love and the ones that you love to hate.

Ubergizmo is distributed in six different languages and read in over 212 countries. Ubergizmo has been widely recognized as a leading high-tech website. Among other things, the site is a Webby Award Honoree, has been ranked as a Top100 Blog by PC Magazine, ranks very high in Nielsen's Blogpulse and was nominated in "Best Technology Blog" at the Bloggie Awards.

MAKE has quickly become one of the hottest reads for tech enthusiasts, backyard scientists, hobbyists and basement inventors. A quarterly project-project based magazine, MAKE’s mission is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. We call these people "Makers".

MAKE Magazine and Make: Online have been prominently featured in virtually every major North American newspaper and magazine - including The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Forbes, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, NewsWeek and The Washington Post. MAKE's editors - including Phil Torrone, blog maestro of makezine.com - have been featured on CNN, CBS News, The Tonight Show and have made numerous appearances on NPR, TechTV and MTV.

Inhabitat is an online magazine devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and design towards a smarter and more sustainable future. Written by a young tech-savvy team designers and design journalists, Inhabitat delivers fresh content daily, showcasing emerging work from the cutting-edge of the global design community.

MacNN is a leading source for news on Apple products and related topics. It is read by Macintosh and iPod enthusiasts, IT professionals, and investors. It is updated throughout the day with the very latest industry news — as it happens. MacNN, launched in 1996, has a long-established record of timeliness and accuracy. MacNN prides itself on keeping ahead of the curve while maintaining editorial traditions.

NOTCOT is a visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements. NOTCOT's two sites have become the daily sources of inspiration for creatives everywhere, fighting the good fight against "creative block" since 2005 with visually stunning imagery, the latest in international trends, and a passion for all things well designed.

NOTCOT.ORG is a community of creatives, design lovers, and trendsetters — where .org serves as the studio bulletin board gone digital — each image and caption brings you to a place worth visiting. It's about sharing what inspires you. Bookmarks, del.icio.us, digg, blogrolls, etc. make you read, search and think. This is the PICTUREBOOK to their novel. NOTCOT.COM is the editorial face of NOTCOT, offering in-depth features on products, artists, technology, innovation, and up-and-coming trends.

ReadWriteWeb is a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. It began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected Web 2.0 blogs.

ReadWriteWeb is ranked among Technorati's Top 20 blogs in the world. NextBlitz says about ReadWriteWeb: "The definitive site for analysis of new technology products, events, and news. Superb, detailed coverage."

As a trusted source for computing and tech hardware reviews and news for PC enthusiasts and IT professionals, HotHardware offers a rare mix of technical analysis and professional industry journalism, sans the stuffed shirt and pocket protector.

Whether you're looking for what's hot in computer graphics, processors, motherboards, storage, notebooks, systems or displays, HotHardware offers leading-edge insight into the latest and greatest in computing and high tech hardware and gadgets.

Ranking among the the 50 most popular sites of all time on del.icio.us, Thomas Marban's popurls.com | popular urls to the latest web buzz, is the dashboard for the hive mind — a single page that replaces the need to directly read Digg, Delicious, Flickr, Wired, Slashdot, NewsVine, Metafilter, Youtube and many other web-buzz related sites. With up-to-the-minute headlines presented in a minimalistic two-flavor design one can scan the latest headlines of what the web collectively thinks is either popular or interesting. A simple mouse over the headline will cleverly reveal a small box of expanded text on the article. Popurls ranks top for terms like "news" on bookmarking services and has a loyal and web-savvy readership.

Electronista provides a wide range of coverage on all electronics and gadgets ranging from cellphones to televisions. It is read by interested consumers, computer enthusiasts, IT professionals, and investors. It is updated throughout the day with the very latest industry news — as it happens. Electronista aims to provide substantive, professional coverage of the most interesting and relevant technology news.

Techdirt targets IT and business leaders involved in IT decisions. Techdirt reaches 240,000 monthly uniques, a number that has tripled in the past year with the help of recognition by sites such as Google, which selected Techdirt as one of the four tech sites (with Wired News, News.com & Slashdot) chosen as default feeds for Google's new personal homepage (aka myGoogle). Feedster's recently ranked Techdirt the 12th most popular blog. It's a Technorati Top 100 site, with inbound links from more than 3,000 blogs.

Technologizer delivers Harry McCracken’s authoritative, opinionated, hands-on advice on the whole world of personal technology, from the Web to digital entertainment to PCs and Macs.. The former editor-in-chief of PC World, McCracken was named to the Folio:40 list of media industry movers and shakers and won the Jesse H. Neal award in 2008 for his editorials.

VentureBeat provides news and information about fast-growing private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. Written by Matt Marshall, it is the successor to SiliconBeat. The Wall Street Journal in 2005 credited SiliconBeat with providing the "back-story" of Silicon Valley. VentureBeat targets the most influential leaders in Silicon Valley and in other dynamic business cities around the world. Readers include entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other professionals.

Andru Edwards developed Gear Live to be a premier destination for technology and gadget enthusiasts alike. His love of consumer electronics fuels the site's up-to-the-minute coverage of the tech space, written with a smart, honest, and witty edge.

Since its launch in 2004, Gear Live has been quoted in places like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Seattle Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Ad Age. In addition, it was recently voted by the influential TechWeb as one of the top ten technology sources on the Internet which "readers turn to... for its fun, accessible take on technology." According to Google, there are over 126,000 links to Gear Live.

Oobject is like Billboard music charts, but for gadgets. Gadgets in the broadest sense: vintage, current, prototype, weird and wonderful, ranked by users and covering everything from cars to cellphones. A new chart almost every day, and existing ones updated regularly.

Founded 1995 by primary tentacle Scott Beale, Laughing Squid is an online resource for art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond. Its audience is extremely diverse, ranging from underground artists to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and everything in between. Laughing Squid currently has a Technorati rank of 333 with an authority of 2,450, meaning that 2,450 blogs have linked to the website in the last six months.

OhGizmo! reaches nearly 70,000 tech-savvy early adopters each month. Its readers love the blend of technological innovation, creative product design and daily gadget news. Alexa ranks OhGizmo at 22,278, Feedburner tallies an average of 3,000 RSS subscribers and Technorati counts 3,400 links from 1,075 sites. A team of three keeps OhGizmo up to date, under the leadership of managing editor David Ponce.

Kevin Kelly, former executive editor of Wired Magazine and publisher of the Whole Earth Review, now attracts legions of readers to Cool Tools. Kelly highlights one new cool tool everyday that is "extraordinary, better than similar products, little-known, and reliably useful for an individual or small group." What's a tool? "A cool tool," he explains, "can be any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that is tried and true." He depends on his readers to suggest items they actually use. This authentic experience gives the site community, credibility, and amazing loyalty among its readers. These tools don't just 'look' cool. They've passed the test of experience: They really are cool. Technorati counts 2,789 links to Cool Tools from 1,172 blogs, putting Cool Tools among the most influential blogs.

Treonauts is Andrew Carton's "bloguide" of all things Treo, dedicated to "the perfect all-in-one communications, information and entertainment tool." Treonauts reaches 70,000 high-income smart phone and PDA users every month.

Launched in January 2005, Modojo is the world’s leading publication devoted to handheld and mobile videogames, covering the space from both consumer and trade perspectives. Well-respected within the mobile industry, Modojo editors have been invited to speak and judge at such industry events as CTIA, The Independent Games Festival, the Global Mobile Content Awards and others.

Dr. Paul Kedrosky's irreverent insights into technology, finance and venture capital have made Infectious Greed the first stop each morning for prominent players in all three fields. Having worked in the industry for two decades, Paul is an acknowledged expert: Quoted regularly in the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal, he also appears on CNBC every other week. Paul is the executive director of a venture capital institute at the University of California at San Diego — a combination research center and seed fund — and a partner at Ventures West, a $600 million venture fund. Named 'Best of the Web 2006' by BusinessWeek.

iPodNN is a leading source for news on Apple's iPod and related products. It is read by iPod enthusiasts, IT professionals, and investors. iPodNN is updated throughout the day with the very latest iPod and related news — as it happens. It provides readers with a timely and accurate source that focuses on the specific topic of iPod news.

A few years ago, Web consultant Hugh MacLeod invented a new art form: drawing cartoons on the back of business cards. Because the cartoons are funny, and relevant to our media-saturated, love-starved world, the site where he posts those cartoons, Gaping Void, sits comfortably in Technorati's Top 200 as one of the world's most influential blogs.

With nearly 9,000 links from nearly 3,000 blogs, Gaping Void has become a must-visit for savvy surfers everywhere. Gaping Void satirizes advertising, public relations, technology and the wine business — but it never loses heart.

Real World Technologies (RWT) is the premier community for computer industry professionals. RWT offers in-depth reviews and articles on computer architecture, microprocessor and computer system design, and other allied fields such as low-level software and semiconductors. The community is largely composed of industry insiders and experts on relevant topics, providing lively discussions and an opportunity for even the most experienced reader to learn something new.

The main driving force behind RWT is David Kanter, who writes about high-performance and embedded computer systems and manages other site contributors. David has extensive contacts throughout the computer industry and at major web publications. He has freelanced for the Microprocessor Report and been quoted in the San Jose Mercury News, the Inquirer and other leading web publications. His articles have been cited by ZDNet/CNet, the Register, eWeek and others.

Guy Kawasaki's blog, How to Change the World, provides tactical, practical information that attracts the early adopter, entrepreneurial, tech-loving audience. His blog consistently ranks in the Technorati top fifty.

Duct Tape Marketing is a team of 22 authors -- each an expert in a specific aspect of business marketing, such as PR, internet marketing and selling to large organizations -- headed by author and business coach John Jantsch. The Duct Tape Marketing Blog was chosen as a Forbes Magazine "favorite for small business" and "best blog on small business marketing" for the third year in a row by the readers of Marketing Sherpa.

HDTV Magazine is the website for those who love HDTV. Their roots go back to 1984, when Dale Cripps founded The HDTV Newsletter, a professional publication distributed in 24 countries to those developing HDTV. On November 16, 1998, The HDTV Newsletter became the first online publication dedicated to HDTV -- HDTV Magazine.

Today, HDTV Magazine serves the public by educating enthusiasts and would-be consumers providing the latest in HDTV articles, news, reviews, products, and emerging technologies.

LifeClever is a terrific 'life hack' site -- a collection of tips for design and life that's among the favorite sites of Merlin "43 Folders" Mann. LifeClever's straightforward practical advice helps both designers and non-designers learn how to design, work, and live better — from a living room to a resume. LifeClever is helmed by Chanpory Rith, a designer at MetaDesign whose interaction and branding work includes projects for Yahoo!, Symantec, PC World and Four Seasons Hotels. With more than 1,300 inbound links from 699 sites, LifeClever is well within Technorati's Top 3,000.

A VC records the thoughts of Fred Wilson, the NYC-based managing partner of two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures. Technorati counts 1,286 sites linking to Fred's influential insights on marketing, technology, the Internet, and investment strategy (with a bit on his kids and his favorite music mixed in!).

On ResourceShelf and DocuTicker, dedicated and sleep-deprived information professionals share the results of their extensive (and quirky) searches for free resources. Senior editors Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy supply a daily handpicked selection of databases, lists and rankings, multimedia, and full-text reports, as well as their commentary on search engine and web news.

LiveSide, an independent news and information site focusing on Windows Live, is well known for being first with the best and most exclusive dirt on the Microsoft online initiative. The site feature interviews with Microsoft product team members and hosts the definitive list of Windows Live employee blogs and sites. LiveSide authors Harrison Hoffman, Chris Overd, and Kip Kniskern are all Windows Live MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals), recognized by the company to be among the most knowledgeable about Windows Live in the world. In February of 2006, Microsoft Watch called LiveSide's writers “sneaky geniuses,” and it’s become their unofficial motto. While its authors don’t always please Microsoft PR, LiveSide is considered, both inside Microsoft and in the community, to be the authority on Windows Live.

Well-known digital figure Stowe Boyd's new blog /Message explores tech culture from the inside. Boyd, an internationally recognized authority on social tools and member of both the Open Media 100 and the Web 2.0 workgroup, just launched /Message.

W. James "Hamlet" Au's New World Notes is a must-read destination for the Residents of Second Life, the user-created online world which surpassed a million total accounts in October 2006, and is adding new citizens by the thousands every day. Previously Second Life's official "embedded journalist" from March 2003 to Feburary 2006 (when he was a contractor for Linden Lab, the company behind SL), Au now continues the story as an FM author, documenting the rise of this emerging online society which may consider the next generation of the Internet, following its art, commerce, culture, and technology-- including the many citizens who make a real-world living from their virtual creations. He also documents the arrival of real world businesses, organizations, and governments into Second Life, from Twentieth Century Fox and Microsoft, to Creative Commons and the American Cancer Society, to the BBC and US Homeland Security, and also interviews figures like Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig, and former Presidential hopeful Governor Mark Warner, who occasionally visit SL in avatar form. He's currently writing a book based on his coverage of Second Life, set to be published in 2007.

Au is also a contributor to GigaOM (another FM site), and longtime tech writer for publications like Wired Magazine and Salon. New World Notes has been featured on the BBC Online, CNN, NPR's Morning Edition, the Washington Post, NYTimes.com, the UK Guardian, Wired.com, among many other outlets. He's spoken on the subject at South by Southwest in Austin and the State of Play Conference co-sponsored by New York Law School, Yale Law School, and Harvard's Berkman center. Technorati listing.

Ed Bott's Windows Expertise & Media Central weblogs are dedicated to tips, tricks, news and product coverage on the latest media technology – digital music, PVRs, HDTV – and all flavors of the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite, from Windows XP to Media Center, and from Tablet PC to MCE. Ed has been a top editor at PC World and PC Computing, and has written 21 books on computing.

Gadgetopia is Deane Barker's self-proclaimed blog for geeks -- covering science, technology, software, and web development. Gadgetopia attracts roughly 60,000 monthly unique site visitors and 10,000 RSS subscribers. Geek & you shall find!

Searchblog is John Battelle's "thoughts on the intersection of search, media technology, and more." Battelle runs the Web 2.0 conference, and has taught at the UC Berkeley Graduate School in Journalism. In addition to his current role as Chairman and Publisher of FM, Battelle was the founder and publisher of The Industry Standard, and a co-founding editor of Wired magazine. His book, "The Search: Business and Culture in the Age of Google," was published by Penguin/Portfolio in September 2005 – making the Amazon, Businessweek, and Wall St. Journal best seller lists for business titles. More than 60,000 other sites link to Searchblog (source: Google).

AltSearchEngines tracks more than 1,000+ alternative/niche search engines for its coverage and publishes the popular "Top 100 Alternative Search Engines" list each month. The site is edited by respected industry analyst and former SEO Charles Knight.

Wi-Fi Networking News has become the pre-eminent news site for the Wi-Fi industry covering a spectrum of topics from hot spots to consumer equipment to technology developments. Those in the know turn to Glenn Fleishman's flagship Wi-Fi Networking News site and a small family of wireless data niche editorial sites covering cell data, voice over wireless LAN, public safety wireless, WiMax and broadband wireless, and the new 802.11n flavor of Wi-Fi.

The blog was started in 2001 after Fleishman wrote a cover story for The New York Times Circuits section on the very early stages of public Wi-Fi hot spots, which then numbered several hundred. (Today, hotspots number over 130,000 worldwide.) Fleishman is regularly quoted in the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other print publications about wireless data and Wi-Fi.

CEOs, marketing directors, and engineers regularly check in with Fleishman both to obtain the state of the industry and to provide the latest information on their companies, technologies, and insight on the future.

Fleishman brings solid reportorial chops to his blogs. Over a 15-year writing career, he's contributed to most major business and technology publications. He currently contributes regularly to The Economist, Popular Science, The New York Times, and The Seattle Times, where he is a columnist. Fleishman appears weekly on KUOW-FM in Seattle in a segment called The Works, talking about technology.

Dethroner is an everyday field guide for men, chucking out advice, DIY projects, and personal admonishment, as well as all the gear and grooming gewgaws that tickle a Y chromosome. Dethroner is helmed by Joel Johnson, veteran blogger and regular contributor to Popular Mechanics, Wired, and Playboy.

Last100 provides news, reviews and industry analysis on products and services related to the digital lifestyle, with a particular emphasis on how the Internet is penetrating the home in an era of ubiquitous broadband access.

Alarm:Clock, a weblog written by former RedHerring editors, covers the business of technology startups.

Besides covering the news, each weekday it adds a new profile of a privately-held technology venture, analyzing the business model and assessing how the company fits in to the technology landscape.

Kevin Kelly, former executive editor of Wired Magazine and publisher of the Whole Earth Review, now attracts quirky fans to Street Use, a companion site to Cool Tools. Street Use looks at all the ways that people modify and re-create technology. Check out its collection of personal modifications, folk innovations, street customization, ad hoc alterations, wear-patterns, home-made versions and indigenous ingenuity. In short — stuff as it is actually used, which is rarely the way its creators planned on it being used. As William Gibson said, "The street finds its own uses for things."

Smart Mobs, the best-selling book of that name by Howard Rheingold, continues the investigation launched by the best-selling book of that name, about the merger of the mobile telephone, the personal computer, and the Internet into a new medium that enables collective action in ways that were never before possible. New industries have arisen, political leaders have been deposed and elected, new cultural practices have arisen. Anyone interested in the new forms of socializing, the emergence of new kinds of cooperative enterprise in the for-profit and non-profit world, the beginning of the "age of sentient things" in which trillions of smartifacts will permeate manufactured objects with computational capabilities, the potential of grid computing, the novel ways in which people put mobile telephones to use, follows the Smart Mobs team of international bloggers from USA, Australia, Netherlands, Brazil, and Switzerland as they focus on daily developments at the intersection of technology, social practice, and enterprise.

STREETtech comprises tech reviews, news and how-to's by a posse of savvy writers under the leadership of Gareth Branwyn, the co-creator of Wired Magazine's popular Jargon Watch column and its editor for the past 12 years. STREETtech has been around since 1997, and has today almost all of the same writers it had then. That experience makes STREETtech's reviews sober and balanced.

Fractals of Change is where retired serial tech CEO Tom Evslin writes about technology, marketing, strategy, black holes and Vermont – not necessarily in that order. Technorati sees 899 influential links to Fractals of Change.

Lost Remote is where Cory Bergman, the director of digital media at a cable-TV network in Seattle, and Steve Safran, executive producer at a similar network in Boston, highlight the latest trends in TV and new media — with the help of six other industry insiders. Their visitors turn 5,000 pages each day, and each Thursday, their newsletter reaches 3,000 media-savvy professionals.

CBS Marketwatch praises the site's "straight journalism," the Seattle Weekly calls it "Seattle's best Weblog," and Variety recommends it as "a good place to start your day."




PVR Blog is Matt Haughey's other well-known site, dedicated to on-demand programming and the enabling technologies. When the mainstream media (like Newsweek) needs to understand developments among the on-demand video players, Matt is often the source. His collaborators include Raffi Krikorian, author of "Tivo Hacks" and a master's student in the Physics and Media group at the MIT Media Lab; George Hotelling, creator of 90% Crud and HME PVRblog sites; and Gen Kanai, a prominent Tokyo-based blogger.

Created by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Wikia extends wikipedia by making structured, high-value content on the internet free to the world. Wikia is run by passionate volunteers, who constantly create and update information that people care about on more than 2,000 topics — including technology, movies, videogames, city guides and sports. Wikia has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine and the New York Times. And it's comfortably within Alexa's top 1,000.

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection covers TiVo, MCE, Microsoft, Flickr, digital music, digital photography and the entire digital lifestyle. It's in the Top 500 at Technorati, which counts 502 linking sites. Thomas Hawk informs more than 60,000 monthly uniques*.

Silicon Alley Insider is one of the fastest-growing business publications in the world. Founded by former financial analyst Henry Blodget and former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, Silicon Alley Insider offers real-time news and analysis of technology, telecom, and media businesses. The site’s expert staff breaks news and presents analysis and commentary in a conversational tone. Silicon Alley Insider has quickly become a must-read in the tech and start-up communities. Its rapidly growing audience exceeds 700,000 uniques/month.

“Begun just four months ago, SAI has quickly become a must read for the digital set.” -- Sam Gustin, Condé Nast Portfolio, 12/19/07