Interesting Weblogs

Istartedsomething
www.istartedsomething.com
Long Zheng has started something all right. It began when 19-year-old Zheng began uncovering snippets of information that Microsoft had kept under wraps about the Windows user experience during the development of Windows Vista. The blog, he says, was inspired by his professional interest in graphics and design. It now averages more than 400,000 hits per month.

Joel on Software
jkontherun.blogs.com
Joel Spolsky remains a trusted authority on software development due to his sagacious insights on the development and marketing of software.

jkOnTheRun
jkontherun.blogs.com
James Kendrick may be a man on the run, but he finds the time to dish on the latest in mobile technology. This blog features news and reviews about everything mobile. Kendrick claims to have been using mobile devices “since they weighed 30 pounds.” In our estimation, he is now a much faster runner since he got rid of the Compaq Portable.

Lambda the Ultimate
lambda-the-ultimate.org
Its creators call it “The Programming Languages Weblog” for the obvious reason: This blog exists to publish programming language research and to discuss bordering issues such as programmability.

LiveSide.net
www.liveside.net
Want the skinny on Microsoft’s Web 2.0 strategy? Look no further than LiveSide.net. LiveSide grew out of the Windows enthusiast community and doesn’t miss a beat about what is going on in the Redmond company.

Miguel de Icaza’s web log:
tirania.org/blog
GNOME project founder and Novell executive Miguel de Icaza is not one to shy away from controversy. The open source advocate started his year by defying convention and publishing a rigorous defense of Microsoft’s Office Open XML. de Icaza has been instrumental in explaining how to make Microsoft’s Silverlight runtime work with Linux.

ScottGu's Blog
weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/default.aspx
It is no accident that Scott Guthrie, general manager within Microsoft’s developer division, has cultivated a following among developers. Guthrie regularly shares helpful tips about Microsoft platforms and products and has become a respected thought leader at the Redmond company.That said, he claims that his experience has given him no “inspirational thoughts” to share other than, “It is a great way to connect with developers, help discuss good technical questions, provide road map transparency, and overall learn a lot in return from the feedback/questions it brings.”

techno.blog (“Dion”)
almaer.com/blog
Dion Almaer is a respected programmer working for Google on projects that include Google Code and Google Gears. Almaer uses his personal blog to discussing his take on the latest technology—with a heavy emphasis on bleeding-edge Web programming.

Widgify
www.widgify.com
On his blog, Hooman Radfar, founder of Clearspring Technologies, attempts to make sense of the fast-paced world of social applications, widgets and the distributed Web.
And last, but not least…

Z Trek: The Alan Zeichick Weblog
ztrek.blogspot.com
The “Z” in BZ Media, co-founder and SD Times editorial director Alan Zeichick has an entertaining blog and is authorized to sign year-end bonus checks. Zeichick offers “pithy observations and timely analysis” about information technology, software development, security and networking—and whatever else strikes his fancy at a given moment. You might learn something about his favorite music—or his thoughts on multi-core application design.