Blogs that I find interesting: Lee

At the moment when the FCC relaxed rules regarding media ownership, my favorite blog became The Memory Hole, dedicated to “freeing information.” It’s a noble effort that marries the immediacy of the blog with meaningful content: Its form is incredibly congruent with its purpose. Neat.

(BTW, a few weeks ago, The Memory Hole named Ghostsites its “Pick of the Week.” As a maker of websites, I’m fatally attracted to Ghostsites, a lighthearted graveyard tour of the web, where you’ll see more than 900 defunct projects, including e‑toys.com ((remember that controversy?)) and something called contentville.com, which I’m glad to know nothing about. It’s fascinating—but also weirdly vacuous. Can you imagine such a chronicling of college viewbooks?)

Others:
I think I’m going to like Dan Saffer’s blog, O Danny Boy, which tries to answer the question, “What is a former hacker and accomplished information architect and webmaster doing in a master’s program on interactive design?” So far the answer seems to be buying Illustrator, Flash, Director, and InDesign, and getting nervous. Stay tuned.

Generally, I like blogs that are about something—which might seem to be a low threshold, but isn’t. In particular, I like blogs about books—offering information, reviews, and titles that don’t generally make it to the mainstream press. These include:—Moby Lives, an in-your-face news and review site—Duck for Cover, a personal weblog about books and reading—What’s in Rebecca’s Pocket? which blends commentary on current literary and publishing news with a personal reading blog