Tuesday, 4 January 2011

orders of magnitude

I just discovered the "show details" button on my google reader, and I decided to put together a comprehensive (I honestly did not realize I followed so many blogs!), quasi-scientific (it kind of looks like a histogram if you tilt your head a bit) profile of the blogs I subscribe to and enjoy.  

ones: my friends (Ashli, Brittany, Cindy, and Marie), my blog (5 subscribers!)
tens: Cantabrigia, Cycling Silk, Formaggio's Cheese Blog, Old Tom Foolery, second coat design, The Academic Vagrant (also my friend, but with 13 followers!)
hundreds: Conversation Pieces, Raising Foodies, ruffling feathers, Simply Bike, Wonder-Tonic
thousands: blushing ambition, Copy Cat Chic, hipster puppies, inchmark journal, kjerstis lykke, needled, What Would a Nerd Wear, you are my fave
tens of thousands: A Cup of Jo, My Milk Toof, Stuff White People Like, the purl bee
hundreds of thousands: smitten kitchen

(I don't read any blog with a million followers.  It took a few minutes to find such a thing - the closest I've come up with is The New York Times.  Does that count?)

I like that my google reader reflects the characteristics I value and activities I love - food, style, friends and family, design, bikes, crafts, intelligence, and humor.  And I didn't expectt SK to be the most popular, but it makes sense: yummy food, beautiful photography, personal anecdotes, humor, and original content.  If I had to give up all blogs except for one, I would keep SK.  (But please don't make me!)

Do you have any favorite blogs?  Not that I need to add any to the list...

1 comments:

The Crookston Fam said...

What? If you had to keep one, it wouldn't be mine? You know, the one I update 3 times a year? ha ha. We are obsessed with blogs...mostly I follow friends, but I also love Cake Wrecks, Hip2Save, Freebies2Deals, and MelsKitchenCafe. Mine are mostly practical...Caleb follows some really funny ones, but I can't remember their names! You should ask him sometime

 

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