ZDNet blogs -- best on the Web
I hesitate proclaiming the ZDNet blogs the best the Web has to offer, but from the way they're presented (better than anything else I've seen) to the actual content on them, I find more interesting and relevant news there than anywhere else -- and that includes MANY big-name technology-news sites.
Just today, I found all these links that are worthy of a look; I just haven't had time to blog them in detail:
Google vs. Microsoft = Search + Apps
Amazon’s latest web service? A database
WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systems
There’s still a lot of life left in desktop office suites
Will consumers scrimp on paid security software?
If viruses are no threat to Macs …
Why metered Internet is a really bad idea
Dell needs DNA housecleaning
Red shift meets event horizon
I love Linux, but it’s not going to save the world
Resistance is futile…I want to buy a Mac
And last but not in the slightest bit least, the new ZDNet Digital Cameras blog
I read a lot of tech blogs, and none of the other big ones do it as well on a consistant, day-to-day basis. For some, it's mostly a design problem. The way ZDNet presents its content -- with a longer first item -- gives you more of a clue than usual about what the items contain. And the writers are uniformly top-notch. From breaking news to how-tos to out-and-out opinion, it's all there.
The one problem: The way ZDNet handles and presents comments is annoying. I can understand requiring membership to post a comment, but the fact that you can only see one comment at a time and must click for every new comment is abusive to the reader and nothing more than a cheap way to up ZDNet's page views. Other than this quibble, call me an unabashed ZDNet fan.
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Thanks for the kind words on ZDNet blogs. I've been a blogger there (Dev Connection) for nearly two years, and it's been a great experience. The writers are very diverse and opinionated, but maintain a good camaraderie that is hard to find elsewhere.
I agree, though, that the comment system could definitely use some more work.
When you look at the talkback section at the bottom there is a link for viewing/printing all talkbacks which will open the talkbacks all on one page rather than clicking through each one individually. It's much easier to look at that way.