shooshee

… or more specifically, what’s in your google reader?

I *heart* google reader. I do. Wait, you don’t know what the google reader is? According to wikipedia, “Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline.” So essentially, all the posts from all the blogs I want to read are pulled into one place as soon as they are posted.

It’s probably been a meme (like the 25 Things I really(?) wanted to know about you) on facebook (I wouldn’t know, I still refuse to create a facebook account) or maybe it hasn’t. Either way, I thought you might enjoy some of the feeds that are in my google reader, especially if you hadn’t seen them before. And perhaps you might have a few of your own to suggest.

I’ve tried to organize this list into a few different categories and within those categories, the organization is purely alphabetical – the way it appears in my reader. The descriptions are in most cases pulled directly from the website. This list does NOT include some of the more personal blogs that I read or some of the feeds that I need to remove because they’re going a little stale.

austin local

• Austinist
  “Austinist is a news and culture website about Austin, Texas. We publish Monday through Friday, and also maintain a guide to local arts and entertainment events that we call the Weekly IST List.”
• east austinite
  “the sights and sounds of east austin.”
• KUT News
  The blog for the Austin local NPR affiliate KUT.
• statesman.com
  The local newspaper – Austin American Statesman “Austin news, weather, Longhorns, business”
• SXSW Baby!
  I’ve been reading this one since the beginning in 2000. “SXSW Baby! is an informal, unofficial weblog for participants in — or those considering it — South by Southwest, an annual new media, film and music conference and festival held in Austin, Texas.”
• SXSW Interactive News
  Official news about South by Southwest Interactive (the geeky portion of the SXSW conference that I care the most about.)
• Texas Music Matters
  The blog for the Texas Music Matters segment on the Austin local NPR affiliate KUT.
• The Arthouse Blog
  “The mission of Arthouse is to promote the growth and appreciation of contemporary art and artists in Texas. Through its exhibitions and programs in Austin and statewide, Arthouse helps nurture artists’ careers and deepen public understanding of contemporary art.”
• The Blotter
  “What’s on The Blotter? Police press releases, public safety updates, traffic updates and general breaking news.” part of statesman.com

girly stuff – health, fashion, shopping…

• BarkingDogShoes
  Started by a woman with rheumatoid arthritis… “My goal with BarkingDogShoes.com is to help women find a shoe that not only looks good but feels good.”
• Chronic Babe
  “For Babes, who just happen to have chronic illness – ChronicBabe.com is an Online Community for Younger Women with Chronic Health Issues.”
• She Saves
  “She Saves features deals and coupons that might interest women, including clothing and shoes, home decor, baby and children items, weddings, gifts, and more.” Hasn’t been updated for a little while though…

creative, technology, design, semi-work-related, geeky stuff (admittedly this is a very broad “category” and you’re probably familiar with many of these)

• BoingBoing
  “A directory of wonderful things.”
• Core77
  “industrial design magazine + resource”
• CRAFT Magazine
  “Celebrating the DIY spirit, CRAFT’s goal is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected and even renegade techniques, materials and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities … coined “The Martha Stewart For Geeks” by Newsweek’s Stephen Levy.”
• Gizmodo
  “Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide”
• i love typography
  “iLT was born from a desire to bring the subject of Typography to the masses. All too often, articles on typography are rather bland and, although informative, do little to elicit feelings of wow. So, iLT is designed to inspire its readers, to make people more aware of the typography that’s around them.”
• Lifehacker
  “tips and downloads for getting things done”
• Likecool.com
  “Coolest Gadget Magazine”
• MAKE Magazine
  “MAKE Magazine brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. We celebrate your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.”
• mental_floss
  “Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix”
• NOTCOT
  “ideas + aesthetics + amusement”

humor (twisted, more schadenfreude type humor, but it makes me giggle)

• Cake Wrecks
  “When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.”
• FAIL Blog
  “Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments”
• stockery
  “with the unfortunate invention of cheap stock photo sites has come a new wave of photographic mockery. this blog is my ode to the worst of the worst stock images i have come across in my daily searches.”

cars, automotive (this category is getting added on to, for now – here’s my fave)

• Jalopnik
  “Obsessed With The Cult Of Cars”

music (there’s not much I follow here because there’s just too much to follow)

• Pitchfork
  “home of the gratuitously in-depth record review.”

illustration, photography, art & urban art

• DRAWN!
  “The illustration and cartooning blog”
• FFFFOUND
  the tumblr blog of ffffound.com’s image bookmarking
• Flickr Blog
  “The companion blog to Flickr, almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.”
• Street Anatomy
  “medicine + art + design – Street Anatomy, created by Vanessa Ruiz, obsessively covers the use of human anatomy in medicine, art, and design.”
• The Big Picture
  “The Big Picture is a photo blog for the Boston Globe/boston.com … The Big Picture is intended to highlight high-quality, amazing imagery – with a focus on current events, lesser-known stories and, well, just about anything that comes across the wire that looks really interesting.”
• Urban Prankster
  “Urban Prankster covers pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world.”
• Wooster Collective
  “A celebration of Street Art – The Wooster Collective was founded in 2001. This site is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.”

I hope you enjoyed this. Did you find something you hadn’t seen before? Is there a feed I should add to my reader?

and fyi, the cool stuff I find in all my feeds generally get tumbled at shooshee.tumblr.com.