<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>This may come as a suprise to some of you, but we are surrounded in stupidity. So it's nice to read the writings of intelligent people, even if you don't necessarily agree with them all the time -- they at least provide an intelligent basis for their thoughts, which is more than you can say for most people. Blogs are a cool way for smart folks to put intriguing (for the most part) thoughts out there.
Here are a few of my faves:
<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/">Philip Greenspun</a>: Typical high school dropout who graduated from MIT. Wicked smart dude, with many interesting thoughts on a lot of subjects, not all software or engineering related. He started ArsDigita and is now a teacher at MIT. He also has <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/">a homepage</a> with lots of interesting writing.
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel Spolsky</a>: Smart dude, who runs his own software startup for Web site management (sounds easier than it is). Lots of interesting thoughts on software development and how to do it right. Lots of smart insights on different subjects...sorta like everyone else in this list. His site has lots of interesting writing too.
<a href="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/">Tim Bray</a> Top XML guru, who's perfectly willing to give his opinion on many different subjects. Again, as usual, smart opinions, even if you disagree. Posts on many different topics</div>
Here are a few of my faves:
<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/">Philip Greenspun</a>: Typical high school dropout who graduated from MIT. Wicked smart dude, with many interesting thoughts on a lot of subjects, not all software or engineering related. He started ArsDigita and is now a teacher at MIT. He also has <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/">a homepage</a> with lots of interesting writing.
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel Spolsky</a>: Smart dude, who runs his own software startup for Web site management (sounds easier than it is). Lots of interesting thoughts on software development and how to do it right. Lots of smart insights on different subjects...sorta like everyone else in this list. His site has lots of interesting writing too.
<a href="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/">Tim Bray</a> Top XML guru, who's perfectly willing to give his opinion on many different subjects. Again, as usual, smart opinions, even if you disagree. Posts on many different topics</div>
