Top of the blogs
I was pleasantly surprised to see Reading Roars! mentioned in a BBC - Berkshire feature about blogging. The focus of the article was, however, on another local blog I hadn’t come across before, the award-winning and absolutely quackers Scaryduck, maintained by Alistair Coleman.
Scaryduck is eccentric British humour at its best (up there with Monty Python and The League of Gentlemen), offering bizarre observations, podcasts and a downloadable game called “Scaryduck done a poo” (a game that involves unloading avian faecal matter for points - my highest score was 275).
There are many others, of course, but the following are the best of the bunch, in my opinion:
Business
- Steve Clayon: Geek in Disguise - Steve is a Microsoft man. Great if you want to know what’s happening in the technology world
- Drew B’s take on tech PR - A blog about blogs. if you want to know about the wacky world of web 2.0 and social media, start here
Sport
- http://royal4ever.livejournal.com/ - Stacey Cross shows tremendous passion for Reading FC
Media
- Reading Chronicle Blog - Behind the scenes at the local newspaper
Politics
- Janestheone - a candid blog from the former Reading politician
Other
- NEVERHAPPY.com - All about the nation’s favourite subject, property
Matt Brady on March 5th 2007 in Culture, Reading Roars, Technology
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Drew B responded on 06 Mar 2007 at 2:57 pm #
Cheers for the heads up on that article Matt, and for the honourable mention
Tom Canning responded on 06 Mar 2007 at 5:08 pm #
Great stuff, I’ve added some of your picks to the blog list on our site.
Scaryduck responded on 07 Mar 2007 at 11:49 pm #
No problem with the mention.
Don’t want this to sound TOO grovelling, but I went out of my way to plug RR during the interview as you are by far and away the best of the local blogs.
I might point out that I had absolutely nothing to do with the development of the game. Apart from the bit with Sarah Beeny.
Matt Brady responded on 10 Mar 2007 at 7:19 pm #
Thank you, Scaryduck, for the plug. You are very kind!
Every local blog stands side by side, in my opinion, all offering something special and unique to the reader: political sniping, analysis of the UK housing market, an insight into editorial decisions…and so on. They are fascinating.
Frankly, this blog needs an overhaul. I’m aiming to do something with it soon-ish. This weekend, perhaps.
The game would work really well on a mobile phone, I think, or as a viral.