Science & Technology Blogs

Interactive weblogs that allow vistors to participate in discourse about issues in science & technology, including electronic gadgetry.

Resources in this category:

beSpacific
http://www.bespacific.com/

From the site’s "about" web page: "beSpacific focuses on the expanding resources in the public and private sector related to law and technology news. Daily postings provide updates on issues including copyright, privacy, censorship, the Patriot Act, ID theft, and freedom of information…Sabrina I. Pacifici has been an active member of the online legal community for many years. She created the webzine LLRX.com in 1996 and is the site’s owner, editor, publisher and web manager. She created the journal PLL Perspectives in 1989, and served as its only editor and publisher until 1996. Sabrina has authored many articles on legal technology topics delivered numerous presentations at professional conferences nationwide, and has been a law firm librarian in Washington, DC for 25 years, the past 20 with a global 50 law firm. She is the web manager of the firm’s cyberlaw site and firmwide research intranet, authors in-house blogs, and provides research and practice technology services."

D. Keith Robinson
http://www.dkeithrobinson.com/

Seattle Web designer D. Keith Richardson’s site covers and comments on web design, especially from a "user-centered, standards-based" point of view.

Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/

From the site’s "about" web page: "Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget was launched in March of 2004 in partnership with The Weblogs, Inc. Network (WIN)."

Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/

Snide and a little crude, so obviously published by Nick Denton’s Gawker media, Gizmodo provides reviews of the latest electronic consumer goods. The more gimmicky the product, the more snide the review.

Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

Google’s official blog about itself and life inside the Googleplex.

Intute: Social Sciences Blog
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/

Intute: Social Sciences maintains a blog regarding research resources for the Social Sciences. Blog content can be filtered by social science content area, and RSS feeds are available aplenty.

ITtoolbox Blogs
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/

ITtoolbox is a website offering a knowledge base to all the segments of the IT industry, offering tech support, vendor solution evaluations, industry research, industry news, and career support. This site is a directory of blogs hosted by ITtoolbox that are written by professionals in various segments of the IT industry.

java.blogs
http://www.javablogs.com/Welcome.action

java.blogs collects blogs for people developing Java applications. Java is a computer programming language created by Sun Microsystems.

Joi Ito's Web
http://joi.ito.com/

Joi Ito has been jumping on grenades in the tech boom since it all started in the 1990s. He is the founder and CEO of Neoteny Co, a venture capital firm that has set up and run some of the largest web sites in Japan. He is constantly talking about the advantages and potential of blogs in interviews by NPR, CNN, and lectures around the world. His blog can cover many different topics. It is often technology related, but he also discusses news items or simply what he’s doing that day.

Jon Udell
http://blog.jonudell.net/

Jon Udell is lead analyst for InfoWorld Media Group, a company that evaluates IT products for technology experts. His blog discusses current articles, projects, controversies, and events in the technology, especially those he is involved in.

Laptopical
http://www.laptopical.com/

From the site’s "About the Laptops Weblog" web page: "Laptopical - The Laptops Weblog, is brought to you by ’Pens for hire’ - Ian Bandy, Lucy Layman, and ’The Editor’- three freelance journalists. Their sterling work regularly appears in illustrious journals such as ’Blogger’s weekly’, ’Who?.....Never heard of them!’ and ’Sir not appearing at this newsagents’. Their aim is to make Laptopical THE place to read the latest news, views and reviews about laptop computers"

MSDN Blogs
http://blogs.msdn.com/

A blogspace for Microsoft Developer Network members to discuss issues, problems, concerns, and news related to Microsoft products as well as personal musings by employees and developers.

Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/index.php/

Science Blog provides a space for scientists or science-minded individuals to post articles and in effect blog without actually having a blog site of their own. Many articles on a range of topics are provided here. Ben Sullivan, the editor, frequently posts articles from well-respected scientific journals and magazines here, providing some of the latest news from the scientific community.

SciScoop
http://www.sciscoop.com/

A forum for science and science fiction news and discussion dedicated to becoming the number one online community for those interested or involved in these two areas. The site provides reviews of both science articles and science fiction.

Scobleizer
http://scobleizer.com/

Microsoft employee Robert Scoble’s covers and comments on tech news, Microsoft and otherwise. His blog is separate from Microsoft.

ScriptingNews
http://www.scripting.com/

The oldest weblog that is still running, ScriptingNews was started by Dave Winer, a major figure in the tech (especially blogging and RSS newsfeed) world. ScriptingNews provides news, a little commentary, and a little glimpse into the world of Winer. One of the most important tech blogs on the net.

Sun Bloggers
http://blogs.sun.com/

The blog space for Sun employees in which they have freedom to write whatever they want. Sun Microsystems created the Java programming language and is also known for its Solaris Operating System.

T1 Rex’s Business Telecom Explainer
http://t1rex.blogspot.com/

From the web site: "A companion site to T1Rex.com, here’s where you’ll find easy to understand information about complex telecommunications and networking technology. T1 Rex explains how T1 lines work, VoIP telephone, PBX, virtual private networks, digital audio transport, WiFi &WiMax, fiber optic carriers and other business telecom services. Written by John Shepler."

Techdirt
http://www.techdirt.com/

The site is famous for breaking computer industry news and gossip. Its creator, Mike Masnick, began this blog in 1997, which has a team of experts from various, sectors such as technology, communications, media, biotechnology, financial services, retail, automotive, and government, who are are gathering, filtering, analyzing, and summarizing tech news daily.

WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
http://www.worldchanging.com/

This blog is dedicated to connecting individuals who have had success working in diverse fields creating technology likely to be beneficial to the world and to informing the rest of us about these breakthroughs. The site also focuses simply on how to facilitate collaboration and cooperation in the world of science and technology.