1. Blogger vs. WordPress

The first dilemma when launching a new blog comes pretty early. You have to decide which one of the numerous blog engines you want to choose to provide the CMS background for your blog. Although there are a number of available options, the vast majority of bloggers tend to pick one of the two (three, really, but I only want to cover free services here so that disqualifies Movable Type immediately) most popular blog engines: Blogger or WordPress. The subject of which one you should choose has an extensive literature on the web, so I’m not going to dive deep into details here.

Wordpress

For me (and for those, who are really serious about blogging) categories are really crucial to have, so that (and the infinite options of highly customize a WordPress blog) decides the question. Especially so, when you decide to register an own domain for your blog instead of using the web hosting either of these engines offer at yourblogname.blogspot.com and yourblogname.wordpress.com (warning: WordPress’s own hosting site won’t let Adsense ads in, as it doesn’t support any form of JavaScript. You’ve been warned.)
My choice: WordPress.
Google – Blogosphere – 0:1

2. Google Docs vs. Zoho
A few bloggers will doubt that the era of desktop word-processing is simply over. While some people will compose their blogposts directly in their blog’s admin area (all of the blog engines offer auto save functions by now), I personally prefer to compose posts, drafts, and basically anything in online word processors. I’ve already tried a couple of them, including Google Docs and its main competitor, Zoho.

Google docs

Zoho is stunning. It offers a whole set of office applications online, and while most of its advanced services are not free, even its free and basic services, such as word document and spreadsheet processing look way more hi-tech than that of the flat look of Google Docs. Unfortunately, most of the additional services and options Zoho offers are exactly those that I never ever use. So having everything else (the basics, really) more complicated for additional functions that are of no use for me seemed kind of a bad deal after all.
Furthermore, since I use these cloud office applications not only for composing blog posts, but also for creating my weekly and monthly reports and figures, I really missed the function of freezing table columns and lines in Zoho’s spreadsheet processor (the function is available at Google Docs). So after several weeks of testing both services, I’ve finally settled with Google Docs. If you want to read different reviews, here are three of them, from Lifehacker, from Life2.0 and from Google Operating System.
My choice: Google Docs.
Google – Blogosphere – 1:1

3. Google Reader vs. Netvibes.com
Bloggers write blogs and bloggers read blogs. The metaphor may well be frowned at, but it is a bit like MLM marketing. Similarly to Amway, Avon or other MLM products, the business keeps going because its resellers also use the products they sell, therefore creating a substantial amount of demand. No offense, but many of the blogs out there keep going because other bloggers read them, because other bloggers comment on them etc.
To cut a long story short, if you become a blogger, you’ll need to read a lot of blogs, and for this, you’ll also need a feed reader. From here on, at least for me, the discussion is over, because I have never ever seen a feed-reader that is capable of competing with Google Reader. Not even the ever-so-popular Netvibes, although others may have different thoughts on the subject. If you ask me, Google Reader wins with a technical KO.
My choice: Google Reader.
Google – Blogosphere – 2:1

4. Google Blogsearch vs. Digg or Del.icio.us
Not only will you have to read blogs, but you’ll also explore other blogs either to catch up with others, who are also interested in your niche, or to check whether a subject you are about to write of is already covered or not. Google’s rarely used Blogsearch service may be far from perfect, but (along with its News Aggregator and Search service if you have a news-focused blog) but it just about does the trick.
Alternative options may be searching social bookmarking sites, such as Digg or Delicious, and, quite frankly its hard to predict which one will deliver better results. So without further arguments I’m suggesting you to use both Google and non-Google services when exploring a subject, because a couple of more searches just can’t do any harm.
My choice: I use all of these. It’s a draw.
Google – Blogosphere – 3:2

5. Google Bookmarks vs. Del.icio.us
At the moment I have five different browsers installed on my home computer. An Internet Explorer, a Firefox, an Opera, a Google Chrome, and the one I use most of the time: a Flock. Mind you, this is only my PC laptop I use at home. I have an iMac in the office (with an additional Safari, but without the Google Chrome), and there are quite a lot of other computers I regularly use (for example my wife’s).
I store my bookmarks online, no question about it.

delicious screenshot

As there are an awful lot of social bookmarking services, I definitely haven’t tried all of them, but one of the first service I tried was Del.icio.us (called Delicious.com for a couple of months), and the user experience was so great that I’ve stayed with it forever. I’ve tried a couple of others, too, including Google bookmarks, but no, I will never abandon Delicious for the sake of the big G giant. (By the way, did you know that Delicious.com can live in your Flock browser, so you can save your bookmarks directly to your Delicious profile? You can also access them directly from the browser.) Others may disagree.
My choice: Delicious.com
Google – Blogosphere – 3:3

6. Google Calendar vs. any other calendar
Everybody who does business of any sort needs a proper calendar. Especially those, who do freelancing or blogging (because they don’t have any other sources of warning for deadlines, things to remember, like those who have colleagues do). Google’s Calendar is particularly cool, because you can share it with anyone who has a Google account (frankly, all of us have at least one Google account by now). It’s like having an Outlook without the annoying bugs (and with everyone else having an Outlook, too.) I cannot even name any competitor of the same level, but if you can, just name it. Google wins. (Hey, did you know that Google Calendar was able to send you SMS reminders ?)
My choice: Google Calendar
Google – Blogosphere – 4:3

7. Google Adsense vs. Chitika
First, let’s make it dead clear: it were Adwords and Adsense that made Google what it is now, so it’s no surprise if you are unable to find a competitor that matches these products.
But on the other hand, it’s a common experience among bloggers, that when it comes to monetizing a website (a blog in this particular case), Google Adsense is not always the best option. As I said when I discussed the things Rome taught me about blogging and in an earlier comment Google Adsense may be the universal weapon, the colt, but there are certain situations when you are better off having a pocket knife, than a revolver.
I have tried a couple of Adsense alternatives, such as Bidvertiser or ExoClick, but with no or very little success. But considering that both Microsoft and Yahoo have already thrown in the towel after trying to compete with Adsense, what else could you expect.
And there comes Chitika. Although I have already signed up and my site has been approved, I am yet to have experiences with that. But from what I’ve heard Chitika is a serious choice when considering how to make money with your blog.
Of course, I’m cheating here. A little. Because Chitika is not a head to head Adsense competitor: in fact, these two are fine sitting on the very same website or page. Anyway, I suggest you try both of these, too.
My choice: they drew a tie.
Google – Blogosphere – 5:4

8. Link:mysite.com vs. Yahoo Site Explorer
We’ve been here before. I’ve already mentioned that, when it comes to finding a certain site’s incoming links (not only your site’s, because there are better methods for that, but, for example your competitor’s), Yahoo handles this task way better than Google does. Even if you take allinurl:mysite.com into account as well. I don’t claim that Yahoo’s solution is perfect, but it’s definitely far ahead of Google.
My choice: Yahoo Site Explorer
Google – Blogosphere – 5:5

9. Gmail vs the email provider of your choice
I’m not sure if it’s even a question. Sure, when you launch a new site or blog, you’ll have to have a dedicated email address. You can use one of the domain’s addresses (eg. info@mysite.com), but I usually prefer creating an own Google Account, with a mysite.com@gmail.com email address for each and every one of my sites. When you later want to subscribe to newsletters, forums, or simply want to communicate on behalf of your new blog without giving out your “regular” email address, it’s the perfect thing to do.
When I first used Gmail (say, five years ago – I needed to get an invite back then) it all seemed very odd to me.
I religiously used Netscape 4.57′s mail application and I couldn’t imagine there was a way of sending an email other than hitting the Ctr+Enter key combo. Cut to today, I am perfectly comfortable with the Tab + Space, and while I’m still not a native thread-based emailer, I’m more than happy with the 15Mbyte limit per email, and the lots of other services Gmail has to offer. I have tried Yahoo, too, yes. No way.
My choice: Gmail
Google – Blogosphere – 6:5

10. Picasaweb vs Flickr
You have to know that I’m a photo junkie. I had a period in my life, when I was Flickr -addict, and although I tried to get distracted by other photo sharing websites, such as Picasaweb or the various functions of Facebook, all my attempts proved unsuccessful.

Flickr screenshot

The addiction is fortunately gone by now, but Flickr remained a far better-built service than Picasaweb. (I dig the desktop version of Picasa, though).
My choice: Flickr
Google – Blogosphere – 6:6

Feels pretty close, huh? Well, here comes extra time and sudden death. None of these services have non-Google real-life competitors I know of. It’s like a penalty, with the goalkeeper being out for a beer with his pals.

11. Keyword tool
When you start to explore your blog niche’s possibilities, you garner ideas for your upcoming post or you just want to harmonize your site’s content with what people find interesting, it’s just a matter of time when you’ll have to plunge into keyword research. Google’s Keyword Tool is a free service that is designed precisely to do that. And although I said it had no competitors, it’s only partly true: the competitors it has are all paid services. If you Google “keyword research” you’ll find a whole bunch of services offering better and better services – for a fee (look for the sponsored results). For now, they are all disqualified: Google is free.
My choice: Gmail
Google – Blogosphere – 7:6

12. Sitemap an Google webmasters’ tools
Since these tools are built solely for the purpose of improving your site’s Google Rankings, no wonder that Google has no competitor in this field at all. Your blog’s SEO plugins, and a whole lot of manual work can help, too, but SEO is really worthless without using the very tools Google offers for it.
My choice: Google Sitemap and Webmasters’ tools
Google – Blogosphere – 8:6

• I got rid of the black background. (I don’t know why, but people apparently don’t like it)

• I’ve changed the font face of my titles.

• I got rid of all the lowercases

• I got rid of AdSense (for now)

• I wrote an about page, and got rid of the default WordPress links in my blogroll

That was it for now. If you have any other idea, what I should change in the look of my blog (without diving deep into developing a custom WordPress theme), I’d appreciate if you let me know in the comments section. Thank you.

Here is what spending three days in Rome taught me about blogging and about an aptly built online career.

1. Be unique, but not too unique
Being one of the world’s design capitals, Rome has countless design stores and shops that offer unique (meant to be practical or funny) items. I have to tell you that we were blown away by the first few of them. Great design, great ideas and really really want-to-have gadgets. Then, after a while, repetition seemed inevitable. We’ve seen some of the funniest items for the third, fourth, and on the next day for the tenth time. By the end of our three-day stay, we wouldn’t enter a shop that had The Ex – Unique Knife holder sitting in its shopping window. It turned out that these things were not so unique after all.
When you design a new website or a new service, a unique approach, a unique design or a unique model seems most important. Some of the bloggers or website developers go as far as considering their site’s uniqueness more important than its usability features, or even than the fact whether the site is useful at all. Even experienced entrepreneurs or designers make these mistakes from time to time. They are so in love with their new ideas that they fail to realize if that very idea is working against their success.
You don’t want to make this mistake. Be unique, but not too unique. If you can offer uniqueness only at the cost of your service (or design) quality, forget it. And, even more importantly, don’t promise to be unique, when you’re not.

2. Why use Ferraris when you have a Vespa?
Rome is famous for its chaotic armada of scooters. Of course, Italy is also famous for its stunning sport cars: Ferraris, Maseratis or Lamborghinis. During our three days in Rome we have seen not one of them. And since we stayed in downtown Rome (near the Campo de’ Fiori), there’s a high probability that it wasn’t because local residents were not wealthy enough to afford these breathtaking cars. Rather, they don’t want their pride to get in their way when they want to go from point A to point B (which, in downtown Rome would be downright impossible with one of these supercars).
Choosing the right “weapon” (according to the terminology of this blog post, that compares the blogosphere to the Wild West), or tool is crucial to your success. And in most cases, the most expensive, the most shiny and the most spectacular tool is not the one that brings you closest to your goal. You buy the most expensive one if you’re really big, or if you’re really dull. If you are none of these, look further!

3. Wander freely and so will your thoughts
Our recent visit was my fifth and my wife’s second time in Rome. We were, therefore, free of all the mandatory tasks (the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum, la Bocca della Verita etc), and although we still chose to visit a couple of touristy places, like the Vatican or the Spanish Steps, we could afford the luxury of wandering randomly on the streets of Trastevere or walk the tracks of the Villa Borghese park. It’s a freedom that only a very few tourists have. And also, it’s a freedom that showed without doubt that, wandering at one’s pleasure will make your mind and thoughts wander, too.
After all the productivity, efficiency and “focusing-focused” texts I have recently read, it was something of a surprise. But it showed that while taking all the advice from these texts, might do you good, pointlessness, to a certain extent, still has a point. Especially when it comes to relaxing, recharging or unwinding. Absurd as it may sound, but it will help efficiency on the long run.

4. Insist on your places and don’t start over from scratch
Our last time in Rome was in 2005. Three and a half years is a lot of time, and you can not expect things to be unchanged. Still, if you have at least a couple of important places in a city (and I’m sure you have at least one restaurant you liked in each city you visited), insist on them. It’s much easier to have a place you want to return to, than starting over from scratch, again. In our case, this two places were two restaurants in Trastevere: Cave Canem and Il Conte Tacchia. We visited them, found them and had a great time. It’s also clear that having a place or two like this in each city is of great value once you return.
Similarly, when you stroll the internet, and find places that you will or will not return to, it’s good to have points of references within those places for your next visits. If you come across a blog with a post that you find interesting, but you can’t decide whether to believe it or not, such a point of reference can remind you if the blog in itself is trustworthy or a scam. Others may help a website seem more familiar, therefore more friendly (exactly as they work with cities). The more points of reference you have all across the web, the better you will be able to navigate when exploring new paths, finding new ways.

5. Everything can work as long as you stick to your concept
On the second day of our visit I pointed my camera to a rooftop of an interesting-looking building (frankly, I have no idea what that building actually was), and shot a picture. The Sun was sparkling, the marble of the building was insanely white, and anyway, I took some 680 pictures in three days, so that’s no big deal. But when I looked at the picture, I found an interesting thing. Arriving to Rome from the cloudy-rainy-frosty-foggy Budapest, what struck me as surprising was the unbelievable blueness of the December sky. From then on, I knew exactly what to do. I shot at least twenty pictures with very little of Rome within the viewfinder, and called my series “the skies of Rome”. None of these pictures are particularly good or well-composed (in fact, most of them are intentionally decomposed), but I found that as long as I had an accurate idea on what I was doing, individual photographs don’t matter too much. As a series it works pretty well, and – given that the basic idea was good – they appear to be creative. It’s only the structure that matters.
When you launch a blog, you may imagine that each and every post of this blog will be a sparkling gemstone on its own.
I have to disappoint you, that’s just not going to happen. Some of these writings or articles may be better than the others, but most of them will be quite average. Especially since the majority of them will set the average in the first place!
But that’s not a trouble at all. Nobody is able to create sparkling masterpieces on a daily basis. As long as your concept is good, and the structure you work in is well aligned with it, the result will be just as good as you want it to be.

6. You don’t have to eat a menu of the day to use the bathroom
Spending your days out in the cold, walking long distances between a cappuccino in the afternoon and a bottle of wine in the evening is an exhausting thing. And especially as you walk between a cappuccino and a red wine, sooner or later, you’ll need a bathroom. I don’t know about you, but I usually feel uneasy when entering a restaurant only to use its bathroom. But in Rome, I found that I was uneasy with no reason at all. If you want to use the bathroom, just ask for it, and you are free to go. Restaurant owners in Rome all seem to know that if they are nice to you, you may want to return and leave a little money there in the next couple of days (they may be wrong, though).
Again, when you enter the endless roads of online business, it’s just a matter of time when you will need a favor. My advice: just be straight and ask for it! You may be turned down, but back doors and by-pass roads just aren’t worth the trouble.

7. The worst Chinese food on Earth is served in Rome
Both my wife and I are great fans of Asian cuisine. So after three days of pasta-eating, we decided to leave the beaten track and sat down at a Chinese restaurant. It proved a huge mistake. Italy is famous for its cuisine, but not for its Asian cuisine. And that’s so for a reason. We have already tried a lot of the Euro-Chinese cuisines, and I can confidently tell you that the Italian version is by far the worst of it all (the best Chinese restaurants, by the way, can be found in London).
Okay, what does it have to do with online business? It’s obviously the fact that although you can accept someone or a site as an authority, like we accept Italians to be an authority of gastronomy. But that doesn’t mean that you have to eat everything they cook.
Someone, who is an expert on subject A, doesn’t necessarily know too much about subject B, even if the two are closely related to each other. And those who are specialists in something, may have something else, where their performances is particularly lousy.

8. Rome wasn’t built in a day
I know, I know, it’s both obvious and a commonplace, still, I couldn’t help mentioning. When you walk the streets of the Eternal City, you can feel it in your veins. It’s just amazing, how every corner of every street has some 2,500 years of history in it.
Your business, of course, is designed for a slightly briefer timespan. Still, don’t expect wonders overnight. You have your wars to fight, and more importantly you have your peace agreements to broker, before you become well established and all built up.

There’s no rush.

Now I’m running over a couple of them. I plan to have this as a weekly regular (listing each week’s important lessons by the end of the week), so stay tuned, I’m sure that there’s more to come.

1. Bloggers are really-really nice people
When you start blogging, expect the first week to be busy. Extremely busy. You’ll have to play around with templates, establish your blog, watch out for all the technical details, and you’ll have to put a huge effort into planning the content as well. On the other hand, you’ll need to start networking with other people from your niche, let alone fellow-bloggers from outside your niche.

This first week was enough only to make a couple of first contacts with fellow bloggers, and I have to tell you that, I was simply amazed how nice they all turned out to be. It seems to me that people, who end up being serious in blogging, have an awful lot in common (which is, obviously both a part of the reason and a part of the result).
I’m pretty sure that we share the same values (or a lot of them) with Jenny Wallace, for example, as we are exploring the pros and cons of social media sites, and I hope to learn a lot from friendly and helpful pros, like Ben Barden, Easton Ellsworth or Yan Susanto. I guess, we really would enjoy a chat over a beer, it’s just that we happen to have an ocean between us with most of them. Still I expect to have lots of fun in this community.

2. Google Reader is not only inevitable but it’s getting better
I’ve been a Google Reader user for a while now, but I noticed only now that it became more user-friendly and even more useful than it used to be.

The new function I enjoy the most is that you don’t have to go to the “Manage Subscriptions” section in order to organize your feeds into folders, which in reality used to be a pain in the ass. I’m exploring new blogs and new feeds, subscribing to a lot of them nowadays (to much more than the 11 crucially important feeds I listed in one of my previous post), and it’s now really made easy to keep them organized in folders with this improved function.

3. Yahoo tracks incoming links far better than Google
Searching link:www.mysite.com is not a function that works particularly good in Google. Yahoo’s Site Explorer on the other hand, handles incoming links way better and in a more subtle way than Google does.
Tracking your incoming links or that of others’ is very important if you want to know a certain niche really well, but I’m not going into details right now. It’s just interesting that, for this task, I’ll prefer to use Yahoo from now on.

4. I really have to take the trouble and check out what the heck this StumbleUpon is
I’ve already mentioned that we share the interest with Jenny Wallace on exploring social bookmarking sites, and both of us bounced back from StumbleUpon, as it was way too complicated to digest, and I decided to postpone my StumbleUpon adventure for later, more relaxed times.
Then, after posting my list on the 11 must have feeds on Friday I was stunned to be flooded by StumbleUpon visitors. At the moment I have no idea how my site got there (I guess it was referred to or submitted by someone), how the visitors pick my site, or anything, but these are questions I will have to answer in the shortest time possible.

What about you? What are the most important things or ideas you learned this week? Feel free to leave a comment, and don’t forget to StumbleUpon my site if you happen to know what that means

cheers,
Zsolt

1. Problogger

Darren Rowse’s Problogger (good ol’ Problogger, as someone dubbed it, I don’t remember where) is the ultimate alpha and omega of making a living off blogging. Darren has been a full time blogger for more than four years. He launched some 25 blogs, made his mistakes, learned his lessons, and now focuses only on three projects blogs, one of which is Problogger. Problogger is both a great source for ideas, tips, tools to use for blogging, and and abundant source of finding fellow bloggers or building relationships. Furthermore, Darren writes in a very consumable, interesting style, while his ethical and quality standardsmake him the blogging hero of many of us.

Last week’s favorite post: How to launch a second blog

2. Top Ten Blog Tips

I love Ben Barden’s Top Ten Blog Tips because of it’s simple, transparent and clear style. When we started talking, it turned out that we have a lot in common with Ben, maybe that’s a part of the reason I enjoy his blog so much. (Maybe people, who start writing with a structured, IT background tend to pile up things into lists of 10 or eleven, like his posts are, or like this one is.)
Anyway, if you want an easy-to-read, straight-to-the-point style of guidance in the world of blogging, Top Ten Blog Tips is always there for you.
Last week’s favorite post: 10 things I’ve learned about blogging by actually doing it

3. Search engine journal

You can’t over-emphasize the importance of networking and getting to know your fellow-bloggers, but still, a big chunk of your traffic will come from search engines. I mean, from Google. Although Search Engine Journal might sound geeky at times, but it’s useful to keep in mind that blogging always has a geeky part, too. If you’re not the IT kind of guy, you may just want to skim through the headlines, to stay tuned, but if you are more into tools and widgets and robots.txt, you will never be able to resist the temptation to dive right into the details.

Last week’s favorite post: Some fun tools to learn Internet jargon

4. Techcrunch

If you don’t read Techcrunch (at least occasionally, because there are really a plenty of posts up there), you’ll never be able to keep up with the ever changing world of internet startups, hypes and trends. I use Techcrunch mainly as a source of inspiration: while most of the posts are from well-known companies and services like Twitter and Facebook, you’ll always have the wittiest and brightest startup ideas blogged by the Techcrunch staff. Be prepared for the I-should-have-thought-of-that-earlier feeling!

Last week’s favorite post: Skip The Virtual Shots: Give Real Lets You Send Your Friends Some Actual Booze

5. Personal Branding Blog

There’s more to business on the Internet than blogging and web development. Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog will help you establish yourself as a name in any business. Although some of his posts focus on online strategies (such as the use of social media sites), but most of the methods he suggests can be utilized offline, too. Anyway, thinking of yourself as a “brand” is a fun thing to do, and Dan will provide you with the essentials to do this in a professional way.

Last week’s favorite post: The Real Way to Get a Job Using Social Media Revealed

6. Get Rich Slowly

There are so many websites out there that suggest, you will be able to make a fortune online, that it is really useful to remind yourself from time to time that most things appearing too nice to be true are, in fact, too nice to be true. Get Rich Slowly focuses on personal finances (on and offline), also considering ethical issues, such as the importance of charities and donations during an economic crisis. I use this blog to stay connected to the real world, while dreaming up a virtual online empire

Last week’s favorite post: Why Charitable Giving is Even More Important During an Economic Downturn

7. SEO 2.0

Search Engine Optimization, is nowadays both a hype, and a must, as well as a dirty-word in the eyes of many. SEO 2.0 focuses on traditional techniques of SEO (the methods you would use if search engines didn’t exist, as they put it), namely: content. Although the name in my opinion is just a witty marketing tool, the blog is a useful read, and provides thorough and deep content on the usual questions of blogging, providing content and services online.

Last week’s favorite post: 7 Rules of Ethical SEO You Ignore Probably as a White Hat

8. Thoushallblog

Yan Susanto’s Thoushallblog aka. Blog for Beginners is one of the most important and useful reads for the first weeks of your blogging experience. His posts cover basic subjects concerning all areas of blogging (from themes to writing strategies) in a clear, transparent way. Furthermore, Yan offers one-on-one help on his website (for free), which is a unique opportunity for every newbie in the blogosphere. Even more importantly, although I don’t know him personally, based on his blog posts and comments, he’s a really amicable guy.

Last week’s favorite post: 10 Reasons Why You Should Subscribe to thoushallblog.com

9. Copyblogger

Copyblogger is another one of the must-read mammoths of the blogging-on-blogging scene. Author Brian Clark focuses on copywriting skills, saying that in most cases this is the weakest link to curb people from succeeding online. Brian has also co-authored several books, and his blog is an infinite source of tips and information on every tiny detail of copy and writing.

Last week’s favorite post: Shorter is Better

10. Visionary Blogging

Easton Ellsworth’s Visionary Blogging may not be a real authority yet, but it is a very useful source both for new and for established bloggers, and therefore, deserves to be an authority on the long run. Visionary Blogging is especially good to read because of its personal style.

Last week’s favorite post: 7 Strategic Blog Improvement Questions for 2009

11. Sparkplugging Business Blog Network

The various feeds of Sparkplugging.com (formerly called eMoms at home) is a great source of inspiration not only for blogging, but generally for freelancing and for other forms of working from home. I like to read it because of its womanish viewpoint and found inspiration from many of its articles. I have always had a soft spot for self-irony, and these gals have a large dose of that, I can assure you. Choose either one of its sub-channels or the general feed, Sparkplugging Business Blog Network will be an ultimate source of your everyday roundup.

Last week’s favorite post: 13 Inspiring Entrepreneurial Women in Technology

Do you have other ideas? Are there any must-subscribe feeds that I have forgotten about (let alone I don’t even know about)? Share them with me, and with others in the comments section!

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