Great Blogs to Explore

Following up on my promise to list some great blogs for you to explore as a disprove the theory that “it’s all rubbish out there”, here are some intelligent blogs that make worthwhile reading:

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Marketing

http://marketing.corante.com/ - a hub for blogs on marketing by A-list marketing professionals.

http://bpr.typepad.com/a_view_from_abroad/ - An intelligent French view on marketing and social media: how much more French can you get than a blog post entitled Social networking causing personal existential crisis?

Business and Economics

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ - by Stephen J Dubner and Steven D Levitt, the co-authors of the book Freakonomics and part of the New York Times suite of blogs, this blog continues the book’s exploration of “the hidden side of everything”. Well-written (as you’d expect), topical as well as personal.

http://accountancymatters.accountancyage.com/ - Accountancy blog from Damian Wild, Editor-in-Chief of Accountancy Age magazine. I don’t read this one avidly I have to confess but the occasional dip into it reveals a mix of accountancy and business related commentary, personal opinion and newsletter style notices about the magazine.

http://nakedlaw.typepad.com/naked_law/ - UK technology law laid bare by Cambridge lawyers. Informative and clear discussions on topical issues on their area of expertise, including posts on Facebook, Skype and copyright as well as more specialist tech topics.

http://www.businessethics.ca/blog/ - A blog about business ethics. Well-written and intelligent, with blog posts like “Evolutionary Psychology and Corporate Philanthropy” - so much to chew on.

Brain Candy

http://blogs.britannica.com/blog/main - the blog from the Encyclopaedia Britannica has the tagline “Where Ideas Matter”. Their mission statement is to be “a place for smart, lively conversations about a broad range of topics.” Their categories include Culture, Science, International Affairs, Movies and Humor. High quality discussion and writing.

http://anthropology.net/ - using blog technology to create “a cohesive online community of individuals interested in anthropology” with great tagline: “Beyond bones and stones”. Fascinating articles at expert level on anthropology including discussions of human genetics, neanderthals and using algorithms to trace human ancestry - all still readable and understandable by a lay person.

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/ - the blog of the British Psychological Society brings news and commentary on latest research in that field, complementing their subscription only magazine.

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