You Make My Day Awards
Henna Singh over at Canadian Beauty (if you like fashion, you should definitely be reading Canadian Beauty) tagged me as the only guy in her You Make My Day Awards post, so I thought it was only fair that I carry on the meme.
The rules go like this:
Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on.
Simple? Not really. I subscribe to over 500 blogs and tumblelogs, so picking just ten that make my day was incredibly difficult. I’m going to give it a try though, and I apologize to anyone I may have left out:
- nostrich: I may have just discovered this blog over a month ago, but already I’ve gone through the entire archive because of the hilarity of the content and amazing writing.
- The Sartorialist: Call me superficial, but well-dressed people make me smile. I love the stories people can tell with the clothes they wear.
- What I Learned Today: We all learn something every day. Diana shares her questions and knowledge with all of us so that we can learn with her.
- meish dot org: It’s no secret I’m in love with fantastic writing, and Meg Pickard has a command of the English language that is downright inspirational.
- dokoohakoo’s loft: Tina has always been an inspiration in my life, and this tumblelog lets her share her wisdom with all of you as well.
- Anil Dash: He’s an influential man in the web/tech world, he loves Prince, and he’s remarkably astute. He’s super funny too.
- xkcd: There really isn’t much to say: xkcd has proven to be the most engaging, relevant, and hilarious comic on the web today.
- Ill Doctrine: He bills his site as a hip-hop video blog, but Jay Smooth’s site is much more than that: it’s an exposition of truth.
- 5ives: If you haven’t got enough laughs simply following Merlin Mann’s Twitter updates, then 5ives is guaranteed to give you a chuckle to start your day.
- cubicle 17: He’s smart, astute, has fantastic design sense, and likes his coffee strong. What isn’t there to like about Bill?
Those are just the first ten that popped into my head, but there are so many other blogs that keep make me smile every morning. So instead of just thanking them, I want to thank everyone that creates content on the web, everyone that makes my morning surfing a much more pleasant experience.