First of all, there’s no way to fit a site like Kottke.org into a category. It’s one of those sites that takes as its subject matter anything that crosses the radar of its creator, in this case Jason Kottke. Blogs like this remind me in a way of newspaper columns by nationally syndicated writers like Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof, Art Buchwald, et al. The blog format means that the articles are usually much shorter, posted several times a day with topics that are much more wide ranging and often only comprised of a few sentences of commentary and a pointer to something of interest anywhere on the Internet.
The strength of columns and the best blogs like these isn’t necessarily any inside information or even particularly highbrow sensibilities or writing ability. Their strength is that they had a unique voice, and a sustained definable perspective that you enjoyed Revisiting regularly. Lucky for us that RSS feeds mean we don’t even have to go to the front door to pickup the newspaper, much less pay for a subscription.NULL