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Obviously a different Jonny B...?

The Observer posted a list of the World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs.

Most lists/tables of blogs leave me a bit cold but the pen portraits here are great and prompted me to widen my reading.

Interesting thoughts:

How many were written/started by Brits. Setting aside that the Observer is a UK paper, I suspect Brits have a genetic sense of humour (OK, sarcasm) issue that assists 'good' blog writing.
Surprised that so many tech insiders got onto the list (is TechCrunch, really one of the world's most powerful blogs?).

New joiners to my RSS reader are:

Jezebel - I'm not exactly their target demographic but their Five Great Lies of women's media certainly make a lot of sense to a bloke.
The Private Secret Diary of JonnyB - I know enough about my former colleague Jonny Bentwood to be pretty comfortable it isn't him.

Tags: blogging, The Observer, Jezebel, TechCrunch

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Published 10 Mar 2008 by Steve
Filed Under: Blogging, Media

Comments

	JonnyB said: Oh gosh - there is another JonnyB. This will cause confusion. Thank you for the link. The list wasn't - ummmm - 'best served' by the hyperbole of the title... it appears to be just a list of interesting blogs that have been influential in a little tiny way over their own particular area of the blogosphere. So I am embarrassed to be on it in one way but chuffed in most others (of course). But yes - the pen portraits were good. I liked the 'least likely to say's. March 10, 2008 13:04
	Jonny Bentwood said: I never realised I had a name-doppelganger. Still the readershp of the Private Secret Diary is so different to that of my blog I doubt many people willbe confused. Thanks for the link Steve and still enjoying reading your blog (especially its new look) - complete with Twitter feed. March 10, 2008 15:38
	Matt Wardman said: I have doppelganger as well. Forgot to check the Google unsafe search when I chose the pseudonym. See: http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/07/29/whats-in-a-name-ii/ Fortunately Matt and Matthew are slightly different. Matt W March 11, 2008 13:29
	Steve said: Heh Matt... not so fast. If the name Matt Wardman isn't actually your name but a pseudonym, then do you qualify as having a doppelganger? And, anyway, isn't a doppelganger someone who looks like you? (I'm wildly guessing you don't look much like Mr Gay UK) Having the same name as someone else can be a problem in a number of circumstances http://thenewmarketing.com/blogs/steve_ellis/archive/2007/11/30/5106.aspx March 11, 2008 16:01