PAgent’s Progress
Portland Top Blogs
If a certain Ms. Angelina Mizaki is to be believed, my readers have voted for PAgent’s Progress to become one of Portland’s Top Blogs at the The Daily Reviewer.
This is a great honor. One for which the only appropriate response can be “WTF WERE YOU THINKING??”
It’s weird enough to get listed on Alltop Portland, but I assumed that was mostly based on outgoing links to various Portland-area websites, and being friends with some movers and shakers in the Portland tech community. But this? I’m left shaking my head.
Let me tell you why this is so odd:
1) I don’t write much Portland-centric stuff anymore. When I do, it’s pretty much earmarked for publication at OurPDX, and frankly I haven’t been all that active over there, either; and
2) I don’t write much of anything that’s truly worth reading these days. The most recent posts are predominantly administrative FYIs and whining. (Okay, most of the posts in the entire BLOG are whining. I’ll grant you that.)
What gives? Hey, if you want to read Portland-area blogs that are actually worth reading, there are quite a few. For example,
BikePortland.org – Jonathan Maus does a tremendous job staying on top of all things bike-related in the Rose City
The Dingleberry Gazette – What working in downtown PDX is REALLY like.
The Miracle in July – This is one of the most ambitious efforts I’ve ever seen, telling a story in full multimedia. Amazing.
Cafe Mama – This is Sarah Gilbert’s blog. Perhaps you’ve heard of her? She recently got the bike-through policy at Burgerville changed. And she can write. With, like, real words.
Almost Fit – This is a blog about getting fit, but more than that, it’s about making the changes in your life, in the way you think, that will allow you to get fit. And besides, Metroknow is a buddy of mine.
And these are just the ones that occur to me off the top of my head. Trust me, there are more.
Frankly, I don’t know if I can handle this kind of pressure.
3 Responses to “Portland Top Blogs”
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October 5th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Congratulations! This is much deserved and you are too modest. You write (and write well) about REAL stuff in the REAL world – work, family, medical – and your frustrations and experiences therein. The REAL world is where WE all live. That makes your blogs interesting and touching and worthwhile to your readers.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Oh get over it !
I love reading your BLOG – its all so real and you do write very well~!
and I think you deserve a big CONGRATULATIONS!
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Thanks for the mention! It’s rather sad that I didn’t discover it until today when I was catching up on reading your site
. I think you deserve the honor, most definitely – your blog is one of the first I found in PDX, and I’ve always enjoyed reading. Well done, as always.