It’s a nice Saturday morning here in NYC, with mostly clear skies. I’m sipping my morning coffee. In about half an hour I’ll head to the shower, put some clothes on (I need to get another pair of jeans, my single Levi is becoming my default out-and-about pants), and then take my 1.7 miles walk to the farmer’s market to get some fresh vegetables for my sandwiches and hopefully some hearty soup.
This morning, still in bed, I was reading through my RSS feeds and enjoying myself. I’ve picked up some new blogs which are currently “on trial” to see if I want to keep them. It’s nice to finally have some new voices among the old favorites. I took some time updating my recommendations (AKA my blogroll) section with a few of those.
Looking at this short list, I’m realizing I contacted almost all of them directly via email. I’m starting to understand why some veteran bloggers rave about receiving emails: there’s something very personal and honest about receiving an email from a person who usually writes for the whole world. At the same time, you get more insight into what made them write something you enjoy, and develop the conversation further. I highly recommend this. It would definitely make you feel better about emails, especially if emails are a big part of daily work and errands, which I suspect is true for all of us.
Alright, I’ll leave you to it. Hopefully you’ll find something you like. And good morning from NYC, or #tzag, as we see on the interbwebs these days.