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80/20 And Design Blogs

Last week I wrote about the 80/20 rule and the Design Blogosphere and although I think generally the rule is quickly disappearing, on an individual level it still exists. So I thought it would be nice to see what your top 20 design sites are for news, information, content or whatever. Actually lets just do 5 since 20 can get out of hand fast and most of them would be 9rules Members. Heck the top 5 might all be 9rules Members.

My list:

  1. 456 Berea Street. Roger is a machine.
  2. Stylegala. I don’t look for inspiration so the reviews serve me no purpose. It’s the portal news feature that I crave.
  3. Mark Boulton. Does any other individual pump out this many quality articles in a year? Five simple steps to designing grid systems – Part 5 is just the latest of this must read site.
  4. Design Observer. Very, very heavy with regards to design content, but it brings a professionalism to the craft that has been diluted by many in the blogosphere.
  5. Asterisk. Because he paid me to put his site here.

And to put into words my thoughts on this subject enter Cameron Moll.

Though the idea of a *personalized* 80/20 — from the perspective of the reader — is likely still relevant, regardless of my original list. I personally don’t have enough time in the day to stay current with hundreds of sites. I still look to a few dozen to keep me current on trends and news. And that was the original intent in penning the list.

Who are the top 20 today? I’m not positive a global list along those lines is even all that important now, but I’m certain each of us as readers still has our own 80/20 list…

Originally posted on September 26, 2005 @ 10:58 am

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