This is the first community builder post I’ll be doing this Blaugust. There are around 140 blogs participating in Blaugust this year. Here are the ones I already follow. How do I follow blogs? I use a feed reader. There are many free and paid options available. I currently use NewsBlur, which is great, though I am considering migrating to something cheaper and more basic. All these blogs have a feed — just paste the blog URL into a feed reader and you’ll get all their posts in one handy feed.[1]
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Here are the blogs!

  • 82MHz: He posts about retro tech and also does regular “Link Dump” posts that always contain a lot of interesting links. A veteran blogger, but a Blaugust newbie.
  • Alex’s Review Corner: Mostly reviews of TV shows, movies and games, as well as the occasional essay.
  • brennan.day: An extremely prolific — and more importantly, good — writer who straddles the boundary between personal blogger and essayist. An inspiration to anyone who wants their indie blog to be about more than what they had for breakfast.
  • Divergent Rays: A classic personal blog, with a lot of material relating to tiaras. Consistently posts around twice a week.
  • Zachary Kai: A fun personal site about a variety of topics.
  • joelchrono: Prolific personal blogger who posts about games, tech, books, and his everyday life in Mexico.
  • fyr.io: A sysadmin in the UK education sector. Blogs about tech, security, the Indie Web (or however you call it these days), and everyday life. Lots of fun “slashpages” too. A veteran blogger, but a Blaugust newbie.
  • Juhis: A tech community guy. Posts about community projects in the open source space, interesting tech tips, life reflections, apps he’s found, and so on.
  • Indiecator: Fun indie game reviews, and he’s such a nice guy.
  • What the fran: Personal site about a wide range of topics, including literature, history, art, games… all sorts!

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