SQL Blogger Rankings

Now that my Google Reader has broken one hundred feeds I thought it was about time to start grouping some of the content together. That way I would be able to better manage the feeds and make more effective use of my time. While I was examining the content something struck me as interesting. The bloggers themselves could be ranked in a similar fashion to how you see the NCAA rank a lot of their sports teams. Why not, right? But how? I quickly became mired in a BCS type of controversy, not wanting to let any one factor dominate the others. And then I suddenly remembered that it doesn’t really matter because (1) no one is reading this anyway and (2) it’s my blog and my rankings and I can decide whatever I want and do not have to answer to anyone.

So, I tried grouping the SQL bloggers I currently have in my reader. Ranking them seemed to be too difficult so I put them into groups, the details of which can be found here. I still have other blogs in my reader and I can shuffle people in and out as necessary. The whole point of this is simply for me to keep things organized in my Reader, nothing more than that really. If there are some blogs I may have missed, just let me know. The names are arranged in alphabetical order by surname, so please do not complain to me about where your name appears, you should talk to your parents first.

When I update the rankings I will do my best to explain some of the activity that has resulted in my decision, a recap of events if you will. It will not be like those dreadful “links of the week” posts, I promise. I am thinking more like a “Page Six” format, especially if I can get a few candid shots of people as they get in and out of their cars on their way to the office or home.

http://www.straightpathsql.com/blog Mike Walsh

I’m just one of the small colleges that should have never been in the tournament to begin with. But I am going to have to start pushing to get myself in at leas the TempDB group

Good idea, though. As long as I don’t miss two days, I seem to find the time to at least scan the large number of feeds I follow. I can tell quickly if it’s something that is relevant and interesting. I’ll read those, if it is interesting but not quite relevant to my immediate situation I’ll star it. Though I often don’t go back through the stars.. Maybe you are on to something.
http://www.straightpathsql.com/blog Mike Walsh

Also you forgot about the Resource DB category… That would be the group you have but always ignore and never try to read unless you are feeling adventuresome.

SQLBatman

nice catch, i will have to add the resourcedb group later on, for those blogs that are your best SQL resource. chances are i will need to split the master group into two groups at some point. i can put blogs into the resourcedb and they will stay there until a patch or new release.

http://statisticsio.com Jason

Put me in dbTempDeleteAfter0409