Blogs I am currently following

on Monday, July 18, 2011
Here's the list of what I currently have in my Google Reader:

About writing

Aliventures: Ali Luke's blog in which she shares ideas and strategies for better writing.
Explorations of style: On academic writing

Useful tips and advice

addictivetips: Useful tips and tricks with regard to software
Church of the Customer: Business blog
Dumb little man: Tips for life, with content covering a wide range of subjects
Get rich slowly: On money... because frugality blogs are very helpful when you are in graduate school
Lifehacker: Tips, tricks, hacks,...
Mark's daily apple: Mainly about the primal diet (about which I don't care), but every now and then an interesting article about the food industry shows up here
Seth's blog: Short, to the point and well written posts
Stepcase Lifehack: Another blog filled with tips, tricks and lifehacks
Steve Pavlina: On personal development
The Positivity Blog: Covering a lot of topics which make me smile
The Simple Dollar: Personal finance blog
Time Management Ninja: To the point posts on time management
Whole Health Source: Another blog with a primal perspective
Zen habits: Very inspiring material

Science

About science: Posts on several news items in science
Geology Geek: On geology, and much more

PhD Student blogs and blogs about doing a PhD

Alternative PhD: On academia, and outside academia
Daniel and I: Heart-warming blog of a fellow PhD student
Happy Science: On science, doing a PhD, and skepticism of ungrounded popular beliefs
Jane Davis: Blog of fellow PhD student and phd-chatter Jane Davis
jbdeaton.com: On (structural) engineering, teaching and research.
Jennifer Jones' PhD Notebook: Research on the olympics and observations from a PhD candidate
Jenn's studious life: Graduate student blog, counting down to her first paper
Literature Review HQ: A blog devoted to the literature review, because so many of us struggle with this
Peoplegogy: Blog covering doctoral school, education, arts, life...
PhD2Published: Great content for all PhD students, Post-docs and academics out there
Louter promoveren: Dutch blog from a coach for PhD students
Sara Batts - Research project progress: PhD candidate blog
Sarah Stewart: On education, teaching, research and learning
Silence and Voice: Jeffrey Keefer's blog on educational research
The research whisperer: Great posts on how to do research
The thesis whisperer: Every PhD student's staple food
The 3 month thesis: How to write a PhD thesis in 3 months
To Do: Dissertation: Great archives and tools available

Fashion blogs

(because these provide great inspiration on how to put outfits together on a small budget)

Calivintage
Constance-Victoria
Crimson Rosella
Delightful Dozen
Delightfully Tacky
Elegantly academic (special kudos to a PhD student who runs a fashion blog)
Flashes of Style
Hummingbird Girls
Light Witch Spell Book
Scrapbook de la Emma
Selective Potential
Strutt
The Styling Dutchman
Tick tock vintage
Waking Life
What would a nerd wear

I skim read all posts at first glance, and then read the ones which seem relevant to me.
Recommendations for more reading are very welcome :)

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