In celebration of International BlogDay2006<\/a>, here are five blogs that are different from my own culture, point of view and attitude.<\/p>\n

Jay is Games Casual Gameplay<\/a>
\n<\/a> Often refered to as JIG Casual Gameplay this is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153simply the best selection of (mostly) free casual games you will find on the Web today<\/em>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In the year or so that I have been reading JIG I have watched it grow from a one person blog to a group project<\/a> that has recently completed and announced the winners<\/a> of the first ever JIG game design competition<\/a>. There is a real sense of community over at JIG, with reader\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s submitting games for review, guest blogging spots and a comment section that provides help for those of us who get stuck on the simplest of games.<\/p>\n

Black Gay Blogger<\/a>
\n<\/a>On January 25 2005<\/a>, after deciding that New Year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resolutions are “tres gauche,”<\/em> Karsh (author of bgb.com) came up with a list of 101 things to do before 25th September 2007 i.e. 1001 days after the list was completed. This list covers e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g<\/em>. Karsh really wants to do it all and judging by the number of items he has crossed off he might just get to achieve 101 in 1001. Oh and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention this blog without mentioning the design \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is beautiful! <\/p>\n

tiffany b brown<\/a>
\n<\/a> Tiffany b Brown is the eponymous blogger behind this fantastic web design blog. She describes it <\/a>as her “personal playground [a] place where [she] experiment[s] with web markup and programming languages….” To me it is a very useful learning tool for all things Internet\/Blog\/Site design related. (her other blog Black Feminism <\/a>is equally fantastic)<\/p>\n

Lynne D Johnson’s Diary<\/a>
\n<\/a>I don’t consider it an overstatement to refer to Lynne D Johnson as the best Hip Hop blogger in the blogosphere. Prior to listening<\/a> to the SXSW<\/a> Blogging While Black Revisted<\/a> session (of which both Lynne and Tiffany were panelists) and hearing Lynne speak of the abuse she has been subjected to because she was a female Hip-Hop blogger I had no idea how prevalent sexism was within the Hip-Hop blogosphere. Her account of how she handled this abuse was truly inspirational especially after going through her archives later on and actually reading the extent of the attack. <\/p>\n

Avalon Star<\/a>
\n<\/a> Possibly the best blog design I have ever seen. It is almost hard to believe that this blog is based on K2<\/a>. Everything about this site is amazing, even the categories, which according to Bryan Veloso (the man behind the blog) “aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like your mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s category archives!” he does not tell a lie, each category is like a whole new blog. Though it was the site design that won me over, I also enjoy reading this blog because Bryan has a very friendly, conversational style. I particularly liked this post <\/a> which touches on an issue that am sure affects many bloggers: how to explain to non-blogger friends what we bloggers do.<\/p>\n

And that concludes my Blog Day 2006, so till next year – Happy Blog Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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