On the tech side, I've dropped all my print magazine subscriptions (JDJ, EAI Journal, Computerworld, InfoWorld, etc.) and rely completely on blogs and a podcast or two. This is good because my tech news is MUCH more focused to what I care about.
This is very discouraging, because some of the best reporting is done in the trade press. Tech blogs have a very idiosyncratic approach. They are unreliable in the sense that they do not have regular assignments or deadlines. If you want a predictable source of news on a subject you need a professional organization, news is not something amateurs can do, any more than writing code is something amateurs can do. Somehow the trade press is going to have to create a symbiotic relationship with blogs.
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