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Well it seems I’ve been tagged in the latest internet meme (i.e. online tag/sars) floating around the blogomasphere. Chris over at Eyes East has apparently gotten himself drunk of his titties and tagged me as one of his favorite 5 Thinking Bloggers. If any of you have yet to check out Chris’s blog, please do so. And for those of you who already know of Chris, please be sure to change your bookmarks, because he just moved over to wordpress.

My turn

So now I get to tag 5 bloggers that I deem to be “thinking bloggers.” The first one that comes to mind Ryan, but it seems Chris got him tagged already. Dezza is a no-brainer as well, and I think everyone is aware of him. But there are lots of great thinkers out there, and here are a few that stand out:

1. China Web 2.0 Review: I don’t know what it is about this site. They don’t post all that often, but it’s one of the few sites that when I see something new on there, I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be good. Lyn and Jason are great resources of what’s happening on the net in China, and there aren’t too many solid English-language resources for that. But this is one.

2. YouMeiti ???: Another good source of Chinese net news. I’ve forgotten about this one for a while, but it’s a keeper. “Youmeiti” literally translated is “Have Media,” and Tricia, like Lyn and Jason, is definitely doing a good job of keeping tabs on a very mysterious little niche.

3. Coolcode.cn: I thought I’d include a Chinese site as well, because this is one that kinda surprised me. I’ve been using wordpress software on this site, and until I found Coolcode by Xenium and Andot, I had no idea what kind of developments Chinese people were making with wordpress. These two guys know a shitload about web development, and they’ve been representin’ east-side making some cool wordpress plugins — a couple of which I’ve been using on my Chinese blog. One is a Chinese Social Bookmark Plugin and the other is for installing some retarded bbs-style emoticons just above your comments box.

4. Sinosplice – Has no one else tagged John yet? There is no bigger-thinking white boy in this country than John, it seems (Screw you Dashan! You and your wacky Chinese coat and bleepy dictionaries!). While the rest of us are bitching and complaining John has managed to keep a positive voice on his blog, one of the longest running in the China blogomasphere. Oh yeah, and he helped build Chinesepod.
Note: John, if am I’m the second person to tag you, I challenge you to name 5 Chinese Thinking Blogs!

5. Nomadic Marketing Library Project: While technically not a blog, this one deserves a mention. Tom recently started one phase of this non-profit project in here in Dalian, successfully starting a makeshift library for poor Chinese kids. He’s in Vietnam right now, but this project is still going and could use a small donation if you can spare some change. If for some reason you can’t, the least you can do is put a tiny link on your site promoting this project:

The Library Project

Ok guys. So now it’s your turn to tag. I’m not sure how many of you five are going to see this one, but I hope some of you do take the time to reward those who are doing good work/thinking out there.

China Stolen-Media-of-the-Day: Get Smart

In keeping with this theme of “Thinking,” here’s on oldie for ya — Get Smart. I’m not sure why this has made it onto the Chinese internet. Who knows? Maybe the Shoephone is a already a fixture in Zhongnanhai?