Blogs have long since come into their own. After all, they’ve been around since 1994, and just recently a blogger received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism. So it seems a good time to recognize blogs by HBS alums and faculty by compiling a list of them and presenting it on the Bulletin blog. I have included only ongoing blogs that have had entries in 2008. Though the number of blogs listed is small, the range of their topics is broad, including kite-surfing, food and wine, technology, politics, and investing. Several of these blogs are very well known (those by Andy Tobias, MBA 1972J, and Thomas Lifson, MBA 1976H, for example); others recording only the details of one family’s life are comparatively unknown. But these blogs all share the virtue of allowing easy exposure to personal views about new swaths of the world.

At the end of each blog listed below is a summary, if necessary, of the blog’s subjects and a note about how long it has been going. This list probably represents only a very small fraction of the alumni blogs that are out there, so please send us Web addresses of HBS blogs you know of that are missing here.

Alumni Blogs

• AMP 89 Mike Downey, MD's Journal at http://www.mikedowney.blogspot.com/ (Jan. 2007)
• AMP 163 Eric Burrell, A Day in the Life, http://www.idealburrell.com/ (Pepysian chronicle; archived since Sept. 2007)
• HRPBA 1960 Mary Mettler, Tuesday Tales from the Road, http://calgensoc.blogspot.com/search/label/Mary%20Mettler%27s%20Tuesday%20Tales
• ISMP 94 Basudeb Sen, http://basudebsen000.blogspot.com/ (directory to his ten-site blog complex, covering views on religion, government, family, life, humor, entertainment, economics, and the stochastic destiny principle)
• MBA 1969E Harry Newton, In Search of the Perfect Investment, http://www.insearchoftheperfectinvestment.com/index.php (investment vicissitudes, plus a joke; archived since June 2001)
• MBA 1970E Duncan McDougall, A Fulbright Year in Romania, 2008-2009, http://dcmcd.blogspot.com/ (archived since Sept. 2008)
• MBA 1972J Andrew Tobias, Money and Other Subjects, http://www.andrewtobias.com/ (stock picks, investment & green strategies, social & political commentary, cool Web sites; archived since Dec. 1996)
• MBA 1974B Rick Walleigh, Walleighs’ Weekly Words, http://walleigh.com/Blog/ (travels; archived since July 2006; see also their Web site, http://walleigh.com/)
• MBA 1976D Jack Schultz, BoomtownUSA, http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/ (on the trend to leave the urban rat race for small towns; archived since Oct. 2004)
• MBA 1976E Tom Frey, Frey vs. Frey. Conservative vs. Liberal, Religious vs. Secular, Frey vs. Frey, a spirited conversation between father and son, http://freyvsfrey.blogspot.com/ (archived since Dec. 2008)
• MBA 1976H Thomas Lifson, American Thinker, http://www.americanthinker.com/index.php (multiple authors, archived since Sept. 2005)
• MBA 1977C Len Edgerly, http://lenedgerlydotcom.blogspot.com/ (audio and video pod chronicles by a “technology evangelist to the arts”; archived since Aug. 2006)
• MBA 1977H Geoff Hibner, Laid Off and Looking, http://blogs.wsj.com/laidoff/ a collective WSJ blog written by 8 people.
• MBA 1978D Richard Edelman 6 A.M., http://www.edelman.com/speak_up/blog/ (the CEO of an independent global PR firm; archived since Sept. 2004)
• MBA 1979F Dan Bricklin, Dan Bricklin's Log, http://danbricklin.com/log/ (archived since Oct. 1999)
• MBA 1979F Mark Chussil, The ACS Blog, http://whatifyourstrategy.com/blog/ (archived since July 2008)
• MBA 1979F John Reese, The Guru Investor, http://theguruinvestor.com/ (archived since Nov. 2008)
• MBA 1979I Marv Slovacek, Czech Prague Mission Experience, 2007-2010, http://www.theslovaceks.blogspot.com/ (the Slovaceks' experiences while presiding over the Czech Prague LDS mission; archived since June 2007)
• MBA 1980I Sheryle Bolton, http://brainreserves.blogspot.com/ (“Brain Health and Fitness, Baby Boomers, Business, and Living”; archived since July 2006)
• MBA 1980I Jim McGee, McGee’s Musings, http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/ (book reviews and comments on design, technology, learning, organization, resources, and more; archived since Jan. 2003)
• MBA 1984C Brad van Auken, Brand Strategy Insider, http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/ (multiple authors; archived since June 2006)
• MBA 1986H Jules Pieri, http://julespieri.wordpress.com/ (“musings on design, social networking, cultural anthropology, startups, the professional Web, and parenting; archived since May 2007)
• MBA 1987F Marty Manley, Jam Side Down, http://www.jamsidedown.com/ (book reviews and comments on a variety of topics; archived since March 2006)
• MBA 1987H Bill Tai, Kiteblog, http://kitevc.blogspot.com/ (“journal of a kite-surfing venture capitalist”; archived since April 2004)
• MBA 1989B Warren Meyer, Coyote Blog: Dispatches from a Small Business, http://www.coyoteblog.com/ (comments from a sceptical and libertarian viewpoint; archived since Dec. 2006)
• MBA 1989H Tom Melcher, Live from Beijing! The Latest Doings and Thought from the Melcher Ruwart Clan, http://www.melcherruwart.com/ (archived since May 2008)
• MBA 1990D Stephanie Fierman, Marketing Mojo, http://www.stephaniefierman.com/ (a “doubleshot of information and entertainment from the world of marketing”; archived since Sept. 2007)
• MBA 1990F Adam Bernard, Splitting the Adam: Get Inside My Mind, http://splittingtheadam.typepad.com/ (humor and comments on cars, culture, and Web/tech; archived since Dec. 2004)
• MBA 1991C Stever Robbins, Business Explained by Stever, https://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/ (“Exploring business and its impact on life”; archived since April 2006)
• MBA 1992H Steve Kapner, Lucie and Issie in Japan, http://kapner.blogspot.com/ (living in Japan; archived since Aug. 2007)
• MBA 1994B Mike Troiano, Scalable Intimacy: Branding in the Age of Social Media, http://scalableintimacy.com (archived since at least Jan. 2009)
• MBA 1994H David Williams, Health Business Blog, http://www.healthbusinessblog.com/ (business issue in healthcare; archived since March 2005)
• MBA 1994H Whitney Tilson, Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy, http://tilsononobama.blogspot.com/ (archived since Jan. 2007)
• MBA 1994H Whitney Tilson, School Reform Blog, http://edreform.blogspot.com/ (archived since Oct. 2005)
• MBA 1995D Michael Roberto, http://michael-roberto.blogspot.com/ (musings about leadership, decision-making, and competitive strategy; archived since March 2007)
• MBA 1995H Nick Van Dyk, Nick's Myeloma Blog, http://www.nvdmyeloma.blogspot.com/ (archived since Dec. 2008)
• MBA 1996B Joelle Kaufman, 216 Remodel, http://216remodel.blogspot.com/ (remodeling a house; archived since June 2006)
• MBA 1998D Carole Carlson, Serendipity, http://www.serendipityboat.blogspot.com/ (sailing on Serendipity; archived since July 2007)
• MBA 1998I David Teten, Brain Food Blog, http://www.circleofexperts.com/blog/ (Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, social networking; archived since Feb. 2004)
• MBA 1999D Noam Wasserman, http://noamwasserman.com/media/
• MBA 1999D Melissa Wong Bethell, Baby Bethell, http://www.babybethell.blogspot.com/ (archived since April 2006)
• MBA 1999J Cara Eisenberg, Cara'bout You, http://caraaboutyou.blogspot.com (parenting issues; archived since April 2009)
• MBA 1999K Rich Lloyd, http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/richlloyd (a struggle with cancer; archived since Sept. 2007)
• MBA 2001F Kaiser Fung, Junk Charts: Recycling Chartjunk as Junk Art, http://junkcharts.typepad.com/ (critiques of the aesthetics and logic of charts used in the media; archived from at least July 2005)
• MBA 2001H Adam Nash, Psychohistory: The Personal Blog of Adam Nash, http://blog.adamnash.com/ (a farrago of topics; archived since Aug. 2006)
• MBA 2002C Martha Hayward, Martha's Medical Journal, http://marthahayward.blogspot.com/ (archived since Feb. 2008)
• MBA 2002D Imran Amed, The Business of Fashion, http://www.businessoffashion.net/ (comments on and photos of haute couture around the world; archived since Jan. 2007)
• MBA 2003A Erika Olsen, Long Live Locke, http://www.longlivelocke.blogspot.com/ (the TV program Lost; archived since Nov. 2004)
• MBA 2003A Erika Olsen, According to e…, http://according-to-e.blogspot.com/ (comments on travel and pop culture; archived since April 2006)
• MBA 2004E Jessica Schupak, What's She Eating Now, http://www.whatssheeatingnow.com (stories of a food voyeur; archived since June 2009)
• MBA 2007A Neil Pasricha, 1000 Awesome Things, http://1000awesomethings.com/ ("a time-ticking countdown of 1,000 awesome things; begun June 2008)
• MBA 2007E Clint Peterson, http://www.cdpetey.blogspot.com/ (travel commentary; archived since Sept. 2007)
• MBA 2008H Daniel Longo, Daniel Longo Paris to Beijing 2008, http://daniellongo.blogspot.com/ (a cycling trip; archived since May 2008)
• OPM 17 Carol Cone, What Do You Stand For? https://www.conecomm.com/ (cause branding and corporate responsibility; archived since Aug. 2007)
• OPM 30 Will McKee, Grumpy Old Will: Thoughts and Insights on Business and Life from Will McKee, http://willmckee.blogspot.com (Irish and international business-related topics; archived since Sept. 2009)
• PMD 22 Marceline Donaldson http://www.bettina-network.com/bettinablog.html (archived since Dec. 2007)
• PMD 26 Anil Malhotra, Anil's Reflections, http://www.anil09.blogspot.com/ (archived since Jan. 2009)

Faculty Blogs

• Benjamin Edelman, http://www.benedelman.org/ (the evolving mix of public and private forces shaping the Internet; archived since Feb. 2004)
• Noam Wasserman, http://www.noamwasserman.com/
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