Darren Herman

I was nominated today by Gavin Heaton for the “Thinking Blogger Award” and it’s always flattering to get some recognition every now and again.  For those of you who don’t know who Gavin is, he’s one of the masterminds behind the crowdsourced book, Age of Conversation (of which I’ll be participating in the second version… more on that on another day).

The way it works apparently is as follows (copied from Gavin’s blog):

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote

So with this award, I get to nominate 5 other bloggers who make me think… so here we go:

Fred Wilson – always writing about the digital media and technology space from interesting perspectives of both a user, an investor, and a wallflower.  Love his personal touches on his blog which provide context to much of his writing.

Greg Verdino – we met over the blogosphere and have become offline friends.  He’s always got an interesting take on the digital media world and we bonded initially over virtual worlds.  Did you know… In 2006, he said he loved me.

Seth Godin – has an amazing ability to take complex ideas and distill them down to something that anyone can understand.  Certainly very bold and bullish, but constantly challenges my thoughts.

Andrew Chen – the two of us met over the blogosphere and then had dinner at Bucks of Woodside (Silicon Valley) and remained friends since.  Always analyzing things in new ways and when Andrew throws out new ideas on his blog (which he should do more often!), I certainly take notice.

Charlie O’Donnell – a friend, former dodgeball teammate, nextNY member, etc… writes some extremely insightful posts on his blog about the world at large and technology.  I only wish he was a Yankees fan.

Rock’n'roll.