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I recently got an email from Guy Kawasaki, the noted Apple evangelist. He writes:

Yesterday we announced a website that is a collection of “single-page
aggregations” organized by topics such as Fashion, Celebrities, Sports,
Gaming, Macintosh, Science, Green, and Autos.

Here people can find odd news from dozens of sites, side-by-side, at a
glance–think of it as an “online magazine rack.” I hope that you will like
it and will spread the word.

I’m not exactly sure how So You Want To Teach? ended up in the list, but Alltop recently added an education category. Somehow, they have decided to include this blog in their list of 75 or so. Somehow somebody somewhere decided that my writing is among the top education sites on the web. How cool is that?

But wait, you say. What is Alltop anyway? Their website tells us:

We help you explore your passions by collecting stories from “all the top” sites on the web. We’ve grouped these collections — ”aggregations” — into individual Alltop sites based on topics such as environment, photography, science, celebrity gossip, fashion, gaming, sports, politics, automobiles, and Macintosh. At each Alltop site, we display the latest five stories from thirty or more sites on a single page — we call this “single-page aggregation.”

You can think of an Alltop site as a “dashboard,” “table of contents,” or even a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points — they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. In this way, our goal is the “cessation of Internet stagnation.”

Cool stuff. And I’m still amazed that this little blog that I started a little over a year ago is included. This is a result of my great readers! Thank you so much.

Speaking of my great readers, we are now averaging over 200 readers, and the projections seem to indicate we will be at somewhere over 300 by the August; maybe as soon as June! You people rock! Keep sending friends this way and linking to SYWTT.

Other sites on the list include:

In other news, Mister Teacher and Dick Vitale have posted their own “online magazine stand” over at Learn Me Good. The 162nd Carnival of Education “March Mathness Edition” is up and running. I like how he added my site at the very bottom of the list. That may be because of all the things I wrote about Mister Teacher on the wall in the bathroom stall…

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GravatarThursday, March 13th, 2008 (6:59am Central)
Pat writes:

I was so thrilled to see so many blogs that I follow on that list. Congrats on making the list! You deserve it!

GravatarThursday, March 13th, 2008 (7:25am Central)
Betty writes:

Congratulations Joel. Your blog rocks. By the way, I love the magazine rack picture above. You have given me a lot of links to check out today.
Betty

GravatarThursday, March 13th, 2008 (8:14am Central)
Angela Maiers writes:

Joel, This is a great list, and I am honored to be among these fellow bloggers! Great post, and thanks for spreading the Alltop news!

GravatarThursday, March 13th, 2008 (12:09pm Central)
Mister Teacher writes:

It’s cuz you said I smell like mothballs. . .

hehehe

GravatarThursday, March 13th, 2008 (6:05pm Central)
Bill Beck writes:

Congratulations!!! You have been nominated for a 2007 Best Of Blog Award!! Especially designed to bring attention to lower profile bloggers, The BoB’s as we like to call them are currently taking nominations in over 20 different categories. To find out more about how your site has a chance to become one of this year’s Best Of’s and how to nominate other bloggers, visit us at http://www.thebestofblogs.com. Remember voting begins April 14th so make sure you pass the word to your friends, family, and faithful followers.

Sincerely,
Bill Beck
Project Mgr.
The Best Of Blog Awards
Email:Bloggerbeck@aol.com

GravatarFriday, March 14th, 2008 (8:19am Central)
Miss Profe writes:

Mad props, Joel, for making the list. Two of my favorite blogs - yours and Doug Noon’s Borderland - made the list. Although I don’t quite get the concept of Kawasaki’s concept, he apparently appreciates what it is you are doing.:)

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GravatarSunday, March 16th, 2008 (6:05pm Central)
Joel writes:

Thanks to all of you for your comments! I am excited about this, and looking forward to seeing what kind of traffic this brings in. I also have found a bunch of other great blogs to check out…

GravatarMonday, March 17th, 2008 (4:40pm Central)
Chad L. (IMC Guy) writes:

This is a great site. I hope I don’t spend too much time there. I’m happy some of the blogs I follow are listed.

Congrats on making the cut!

By the way, weren’t you going to make me a new title for my blog page??

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GravatarThursday, March 20th, 2008 (8:41am Central)
Joel writes:

Chad. Yes. I am out of town right now. Email me and bug me about it. I will get it this week. You ought to fill out your bracket for March Mathness!