Ovi has seen many interesting blogs over the past two years and we would like to share with you some of our favourites. You will find blogs in many languages within our iBlog directory and they encompass a wide range of subjects each offering a diverse opinion, which doesn't always agree with our own point of view.

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Alex Ross has been the music critic of The New Yorker since 1996. His first book, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, won a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Guardian First Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has also published an essay collection, Listen to This. Ross has received an Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Belmont Prize in Germany, and a MacArthur Fellowship. A native of Washington DC, he lives in Manhattan and is married to the filmmaker Jonathan Lisecki.

Hi, I'm Stephanie - an American artist/ illustrator living abroad in Europe. I love to travel, make collages, and interview artists and other creative people.

Tony was born way back in the crazy, far out, groovy sixties; ’62 in fact…That’s him over to the left. He currently lives with the four people inside his head, somewhere in Australia. His Hobbies are Arthritis and Medication. Was once in the Television Industry as a Cameraman/Editor for well over 20 years. Cartooning and Drawing is something Tony’s been doing naturally on-and-off ever since he could walk, but nothing professional, just doddles for Family and Friends; that is, until in 2004 he decided to give Cartooning a full-time red-hot go ( the silly fool! ), and he’s never looked back; partly due to the Arthritis in his neck.

Bicycle Design is the place for thoughts and discussion about industrial design in the bicycle industry. It’s a place for real bicycle lovers!

A refrigerator for my Artwork.

Kevin, the creator of this blog from Toronto Canada: “I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! Now I spend my free time searching for and trying tasty new recipes.”

I'm a writer and illustrator. I combine the two by working in comics and I'm lucky enough to write pictures and draw stories for a living.

I'm Dan Meyer. I taught high school math for six years to students who in many cases did not like high school math. I'm currently a doctoral candidate at Stanford University in the field of math education. I speak internationally and work with textbook publishers, helping them transition from print to digital media. I was named one of Tech & Learning's 30 Leaders of the Future and an Apple Distinguished Educator. I live in Mountain View, CA.

I am a very youthful 70 years old. I own land and work hard. I built my own 4 bedroom house with a little help from my friends and I still regularly use a chain saw, fell weed trees and chop firewood. I keep fit by working hard and I also love dancing. If I am not out dancing I am at home, not anything old fashioned like waltzes, lol. I am a freestyler.

I read a lot, love photography and going to places I haven’t been to before. I have travelled extensively all over the world to more than 30 countries and lived in 6 different countries. I have 2 children, both girls and both happy with long term partners. I became a grandmother in 2012.  I can’t say the same for myself. I seem to be unlucky with men. I am very warm and affectionate with the ‘right’ person. I have New Age leanings, but not over the top. I am a Gnostic, so I don’t follow any religion. Religion is for those who are lost and can’t rely on their conscience to guide them. Yes, I am different from most people, especially women my age.

Officially I am currently fifty nine, I live in Barcelona and I have three children - a boy (Morgan) and two girls (Sara and Andrea). If I were pinned down in a corner and had for once to say what I was - as opposed to who I am - I suppose I would say I was an 'economist', although this is a destiny that most of the people who know me well would say I had spent the better part of my life trying to avoid. Pinning it down even further I would probably say I was a macroeconomist (since I have to say that microeconomics has always bored me - almost to tears, and indeed almost to the point of failing my first degree - which is curious since I notice that the vast majority of popular weblogs deal precisely with micro topics. Evidently either most people have understood something which I have failed to grasp, or the opposite is the case. Filling-in that little box which asks "how would you describe yourself (maximum 50 words)" has always being something of a problem for me. In fact I have the feeling that as soon as someone tries to put a label on me I am already struggling loose trying to escape from it. Perhaps the best commendation to my work was made by my old school headmaster who, in one of those endless termly reports, got right to the heart of things: 'is he trying to prove that any fool can miss a bus?' He was definitely right; I seem to have spent the best part of half a century becoming a specialist in missing busses.

Throughout the last decade, Kings of A&R has helped hundreds of artists worldwide land licensing deals, endorsements,  publishing deals, and major record deals with companies including Disney, Lava, Atlantic Records, Universal, Warner Brothers, EMI, Epic, Virgin, Republic, J Records, Island Def Jam, Wind-Up, Roadrunner, Mercury, Interscope, A&M Octone, Glassnote, Columbia, RCA, and various indie labels.

Kings of A&R has been recognized as a music industry leader by UK’s Financial Times, CNN, Billboard Magazine, Spin Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as daily newspapers around the world. Kings of A&R is operated and owned by Dean Cramer who has worked and consulted for major & indie music labels as well as artist management firms.

Married to my best friend for over 20 years. Mom to three wonderful (most of the time) kids: Artist Girl, age 21, Guitar Teen, age 18 and Wrestling Fan, age 14. This is a blog about the educational experience of a middle school teacher. While this blog is mostly on educational topics, I do also share things about life outside of the classroom. Occasionally, I accept guest posts, very rarely do reviews of websites or products. However, I'm not opposed to accepting a free trip to Disneyland for my husband and myself. True Fact: My husband, who is 50 years old & has lived in California his whole entire life, has never been to Disneyland. I believe that a free trip just might change that & help him to discover what he has been missing all these years!

Nina Dahlbäck is editor for the Finnish Swedish language paper “Vasabladet”. A social scientist who has wrote a dissertation on the language politicians use when communicating with journalists and voters. Therefore, she is somehow allergic to a certain kind of dazzling imagery.

Erica Domesek founder of the innovative do-it-yourself (DIY) lifestyle brand P.S.- I made this...is a distinguished design and style expert living and creating in New York City. Her ultimate goal is to inspire and encourage her audience to embrace the concept of “I see it. I like it. I make it.” Born from Erica’s passion for hand-making stylish objects and accessories that make everyday life more beautiful P.S. – I made this... launched as a website in 2009. Shortly thereafter Elle Magazine dubbed Erica “Fashion’s Queen of DIY”. The website features DIY projects, accompanied by bold inspiration collages and simple step-by-step how-to’s. P.S.– I made this encourages followers to cultivate their inner-creativity and embrace the ever-growing DIY phenomenon.

Have you seen a truly awful piece of Photoshop work? Clumsy manipulation, senseless comping, lazy cloning and thoughtless retouching are our bread and butter. And yes, deep down, we love Photoshop.

Although I am hopeless at replying to email, be assured that each and every tip is followed up.

Welcome to the new RogerEbert.com, the world’s preeminent destination for movie criticism, commentary and community. It is with a mix of great sadness and genuine excitement that we bring you this new site, the product of a two-year collaboration between Ebert Digital, run by Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert and Josh Golden, and web development partner Table XI. Roger was an innovator in so many ways. From democratizing movie criticism and bringing it to a more mainstream audience, to publishing his reviews to Compuserve at the dawn of the Internet, Roger was always pushing the envelope. It was a great challenge to develop a product that would meet his exacting standards, but he loved the site when he last saw it, and we’ll do our best to continue to develop something he’d be proud of.
Over the coming months, we’ll add content and features to the site, including an enhanced version of Roger’s fan club, the Ebert Club, integrated mobile apps, and broader inclusion of video on the site. In the meantime, we hope you’ll enjoy this collection of more than four decades’ worth of content written by Roger and his handpicked team of collaborators, searchable and explorable like never before.

According to its writers, The Ultimate Movie Reaction Site! A blog all about cinema and movies with movie trailers, movie reviews and all new movie previews.

Professor Czinkota created this blog in the fall of 2009 to serve the dissemination and discussion of his research and thoughts on International Business.  The content ranges from thought provoking cartoons (the Daily Iconoclast), journal articles, video interview segments called Thoughts on International Business, Marketing, and Strategy, book excerpts, and discussion pieces. Just in case you appear on the jeopardy show, there are also occasional international trivia questions for your exploration.

We're always on the hunt for good people in the Seattle/Tacoma area to adopt our fosters. If you are thinking about adding a kitten or two to your life, drop us a line and tell us a little bit about yourself. We'll let you know when we're ready to set appointments for meet and greets.

Everything you need to know about the South Africa FIFA 2010 World Cup, from inside South Africa for fans coming to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Information on events, news and information about visiting South Africa for the World Cup.

I am an architect seeking to reach out to the community and have a conversation about architects and architecture. I feel the best way to educate people about architects is to talk about it in a simple frank manner, like I am having a conversation. Architects tend to think about things differently than most people. What we are passionate about or what we notice is often unique to ourselves. The way we work and approach problems in partially rooted in our education, but I believe more in our personalities. Therefore, we are often misunderstood. My goal is to share my thoughts and invite the thoughts of my fellow architects to explore and share how architects think. Maybe it will help one more person value architecture and perhaps appreciate architects better. Hopefully, you’ll be inspired to hire one for your project.

I have generally posted four to six times a month. Topics range from my observations, things to ponder about architecture or something specific I am attempting to teach. Every post asks questions and invites readers to share their opinions, thoughts and comments. I usually share my strong opinions and the basis for them, but I also believe we can all learn from each other. If you enjoy what you read, please share it with others through your favourite social media. To describe myself, I am an architect, adjunct professor, husband, dad, follower of Christ, photographer and deep thinker.

Well informed, contemporary music and a lot of videos.

A blog with space and astronomy news.