I don't follow any blogs like TechCruch, but here are my favorites (mostly UI, Web, and Python related):

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/al3x

http://www.azarask.in/blog/feed/

http://bokardo.com/feed/atom/

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/chrismahon

http://diveintomark.org/feed/

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/garrettdimoncom

http://jacobian.org/feed/

http://www.holovaty.com/rss/

http://feeds.feedburner.com/JohnResig

http://minima.soup.io/rss

http://joegrossberg.com/paulgraham.rss

http://www.randsinrepose.com/index.xml

http://feeds.simonwillison.net/swn-everything

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/atom.xml

http://feeds.feedburner.com/b-list-entries

http://python-history.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

http://zedshaw.com/feed.xml

I prefer to run into good articles, instead of chasing them down. RSS feeds and blog following can drain time fairly quickly; better search for what I want, if it's important enough it will find me.

Books are also generally far superior for those who want to learn or develop themselves.

http://www.phoronix.com/ http://www.groklaw.net/ http://arstechnica.com/

Phoronix can be a good source of updates on a wide variety of software and hardware, and is the source of the biggest Linux benchmark suite, but can sometimes be shallow and dull. Groklaw is always insightful and informative. Ars is usually good, particularly Nobel Intent, but it is starting to drift into the realm of sensationalism.

These are my absolute favorite tech news sources...whether they're blogs or news sites: (yes, Techcrunch is included): BBC News | Technology Bits BusinessWeek.com -- Technology CNN.com - Technology Dvorak Uncensored Engadget Forbes.com Technology News FT.com - IT Gizmodo Guardian Tech Hacker News guardian.co.uk Lifehacker Mashable! Mixergy PaidContent.org PR2.0 Read/WriteWeb Silicon Alley Insider Springwise TechCrunch Techmeme TechRadar TechRepublic Blogs Telegraph Technology The iPhone Blog The Next Web VentureBeat

Here's an OPML file of the lot http://drop.io/s2z7plk

Wired Top Stories Lifehacker http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/ PG Essays http://www.techstars.org/ Seth's Blog - some brilliant marketing nuggets in there Dilbert - of course http://www.startbreakingfree.com/ - takes you through step by step as this guy built several sites from the ground up. http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/ Mashable Smashing Magazine http://www.collegemogul.com http://carsonified.com/ TED Videos http://www.ted.com/talks/browse The Register (El Reg) http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://wealthpilgrim.com/ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/

This is great. I posted a similar thread comment a few days ago on websites and RSS feeds. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=745260 But this is a really great list for someone looking for new content.

I basically start here: http://web20.originalsignal.com/

It has Techcrunch, Mashable, Read/Write Web, Center Networks and some fun sites with betas and Web 2.0 news.

Here's a big list of great tech websites and blogs that are worth subscribing.

http://www.labnol.org/websites/

I read Hacker News to get a mashup of the web, it's better than digg or stumbleupon. When I'm bored I read Techcrunch or Tweetmeme.

Hacker News.

Because you guys separate the wheat from the chaff.

I enjoy Gruber's Daring Fireball. http://daringfireball.net/