It seems like there is a certain type of website that portrays “quality”. The way it is design and the content is what leads to this portrayal of quality. It is what makes it rational for me to spend time visiting the site and absorbing what it says. These sites are placed alongside NPR and The New York Times in the quality scale. These two sites are high up on the quality scale.

Subtraction by Khoi Vinh
This site is great and features design related writing along with some great stories, thoughts, and observations about life.

The Morning News
With a diverse group of writers this site features some great essays mixed in with headlines and digests.

In my opinion we are seeing to much sharing and republishing of links and images on the web. Sites like these offer a nice substitute and provide some personal writing. The only problem I can see is that people don’t have time to read the sometime lengthy articles, but if its well written and you have an interest in what is being said, you can make time. Thanks to these two sites for what they have provided to myself and countless other readers.