Blogging has evolved from hobby of basement-dwellers to corporate mandate, shedding new light on previously guarded niches, subjects and industries - including the mysterious world of accounting.

From this new bounty of opinion and expert Web sites, Accounting Today has chosen 10 of our favorite accounting-related bloggers, for their authority, frequency of posting, ease of read, and scope. Our picks range from the technical to the sardonic, and every HTML tag in between. While some are newcomers, others are practically grizzled veterans, having published informal missives as far back as 2006 - practically Jurassic times.

There are, of course, bloggers with impressive archives that most accountants already have firmly positioned on their Google Reader. For the purpose of this list, we've excluded those more-well-known URLs in favor of highlighting the somewhat-less-heard voices of the blogosphere. But just in case you somehow missed them, here's a short list of bloggers and blogs you should already know (or immediately add to your RSS feeds):

Michelle Golden (Golden Practices; http://goldenmarketing.typepad.com)

Paul Caron (TaxProf; http://taxprof.typepad.com)

Caleb Newquist (Going Concern; http://goingconcern.com)

Rick Telberg (CPA Trendlines; http://cpatrendlines.com)

Francine McKenna (re: The Auditors; http://retheauditors.com)

David Albrecht (The Summa; http://profalbrecht.wordpress.com)

Tax Policy Center (Tax Vox; http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org)

Tax Foundation (Tax Policy; www.taxfoundation.org /blog)

Tom Hood and Bill Sheridan (CPA Success; www.cpasuccess.com)

Once you've caught up with them, here are 10 more that we think are worth watching:

Jason Blumer

Blumer CPAs/THRIVEal

http://blumercpas.com/blog

http://thriveal.com

While Blumer serves up inspirational quotes and advice on the blog of his firm, Blumer & Associates CPAs, he also contributes to the blog of the THRIVEal+CPA Network, which he founded as a place for younger, "cloud people" accountants who have embraced new technology. Blumer's first post dates back to October 2007: a link to his father's own blog post announcing retirement. Since taking the reins of his firm, Blumer has sought out the advice of fellow Generation X firm owners, inviting them to contribute guest posts and video messages on the "accountancy revolution," about which Blumer recently posted a discussion-provoking six-part dissertation.

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