I use Google Reader to read about 200 feeds. But I've ruthlessly pruned anyone that a) took too much absolute time (high volume, long posts - ie big news sites

I use Google Reader to read about 200 feeds. But I've ruthlessly pruned anyone that a) took too much absolute time (high volume, long posts - ie big news sites without targeted content) b) too low signal to noise ratio (typically from someone that writes one popular posts that's a little outside their main topics) - Stuff White People like was on this - funny, not that funny, repetitive, too often. If it was once a week, I would have read it. I read (see) probably 50 posts a day - anything more than that and I go back and prune some. I spend maybe 1-2 hours a day reading. It's my equivalent of watching TV. Here are the main categories: Must reads - the Yegges, Grahams, Mosers, etc High volume, quick reads - FAIL blog, Seth Godin High volume, useful but not always great - SvN, CodingHorror, Joel Low volume - product blogs, occasional bloggers