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Following Tyler Cowen, Ezra Klein states that of 140 blogs he subscribes to, he regularly reads only 20 to 30. I use Bloglines to keep tabs on around 230 blogs, but the number that I actually read is somewhere in that 20 to 30 range also. Like some of the folks commenting on Ezra’s post, I deal with the “information overload” by periodically throwing them all away, marking them all as read so they disappear from the feed list. The conversations go on whether I tune in or not; the small stress-point of feeling like I have this list of stuff I should get around to reading falls away nicely when the unread item count disappears.
Over the next few days (or weeks (or months)), I’ll be adding links to this site for those blogs that I actually do make a point to read. It will give you some clues (but they’re only clues, mind you) to my beliefs, interests, and background, and to the kinds of writing and imagery that I find consistently enjoyable. Relatedly (!!), I’m working on a short “About the author” page; but I’ve discovered that I’m not so autobiographically inclined, so it’s hard to say when I might get around to finishing that.
Update:
I used to use Bloglines. I tried NewsGator a few weeks ago, and like it a lot. By accident, I stumbled across a beta version of the online reader last week, so have been testing it and posting feedback to one of their forums. The beta’s very nice, very snappy, has a great interface, and is a lot of fun to use. If you’re interested, browse through the NewsGator forums for additional information.
. I’m sorry to hear about plumbing problems at your house. I’m pretty sure that it is a quite distraction when you hope to be able to spend times on other interesting...