Every single morning I wake up to a huge amount of posts in my feed reader. Here is how I manage it.
First, I make use of Google Reader and NetNewsWire. NetNewsWire hooks into my Google Reader account and keeps it in sync. Google Reader is great, but NetNewsWire adds a level of polish to my primary computer.
Secondly, I have an Instapaper account that saves web pages to “Read Later”.
My morning ritual involves me quickly scanning through my NetNewsReader. If I see an article that is long and in-depth that I’m interested in, I don’t read it then, I instead hit the keyboard shortcut to “Add to Instapaper” (or use a bookmarklet if I’m not on my primary computer).
The only articles I read in the a feed reader are short blurbs or equally quick reads. Everything else goes into Instapaper.
Periodically, when I have 15 minutes free, I’ll check for something to read in my instapaper account.
Doing this prevents me from spending 2 hours in the morning getting caught up with RSS feeds or, alternatively, missing a great article.
