Ah, Google Reader, where would I be without you? As with other parts of 23 Things, I'm using my existing Google Reader for this, since it's already over-subscribed! The only trouble with it is that it's attached to a different online identity, but the screencap gives you an idea of how it's set up:

As you can see, I've got lots of folders there, and expanding just one of them will give you an idea why:

And that's just the library blogs. Trust me, the Fun Stuff folder fills up much more quickly!

My method of using Google Reader is to open everything that interests me, ignore everything that doesn't, then go back in 5 minute breaks during the day and have a look at the tabs I've opened. If they're interesting, I read them or save them to my Delicious account for reference. If they're not, then I just close the tab. Yes, it takes time, but I gather all kinds of random pieces of information from places, and I pick up all kinds of tips and tricks.

My favourite feeds at the moment are Lifehacker, which is a selection of tips and tricks for just about everything, the O'Reilly Radar blog and the Unclutter blog, which is more of a dream world than a reality for me, however hard I try! The best thing about Google Reader is the organisation, but the second best is definitely the search box. I love being able to just roughly type in what I want and let Google do the hard work for me. Since I move from computer to computer all the time, I need something web-based to store these things, so it suits me down to the ground. The only thing I don't like is that it marks the first n posts of a new feed as unread. After my orgy of Following yesterday, the number of unread posts nearly gave me a heart attack. The 'mark all as read' button is definitely my friend at that point!