My technique for this is to split up my feeds into 2 folders (in Google Reader): Blogs and News/Misc.
Blogs are pretty self explanatory currently the list is at 15 but I actively add and remove. List has never been above 20 and never below 10.
New/Misc are my high volume ones. WSJ, CNN, Hacker News, Lifehacker, are just a taste. I keep this list hovering around 10 feeds.
I keep my blogs read and skim my high volume ones when I have breaks like lunch at the desk for 30 mins. I skim headlines and read probably 5 "long" articles a day. This system works well enough for me.
Blogs are pretty self explanatory currently the list is at 15 but I actively add and remove. List has never been above 20 and never below 10.
New/Misc are my high volume ones. WSJ, CNN, Hacker News, Lifehacker, are just a taste. I keep this list hovering around 10 feeds.
I keep my blogs read and skim my high volume ones when I have breaks like lunch at the desk for 30 mins. I skim headlines and read probably 5 "long" articles a day. This system works well enough for me.