where to begin with newsreaders...

that's mostly how i feel when i try to look at newreaders that should be easy and informative, but inevitably feel overwhelming to me - i just don't know where to begin. i started to list how i felt about feedster, topix, syndic8, technorati, and google blog search, but scrapped that for this opinion about all of them- too busy, too many ads and too mainstream. now, maybe i'm not giving them enough time or credit. but i'm not interested in something that doesn't have an immediate aesthetic appeal for me. the exception may be google blog search. that seems pretty straight forward but i rarely look just for blogs.

i usually find new blogs or sites by looking at the sites that are referred to on my favorite sites.

i like Current. it is a TV channel / website, created by Al Gore, that has news stories from several different sources submitted by users. in the spirit of web 2.0, it works in collaboration with its users. the site includes lots of pods created and submitted by its members. you don't have to be a member to see all of the great stuff though. and, you don't have to watch tv. you don't even have to watch pods, because there is enough interesting and relevant news submitted through links and comments.