Since i've started blogging, i'm faced with a strange paradox that came to me as i wrote my earlier post.  On the one hand, i feel i've broadened my interests and reading, through subscriptions in my news aggregators (i use Sharpreader and the inbuilt Radio News Aggregator).  On the other, i feel that i have cut out many more 'delights' through my dependency on RSS feeds.  And in a sense narrowed my reading to what's available through RSS.  Because its easy and its in your face.

I feel i have depth in my subscriptions on social software, blogs and blogging and areas related to knowledge management.  I have a few  favourites in creativity and innovation, some others that relate to marketing.  I've found little to excite me in the areas of market research or qualitative research really - anyone know of any interesting blogs or sites with RSS feeds in this area ?

Sometimes i am bored seeing the same stuff recycled in my aggregator.  At other times i enjoy reading different takes on a specific issue.  Still, i want more width - spanning different categories and areas of interest.  I use Feedster to search blogs on categories that interest me - and only a few days ago signed up with PubSub.  Still they donot make my search as simple as i want.   I still have to wade through pages - and sift out the gems.

What i'd really like is an aggregator of aggregators - let me explain this in my non-techie way - a place where i could go to - punch in something like 'dessert recipes' or something more dynamic like 'ecological imbalance' - and i'd then get a list of sites/blogs that have them - with a little RSS feed button by the side of each.  So i don't really have to wade through a whole lot everytime i want an update on the topic. And if there was a rating or ranking system attached to the feed, better still. 

Something like Wikipedia with RSS feeds too would be great.

I think i am so garbled - just me struggling with the paradox - and dreaming :)

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