I am using Getting Things Done, an Outlook add-in that helps you organize your inbox and your tasks.  It provides a disciplined process for organizing yourself.  David Allen has a blog and writes about getting things done at "the salon..."  BTW, I use NewGator and have just discovered that Feedster allows you to create feeds from searches of the blogging community.  That way you can narrow your reading a bit by using focused searches on only those topics that interest you.  Check it out!