Feed readers make me a bit sad

I use Bloglines for my feedreader.  It does it's job very well, allows me to consolidate all my favorite feeds in one place and it's certainly convenient and keeps me updated.  But somehow I really hate using it and when I come upon a well designed blog that I love, I always feel a twinge of sadness at having to add it to my feed reader.  Feeds are ugly. 

I think one of the great appeals of reading a blog is also the design work that accompanies the content.  I suppose this is because I'm a designer and I really appreciate the personality associated with the design work of someones blog or website.  I get pleasure in viewing the "stuff" not just the words displayed on a reader.  Yes yes... I know I can access the actual blog from the reader but somehow I just don't manage to that as often as I'd like.

I thought I'd journey out of my feedreader to visit some favorite blogs... not just because of their written content but because some blogs should be experienced.

Another Shade of Gray
Cult Design
Color + Design by Colorlovers
Debbie Millman
Design Observer
Designer's Who Blog
GraphicPush
Josh Spear
Nordic Design Blog
Veerle's Blog

Comments

[Igor Polyakov]

Thanks for mention of NDB! Sorry for rare commenting, you know how is busy I am, but I use Vienna for reading feeds, and your feed as well. This app is not so bad, at least it shows images in the posts.