I usually check my email/facebook, then hubski, reddit, a couple of blogs to find any new posts, Quora, Hacker News, and Techcrunch (in something like that order). My preferred places to find things to read:
Quora is an open question forum. They send me a weekly newsletter of the "best" answers to questions asked that week (best I take to mean most voted on).
The Last Psychiatrist is an anonymous psychiatrist challenging you to forego narcissism, analyze your cultural context, and even change your behavior. I find that sharing his essays usually leads to interesting conversations, as long as someone gives his style a chance.
Hubski's tag #goodlongread for a variety of longer essays from a variety of Hubski users.
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What's your internet footprint?
I wake up, get out of bed and drag a comb across my head. I make my way downstairs and check my email, then I check Hubski, then I check Hubski analytics to see what's shaking in the world of referring sites. Then I read the news today, oh boy! NPR, The Economist, The Atlantic, TNR, Slate, The New Yorker and sometimes The New York Times. Then I post anything I think is interesting to Hubski, for example say the english army had just won the war...
Then I patiently wait....
BAM.. there's a Hubski comment from lil or humanodon or flagamuffin that I reply to about how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.... and so on.