While this is sort-of related, I've been trying to increase my reading speed for awhile now after noticing that since spending most of my time on the computer,

While this is sort-of related, I've been trying to increase my reading speed for awhile now after noticing that since spending most of my time on the computer, I rarely if ever read books anymore. This is a pretty large shift, considering a few years ago, I did little else but read books constantly, and at relative speed; finishing several books a week. I picked up on the speed-reading method[1] where I first read about on NP[2]. Basically, you read quicker in chunks and don't use subvocalization[3], which we all do involuntarily. I've found better success by reading in progressively-sped-up chunks; I comprehend the information better this way and find I spend too much time thinking if I'm subvocalizing or not with the second method. Of course, the best thing would be to spend less time reading from and using the computer, and more time actually reading IRL. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading [2]: http://www.nuclearphynance.com/Show%20Post.aspx?PostIDKey=130044 http://www.nuclearphynance.com/Show%20Post.aspx?PostIDKey=13... [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization