For me it's very helpful to print out papers and read them with a pen in hand, away from my computer. Papers tend to be dense and require a level of focus that

For me it's very helpful to print out papers and read them with a pen in hand, away from my computer. Papers tend to be dense and require a level of focus that (I at least) cannot maintain when reading on a screen. It helps as well to able to easily take notes and annotate the paper.