{"id":259,"date":"2009-10-09T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2013-05-06T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T16:14:57","slug":"speed-reading-and-self-inflicted-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Speed reading and self-inflicted ADD"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the better things I learned how to do was speed read. Combine that with a mild case of insomnia, too many magazine subscriptions, and a book-a-week habit and I’m pretty sure I’ve given myself ADD. Or ADHD-PI (ADHD predominantly inattentive) ifya’ want to be technical about it.<\/a><\/p>\n

The good thing is that I retain most of what I read.\u00a0 Ask me where I left my car keys, though, and I can’t help you.<\/p>\n

Over time I’ve gradually increased my reading speed to where it is now. According to a basic speed reading test at Speed Reading Soft’s site<\/a> I clock in at 1050 WPM. Retention was somewhere around 90%. Another site, How Fast Do you Read<\/a>, has me at their max of 850-900 WPM with a similar retention score.<\/p>\n

If you want to see what it’s like when I read, go to Spreeder.com<\/a> and click on the SETTINGS button. Change the words per minute to 950 and press the play button. That looks about right.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, this is a list of all the magazines I subscribe to as of 2008<\/del> <\/del> <\/del><\/del> 2009<\/del> <\/del> <\/del>2010<\/del> (update: November 2011)<\/strong>. Some of these magazines have gone out of business since I started getting them but most still trickle in every week.<\/p>\n

The ones that consistently get my attention are New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal (daily paper), New Scientist (although they seem to have dumbed it down recently), Chain Drug Review, Sport Diver, Rolling Stone, Food Business News, Wired, Gun Tests, Motor Cyclist, Fortune, and Muscle and Fitness.<\/p>\n

Most magazines are donated to the business where I work when I’m done with them. The rest are recycled as part of this city’s weekly services.<\/p>\n

——–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Cop
\nAmerican Handgunner
\nAntiques
\nAOPA Flight Training
\nAuto Week (AW)
\nAutomobile
\nBass Player
\nBlender
\nBoating
\nBTN (Business Travel News)
\nCar & Driver
\nCasino Journal
\nChain Drug Review
\nComputer Shopper
\nCruise Travel
\nCSQ (C-Suite Quarterly)
\nDime (not Spanish – It’s Dime like nickel and…)
\nDiving and Resorts (PADI)
\nEbony
\nEGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly)
\nEntertainment Weekly
\nEntrepreneur
\nEsquire
\nField & Stream
\nFlorida Travel and Life
\nFood Business News
\nForbes
\nFortune
\nGames for Windows
\nGQ
\nGuitar Player
\nGun Tests
\nGuns
\nGuns and Ammo
\nHHMi Bulletin (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
\nHispanic Business
\nHollywood Reporter
\nHome Entertainment
\nINC
\nInformation week
\nInternet Retailer
\nInterview
\nJet
\nKiplinger’s<\/td>\n		Islands
\nKitplanes
\nLog Home Living
\nMacWorld
\nMaxim
\nMen’s Health
\nMen’s Journal
\nMMR (Mass Market Retailers)
\nModern Painter
\nMoney
\nMotor Cyclist
\nMotor Trend
\nMuscle and Fitness
\nNew Scientist
\nNew Yorker
\nNylon
\nOpera News
\nPaste
\nPC Magazine (now out of business)
\nPoder
\nPopular Science
\nPsychology Today
\nReady Made
\nReal Estate Forum
\nReal Estate New York
\nRedmond
\nRifle Shooter
\nRolling Stone
\nSD Times
\nShot Business
\nSound + Vision
\nSouthern Boating
\nSpin
\nSport Diver
\nSports Illustrated
\nSurfing
\nSystems Management News
\nTire Business
\nThe Trail Rider
\nUS News and World Report
\nThe Wall Street Journal (daily paper)
\nWatch!
\nWebsite Magazine
\nWired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

EDIT 06 \/ 01 \/ 2010<\/strong> : Added some that were missing : American Cop, Watch!, Poder, Sports Illustrated and HHMi Bulletin (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)<\/p>\n

EDIT 11 \/ 12 \/ 2010<\/strong> : Added some more that were missing : Fortune, INC, Modern Painter, The Wall Street Journal (daily paper), and Money.<\/p>\n

EDIT 12 \/ 03 \/ 2010<\/strong> : Added CSQ (C-Suite Quarterly)<\/p>\n

EDIT 12 \/ 13 \/ 2010<\/strong> : Added Entertainment Weekly and Internet Retailer<\/p>\n

EDIT 11 \/ 02 \/ 2011<\/strong> : Added Casino Journal<\/p>\n

EDIT 11 \/ 14 \/ 2011<\/strong> : Added Bass Player, Guitar Player<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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