I read my magazines in a very specific way. (Yes, I still read print magazines on occassion. Man cannot live on RSS feeds alone!). I find it takes at least 3 reads to glean everything I want from each month's issue. I usually do this over a week or more, returning to the magazine again and again as the mood strikes me.

First, I flip through the magazine looking at headlines, pictures and advertisements that catch my eye. Next, I do a more careful page-by-page read from front to back. Finally, and most importantly, I flip through the magazine from back to front. It never fails that I find something interesting I had missed on the previous "reads." It seems silly, but I find some very interesting information this way.

I wonder if it would work with web sites and blogs. Hmm...I'm going to have to try that. Scroll to the bottom and work my way up.

All this is really doing is forcing you to pay attention to those pages you normally skip due to fatigue. If you always start at the front, by the time you get to the back, you are not paying as close attention and miss good material.

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