This tag is a reference to reading, writing, thinking etc. speed for productivity.
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How can I speed up my coding?
I am currently studying Informatics and Computer Science. Cause I know there are quite a lot of programmers here on SE, I would like to ask for advice on speeding up my coding.
First, a brief ...
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Reading a book a week
I want to try to read a book a week for 12 weeks beginning this summer. I have already began collecting recommendations for which books to read, and I will refine the list at some point, to get the ...
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Free and simple speed reading software?
Many years ago I did a 5-day speed reading course. At the time, my reading speed (paper, not screen) went from 200ish words a minute to between 1100 and 1250 wpm. It was fantastic. Comprehension ...
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Speed Reading: Spreeder vs ReadFa.st [closed]
I've been starting to learn to speed read, and two very different softwares that teach differently. Which is more effective and easily used when putting these tactics offline? The flash reading (one ...
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Good last hour gift ideas for friends or family? [closed]
What would be some innovative or useful gift ideas when you have only very limited time to eg: go buy, build, or compose ?
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Does breathing air with an increased percentage of oxygen make you more productive?
Does breathing air with an increased percentage of oxygen make you more productive?
If the brain requires oxygen to function properly, does that mean that breathing air with an increased level of ...
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How to schedule your time in a crisis?
You have 4 months until the university admission exam. You forgot most of the stuff you will be tested (from 3 years of not using the concepts) and your only possibility of reviewing the forgotten ...
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Speed reading drills on a rehearsed text
How effective is it to integrate the rehearsal of a text with speed reading it?
I ask this because when I was taking the course Breakthrough Speedreading, a common routine for getting speed was to ...
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I want to track pages of book read per day
I am try Beeminder but it is not apprpropriate tool to page tracker. Can we have tool which is free and I can use it to increase my reading speed? Can I track my pages read something like velocity? I ...
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Does Readfa.st actually help you learn to speed read?
I just came across a site called Readfa.st.
It has this way of getting you to learn to read fast by hiding the text you're not supposed to be reading.
Apparently, it'll teach you to slowly learn to ...
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Experiences of PhotoReading
I'm curious to know if there are people that actually have experience with the PhotoReading system?
PhotoReading is a reading system that claims that you can read at a speed of 25,000 words a minute ...
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How to stop vocalization habit in reading
Voicing the words,as you write or read...How to stop it?
It wastes a lot of energy, and limits the speed....
any other tricks than singing... cause I also need to comprehend the matter
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Does speed reading work well with reading non-native language?
My native language is Serbian, but from my early age I started to learn English. And now, when I am a programmer I read almost all stuff in English (stuff for college, books, internet stuff, movies, ...
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Speed reading technique ebook
Which ebook would you recommend to learn speed reading techniques, to improve reading speed and understanding?
(ebook, preferred for Kindle, as I don't want printed version - easier to buy overseas)
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Long term effect of learning speed reading
A few years ago I learned to speed read, but in recent years I'm using it less and less. Maybe because it didn't bring me what it promised: same or even better comprehension and speed.
Did you get ...
