Do you guys use speed reading techniques?
Silentio: I don't speed read per se, but I have developed some techniques that help me digest what I need to digest when reading an assignment (I'm in grad school and the amount of reading assigned is obscene).I love to read, and when I read for fun I start at the beginning and read to the end.  This doesn't work when you have 500 pages to read spread across 4 classes.Assuming you know what book you're reading and why you are reading it, and that you've gone through the table of contents so you know the shape of the book, let's say you're starting a new chapter:Read the intro
Read the conclusion
*Read section headings and topic paragraphs
-Hopefully now you know where you need to read more carefully and what you can skimSometimes you'll get sucked into what you are reading because it is so damn interesting.  You could view this as negative, but I think that is positive.  If you are really loving what you're reading, you're going to learn it better than you will if you don't care.Anyway, I've given some thought to bondafide speed reading, but the above works well for me when I need to get through a bunch of pages and know I need to learn it well.edit:  I've gone back and read your question, sorry if my post response wasn't what you were looking for at all.