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Lord of the Rings: The Experience
lotr  memory  fantasy  reading 
10 weeks ago by andrewducker
I now have regular reading for the bus home every evening.
links  viaSwampers  reading  information 
may 2016 by andrewducker
Boys do better in reading than girls - if told that it's a game
gender  reading  children 
may 2016 by andrewducker
Dixyslea
reading  brain  viaElfy 
march 2016 by andrewducker
You hear a voice in your head when you're reading, right?
reading  psychology  experience 
february 2016 by andrewducker
Switching to ebooks causes a 25% increase in reading for boys
ebooks  reading  children 
february 2016 by andrewducker
Speed Reading Promises Are Too Good to Be True
speed  reading 
january 2016 by andrewducker
So You Want To Read The Bible
bible  religion  reading 
july 2015 by andrewducker
A Reading List for New Lib Dems
libdem  reading 
may 2015 by andrewducker
I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me
reading  race 
february 2015 by andrewducker
My child only rereads sci-fi and fantasy: how can I get him to read new books?
books  reading  viaJennieRigg  scifi 
august 2014 by andrewducker
Reading Harry Potter makes children less bigoted
lgbt  bigotry  harrypotter  children  reading 
july 2014 by andrewducker
Peter And Jane: The Lost Episodes (now with mythical oddness)
weird  reading 
july 2014 by andrewducker
Books, videos and other 'experiential products' provide same happiness boost as life experiences
Finally, proof that living in The Matrix will be awesome!
books  reading  experience  life  happiness 
july 2014 by andrewducker
Same genes drive mathematics and reading ability
genetics  reading  mathematics 
july 2014 by andrewducker
Seth McFarlane is matching the next $1,000,000 of donations to Reading Rainbow
reading  kickstarter  CrowdFunding  viaSkreidle 
june 2014 by andrewducker
Movie Scripts Ranked by Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
movies  reading  language  scripts 
may 2014 by andrewducker
Question For You: How Do You Decide Whether To Buy A Book? (For once, read the comments)
books  publishing  reading 
april 2014 by andrewducker
No home is complete without a reading net.
design  reading  books  library 
december 2013 by andrewducker
Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
libraries  books  reading  fiction  imagination  NeilGaiman 
october 2013 by andrewducker
Want To Read Others' Thoughts? Try Reading Literary Fiction
reading  psychology  emotions  fiction 
october 2013 by andrewducker
I frequently highlight text while I'm reading it. I didn't realise it was common...
reading  text  comic 
september 2013 by andrewducker
Is reading bedtime stories to children on the wane?
reading  children 
september 2013 by andrewducker
You won’t finish this article. (I did. But it wasn't easy.)
reading  internet 
june 2013 by andrewducker
Reading is for the love, not just for predetermined info gathering
reading 
april 2013 by andrewducker
Interesting stuff on gender differences in reading/maths abilities across different societies
reading  gender  mathematics 
march 2013 by andrewducker
The Serif Readability Myth
reading  font 
january 2013 by andrewducker
Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate
reading  literacy  StarWars 
october 2012 by andrewducker
How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read
reading  books  publishing  usa 
august 2012 by andrewducker
Turns out that giving children good books to read makes them, well, read.
education  books  reading 
june 2012 by andrewducker
I'm Giving Up Reading for a Year.
reading  satire  internet  blogging 
may 2012 by andrewducker
The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart
visualisation  reading  literature  books 
april 2012 by andrewducker
On the legality of "Readability"
I use "ReadItLater" for much the same task on my phone, and very handy it is too.
reading  copyright  readability 
april 2012 by andrewducker
Ursula K LeGuin on the continuing life of the book.
technology  ebooks  reading  books 
march 2012 by andrewducker
You've Probably Read Enough
reading  doing  motivation 
december 2011 by andrewducker
This illustrates nicely why I don't read the web without AdBlock, and preferably something to convert to all text
reading  web  advertising  EpicFail 
november 2011 by andrewducker
Is reading on the loo bad for you?
reading  toilet  science 
november 2011 by andrewducker
Are You Reading Too Much?
reading  einstein 
october 2011 by andrewducker
The Suck Fairy - when re-reading childhood favourites is a bad idea.
books  reading 
april 2011 by andrewducker
Becoming a vampire without being bitten: Reading expands our self-concepts.
reading  psychology  brains  community 
april 2011 by andrewducker
Absolutely fascinating article on the future of long-form journalism (i.e. 4000+ word articles)
journalism  news  reading 
march 2011 by andrewducker
One Genre to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them - why the BBC's focus on lit-fic puts people off reading.
books  reading  bbc  fantasy  horror  literature 
march 2011 by andrewducker
Kindle better for books, iPad better for browsing short articles. Makes sense to me.
reading  ereader  kindle  ipad 
october 2010 by andrewducker
Kindle better for books, iPad better for browsing short articles. Makes sense to me.
reading  ereader  kindle  ipad 
october 2010 by andrewducker
Dogs help children learn to read
dogs  children  reading 
october 2010 by andrewducker
Why the fuss over a lack of YA for boys is nothing more than backlash
books  feminism  writing  publishing  literature  reading  women 
september 2010 by andrewducker
Amazon Kindle: Most Highlighted Books of All Time
books  ebooks  reading  amazon 
july 2010 by andrewducker
Language skills lag a year behind in poorest children
poverty  reading  parenting 
february 2010 by andrewducker
Shelfari: Neil Gaiman's Bookshelves
It's not bad. Could be bigger
gaiman  reading  sf  books  library 
september 2009 by andrewducker
Beautiful Reading via Flex 4
Very nice idea - I'd like to see it taken a lot further. It really does make long chunks of text more readable.
flash  text  reading 
september 2009 by andrewducker
Compulsory Reading
On how making a joy into a task will kill it.
books  comic  reading 
june 2008 by andrewducker
How we read online.
So I can find it later
internet  reading  usability  writing  attention  blogging 
june 2008 by andrewducker
What Books Will Survive?
Discussion of what books published in the last thirty years will still be read 150 years from now...
books  reading  history  society 
april 2008 by andrewducker
How to get things done
An article from 1949 on how to use procrastination to your advantage
funny  life  management  reading  tips  gtd  procrastination  productivity 
november 2007 by andrewducker
Hidden method of reading revealed
Results on how the eyes focus on different letters when you read.
eyes  psychology  reading  science 
september 2007 by andrewducker
The Discworld Reading Order Guide
How handy!
Discworld  Pratchett  reading  fantasy  scifi  filetype:jpg  media:image 
july 2007 by andrewducker
Michael Chabon reclaims "entertainment" as a positive word
Originally an introduction to a collection of "Best Short Stories 2004", but remarkably well written with many good points made.
writing  reading  entertainment 
june 2006 by andrewducker
Read All About It
Article on brain scans that indicate diverse languages have certain brain structures in common where reading is involved. Plus other recent discoveries.
education  neuroscience  psychology  reading  science  brain 
may 2005 by andrewducker
Sounds 'help pupils with reading'
A long term study shows that use of 'synthetic phonics' put 11-year-olds 3 years ahead of children not taught in that way
education  reading  BBC 
february 2005 by andrewducker

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