Inside View

Getting Paid to Read

I HAVE A 12 YR OLD daughter who reads 300 pages a day because she loves the written word. I plan to pay her a tenner whenever she ploughs through a recommended text that we can use as a springboard for a recorded discussion. We have a ...

Instapaper Helps Me Read Deeper

I GET MORE from the books I read or the subscriptions I fund when I can explore segments of them in different formats. So when I glance back at highlighted passages through the use of apps, I often recall important points I forgot on ...

Reading Habits and Curated Lists

I HAVE BEEN COMPLICIT in the decline of long form reading at this level and this year I want to correct the process. I will start with a collaborative essential reading list. Like many of my friends, I have become lazy by reading the Tw...

Our 500 Books And The College Advantage

By Bernie Goldbach in Cashel. Photo of the 200 item bookshelf. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES across 27 nations have documented the positive effects of book-lined shelves in homes. Children who grow up in homes with 500 or more books enjoy p...

I'm Smarter After Importing h/t @readwiseio @inoreader

I TRY TO WORK SMARTER by adopting intelligent routines. Perhaps the most important routine I've adopted involves using Readwise behind the scenes to import highlights from things I've read. I started reading wiser because I wanted to s...

Getting Ideas from @vincenthaywood via @johnpeavoy

I'M GETTING A SLOW START to 2021 but that means having time to read a Twitter thread containing clever time-saving tips from Vincent Hayward. I've an opinion on several of Vincent's ideas.

Who killed literary reading

CHRONICLE -- You don't need a survey to detect the decline of reading, the diminished clout of the book. Vist Easons or Hughes&Hughes at major transit points in Dublin and you'll see evidence for yourself. Carman Roman mulls the anecdota...

Earnestly Reading

WHILE LIVING IN GERMANY, I used to read Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the language of my forebears and it was comforting. While living in Kilkenny, I often found German emanating from the local paper in pieces written by Josephine Gräfi...

Sunday News with Irish Bread

THOSE WHO FOLLOW MY meanderings around Qik know that many Sunday mornings include a short walkabout the Rock of Cashel and into a shop where we buy a few Sunday newspapers. [0] Today, we returned home with the Observer, the Sunday Busine...

Kindle Gives Me Culture Back

READING MORE AND READING FASTER. Those are the two biggest facets of my Kindle ownership. Amazon's hardware is set up to help me read the moment I slide the power switch to awaken my Kindle. I hold it and flip its pages one-handed. T...