Comments on: Do you read the full text, skim or scan read it?

By: Juegos online

Juegos online — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:11:54 +0000

Great blog entry, I’m looking forward to read your other blog entries

By: Sue Taylor

Sue Taylor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:47:05 +0000

For me it completely depends on the subject. I read this post because it was about an idea I could potentially use. If I find something interesting but not riveting, I’ll skim it. If someone points me to something and tells me to look for something in particular, I’ll scan it.

By: Kimberly Worthy

Kimberly Worthy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:08:35 +0000

Great post. Have to say that I also am both a skimmer and and scanner. It does make me think when I am working on projects about my writing style to make sure that the important things are easy to find at “first glance”. Of course, on the flip side I wonder what I might be missing by not reading everything.

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:09 +0000

Thanks Ken … ‘skim dive’ seems to be something akin to both skim and scan reading. Ho hum, I think I’m just getting lazy as I rarely seem to read the full text anymore (unless it’s a good book, but then even then I skim over the really boring descriptive bits).

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By: Ken Allan

Ken Allan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:52:09 +0000

Kia ora e David

I have to admit that it’s a bit of both with me. Tony Karrer uses the term skim dive which describes a routine similar to what I do. I often read books this way the first time I get my hands on them. Eventually I get the whole book more or less read – then if I have enjoyed what I’ve read, I turn to page one and read through to the end without a break.

Catchya later