Since a lot of people in this thread seem to be curious about what those without some sort of affiliation to Learning Strategies (monetary or otherwise) think about
PhotoReading, I may be able to help out.
It's been just over 20 days since I ordered the
PhotoReading Deluxe Course, and while I'm yet to receive my order (I live in Australia and it was coming from the United States, so that isn't a big surprise to me), when I
eventually get it, I'm thinking I may do some sort of write up/review of my experiences with the course and share my opinions, experiences, etc.
Depending on how much time I have, I may even do something like what Steve (Pavlina) did with his
Polyphasic Sleep Logs that he posted on the
blog on his website (instead I'd be posting it here on Steve's forums, not on a blog, although I won't rule out that possibility). I think that’d be pretty cool since I’ll be able to provide you with a highly detailed and completely unbiased recount of my experiences as I progress through the course (and since I'm posting it on Steve's forums instead of some obscure blog that no-one knows about, I'll be reaching a
WHOLE lot of people and people can even discuss it, ask me questions, etc.).
And yes, it would “completely unbiased” because the whole reason I would do such a thing would be to provide other people with legitimate information (I despise it when people spread inaccurate, bias, and generally unhelpful information, so you won’t find me doing such a thing). I sure as heck wouldn’t be making
any money by making a log, and I'm in no way affiliated with Learning Strategies, so you've got nothing to worry about there. If I
really wanted to make some cash out of it I’d post it on a blog and load it up with Google Adsense ads, and while I won’t rule that out as an option for later, for now my main interest would be to share my experiences with others (I strongly believe information should be made available for free whenever possible).
Now I can’t
guarantee that I’ll be able to post a log (or at least one where I make a new entry every day) since I am pretty busy at the moment, but since I’m feeling somewhat inspired to do this, I’m fairly sure I can make it happen. What I'd probably do is make one thread for my various individual logs, lock the thread (you know, with my "1337 hax0r" Moderator powers), and then include links to each individual log entry (which would appear as a new post within the thread) in the first post within the thread. The reason I'd want to lock it would be to keep it clean and increase readability. I could easily create a second thread for discussion about the first thread (the one with the logs entries in it), so worry not, you'd still be able to discuss the log entries to your heart's content.
If you have any specific requests, ideas, or anything you’d like to see me cover in such a log,
send me a forum PM and I’ll take them into consideration. Additionally, any suggestions, hints, tips, or any other information that you think would be helpful to me before I start the log, that would also be appreciated. My aim would be to make this log reasonably high quality (which by my standards would mean very high quality since I'm somewhat of a perfectionist), so if you feel you could improve upon that by making a suggestion (or something), don’t be shy –
send me a PM.
Note: I may or may not respond to all PM's, but if you give me a really good idea or information that I can use to improve the logs, I'll probably give you credit somewhere when/if I make the logs.