1) Click on New Posts
2) Click on all the individual forums
3) Try to read every new post since your last login
4) Read only that which interests you
5) Avoid the General Dicussions forum/Go to the plant forums
6) Read what your friends write
7) First check to see who is online, then check posts
8) Go to the Trade Forum first
9) Check your PMs first
10) Perform searches to look up specific information