All the methods have a thread. I started out by perusing all the method threads on the first two pages. There are about 20-30 of them. Some I ruled out quickly. Others looked interesting and I read the wiki, the first three pages of the thread and the last three pages. If I was still interested, I wrote down questions and did "flyertalk *keywords*" google searches to find my answers. If a thread looked promising, I read deeper into the thread. I spent about 1-2 hours per day reading for the first few weeks or so. I got very good at scanning through threads looking for practical/informative posts. I learned a lot - not just the "X's and O's" of MSing, but also best practices when things aren't going my way.