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Evemon as stated before. Use it to plan your skill training. I want to point out that it's ok to stop training of any skill (rightclick on the skill). Most people don't know this or have forgotten :) When i was online in eve i trained all the short skills (everything up to 2 hours). I also set a timer (on my phone) to ensure i wouldn't miss any training time. Save the longer time skills for nights, weekends or weeks (vacation) when you're not able to log in. It's very handy to keep at least one 28+ days skill on hold for real life happenings like this. Ofcourse you can also train the 28 day skill in bits and pieces. Try to figure out what works best for your personal schedule. If you have mobile internet on your phone you might even be able to log into eve just for skill switching.
The best way te decrease learning time is to max your learning skills, this was also said before. What wasn't said is that you can get implants that can boost your attributes. It makes you learn stuff even faster. If your clone gets killed, they'll disappear, so take care if you're using expensive implants.
I guess if you really only want to use one account, it might be an idea to team up with a miner. Train your miner to be a hauler instead. In my time the training for a hauler pilot was much shorter. Joining a corporation also helps a lot. That way you can have other people fill in the blanks in your training. Get a miner for your hauler, get a hauler if you plan on staying a miner, get a friend with some nice fleetskills to boost your mission performance etc.
Edited, Sep 29th 2008 10:49am by samperor