I’ve never tried Anki but thank you so much for the way you’ve written this post. The precise moment I find a topic that I’m convinced is worth Anki-fying[1] I’m going to try it.
The way you’ve structured the post is really helpful – the whole accordion format: introduce an idea expand upon it, and then bullet point it.
I’m always skeptical about any note taking or memorization system – but you’ve raised a good counter which applies to not just Anki: don’t make prompts overly specific. Great advice. General advice. That is always my question, and again, why I haven’t tried Anki (yet?): when will I use this in real life?
But this post is a wealth of techniques on how to structure those cards – using bland prompts, always breaking down things, useful heuristics for words per card or number of cards to read per day etc. etc.. And they are only heuristics – your tone is very permissive.
Great post because it contains a lot of practical, nitty gritty execution details, and is well structured and doesn’t feel too dogmatic even if it’s “opinionated”.
I’ve never tried Anki but thank you so much for the way you’ve written this post. The precise moment I find a topic that I’m convinced is worth Anki-fying[1] I’m going to try it.
The way you’ve structured the post is really helpful – the whole accordion format: introduce an idea expand upon it, and then bullet point it.
I’m always skeptical about any note taking or memorization system – but you’ve raised a good counter which applies to not just Anki: don’t make prompts overly specific. Great advice. General advice. That is always my question, and again, why I haven’t tried Anki (yet?): when will I use this in real life?
But this post is a wealth of techniques on how to structure those cards – using bland prompts, always breaking down things, useful heuristics for words per card or number of cards to read per day etc. etc.. And they are only heuristics – your tone is very permissive.
Great post because it contains a lot of practical, nitty gritty execution details, and is well structured and doesn’t feel too dogmatic even if it’s “opinionated”.
“Friend’s birthdays” now that I don’t use Facebook anymore that is a realistic and useful thing to memorize. Hmmm