I’ve had success with “write it down” and “put that name somewhere”. I would have lists for different contexts where I expected to see people multiple times (e.g. pub, dance classes). When I got a name I’d write down the name plus a short description (‘long blonde hair’, ‘brunette, nose ring’, ‘tall’, whatever). Then next time, I’d skim through the list. Crucially, this seemed to help me recognize people as being people I’d met before, not just to remember their names.
Before LWCW Berlin this year, there was an anki deck to match names to photos. I had mixed success with it. I study the deck itself with ~0 errors, but I felt like I was mostly just matching based on features of the photos (‘green field’) rather than the people. There were several people who were in the deck but who I didn’t recognize when I saw them. But there were a few that I did recognize, even ones with the most distinctive photos.
I think it would be interesting to experiment with choosing one of several photos every time a name comes up. So I can’t match based on the photo, I have to use features of the person themselves.
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I’ve had success with “write it down” and “put that name somewhere”. I would have lists for different contexts where I expected to see people multiple times (e.g. pub, dance classes). When I got a name I’d write down the name plus a short description (‘long blonde hair’, ‘brunette, nose ring’, ‘tall’, whatever). Then next time, I’d skim through the list. Crucially, this seemed to help me recognize people as being people I’d met before, not just to remember their names.
Before LWCW Berlin this year, there was an anki deck to match names to photos. I had mixed success with it. I study the deck itself with ~0 errors, but I felt like I was mostly just matching based on features of the photos (‘green field’) rather than the people. There were several people who were in the deck but who I didn’t recognize when I saw them. But there were a few that I did recognize, even ones with the most distinctive photos.
I think it would be interesting to experiment with choosing one of several photos every time a name comes up. So I can’t match based on the photo, I have to use features of the person themselves.