28 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
28 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
Note: this page is not meant to be documentation for me as much as information to share with others.
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
SRS is an incredibly useful tool for learning and remembering things.
|
|
I highly recommend reading [Gwern's writing](https://gwern.net/spaced-repetition) if you want the full story.
|
|
I'll only highlight the most important parts:
|
|
|
|
- One of the best ways to "train" your memory is to try to actively recall something.
|
|
- This is easy with flashcards.
|
|
- You can end up spending a lot of time reviewing flashcards that you already know the answers to.
|
|
- SRS aims to fix this by showing you cards at the optimal time.
|
|
- Anki is an SRS flashcard program.
|
|
- It's open source.
|
|
- It's free on all platforms except iOS (because that is the *only* way the developer the dev has chosen to make money, but it's only a one-time fee).
|
|
- You can share card decks with others. This makes it easy to get decks for things like languages that would have potentially thousands of cards.
|
|
- You can customize the scheduling to fit your needs.
|
|
|
|
Now, Anki is a *very* versitile program and can be modified a lot to fit your needs and preferences.
|
|
However, I'd recommend that you start off with the defaults and use a deck that you make yourself.
|
|
Go find a Wikipedia article on a topic that interests you and collect various facts from it.
|
|
If you need some inspiration: [the Wardian case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardian_case), [Eustace Tilley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_Tilley), or [Nightwish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish)
|
|
(My first deck was trivia from *Index, A history of the* by Dennis Duncan.)
|
|
Why do I recommend this?
|
|
|
|
- The defaults will prevent you from overloading on reviews early on.
|
|
- A deck that you make yourself will always be better than a pre-made for everything except the time taken to make it. You have to understand the content before you can make questions about it.
|
|
|