hey Andy, and I just launched a new SRS app. Would love to hear what you think of it (we got inspired to work on it after reading your article on tools for thought!)
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Thanks for sharing! I guess my immediate wondering is: what problem were you trying to solve, relative to existing solutions?
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Good question, there are a few. 1) Existing solutions like Anki are rather inaccessible 2) The editors in other solutions are inflexible and/or hard to configure, I want to put code blocks/LaTeX/etc. into my cards
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3) Creating cards is hard work—Harken can be the foundation of a learning platform where cards embedded into videos and text (like Orbit!) go into the system for future review
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Thanks!
1. What sort of inaccessibility are you solving?
2. Confused—Mnemosyne, SuperMemo, RemNote, etc all support this.
3. Agreed that creating cards is hard work! Could you say more about what Harken does to help this? Having trouble seeing…
1. Getting into Anki can be difficult for new users (dated UI, tons of settings).
2. True! This is more a problem I have specifically with Anki than a general one.
3. Currently nothing—the long term plan is to create a platform for content with embedded flashcards.
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Got it. #3 is what I'm trying to do, but I see it as still very much an open research problem. Can already see Quantum Country's model doesn't really work in many contexts, etc.
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