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May 24, 2018

The biggest thing holding me back from using spaced repetition more is a lack of creativity for questions to ask. What are concrete examples of cards you've created and found useful? Also have you ever used existing "community" decks like the ones published on

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Devon

@devonzuegel

· May 10, 2018

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Just started using @StudiesApp this week and it's fantastic. Even more flexible than Anki, easier hand-off between mobile and desktop, and overall a much more beautiful user experience. Might be what you're looking for!

Andy Matuschak

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I would suggest using it to encode the highlights you find most interesting in the next paper or book chapter you read. Try to turn them into questions which capture what interests you about them. For me at least, premade decks miss much of the value.

2:15 AM · May 25, 2018Twitter for iPhone

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A different lens: think about card-making as a way to enact How to Read a Book-style synthesis. See also

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

· Mar 12, 2018

I've gotten a bunch of questions about how I "encode knowledge" in flashcards. I think about it in terms of Bloom's taxonomy[1]. Here's the taxonomy juxtaposed with recent cards: [1] cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pag

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The time investment to convert a book to cards, at least for me, is unmanageable. In recent years people have been willing to pay for ebooks and audiobooks. I think there's a market for professional publisher/author-created decks to maximize retention during and after the read.

dennis in berlin

@denik

May 26, 2018

I'd rather have 5 pre-made decks I internalize/retain to 50% than 1 deck to 90%.