michael_nielsen

An example: when learning about soft linking I initially had a question "How to create a soft link?" with answer "ln -s filename linkname".

This was too complicated --- I always stumbled on the order of filename and linkname.

I broke the question in two: "What is the command and option to use to create a soft link?" A: "ln -s". And "What is the ordering of filename and linkname"

This sounds silly and obvious, but the improvement was very considerable: the two cards became trivial.

(There's something quite deep about memory in this example, which I don't understand.)

I use Anki for almost everything.

Learning places and all kinds of facts about my city, from the best things to order at a particular restaurant to demographic statistics (really) to favourite places in parts of the city I don't visit often.

Learning APIs.