Anki Essentials
Anki is spaced repetition software, which is a fancy way of saying it presents you with questions—which you then answer—when you are just about to forget it, thereby strengthening the memory. You can use Anki to remember people’s names and faces, learn languages, study music theory, remember complex equations, internalize productivity advice, and so much more. Mastering Anki takes time and effort. That’s where I want to help. That’s why I wrote this guide.
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- It took me several attempts to ascend the learning curve of Anki, but once I did, it changed my life. Anki Essentials by Alex Vermeer [0] was the introduction that got me over the hump.
Now I use Anki almost daily for learning programming, math, vocabulary, and retaining books I've read.
On books, I originally wrote a script that scraped the Kindle highlights page and converted them into a file that could be imported into Anki. I'd Cloze delete passages and review maybe 20 a day. That practice was so beneficial that I've since started developing it into a standalone product called Readwise. [1]
Readwise doesn't yet incorporate hardcore spaced repetition and active recall principles, but it will soon.
[0] https://alexvermeer.com/anki-essentials/ [1] https://readwise.io
- Read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22815528-anki-essentials (Anki Essentials) to get started.
