Ask HN: How do you use Anki?
I just recently installed Anki in hopes of using it to organize and keep knowledge fresh in my mind. There seems to be a few different ways it could be used. How do you use it and what are your best tips and tricks?
Step 2: Copy your decks over
Step 3: Go through them for five minutes
Step 4: Never open the app on that device again.
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While that's a fairly honest assessment of my Anki use, I'd advise that the process of making your own decks, and/or adding in your own mnemonics is very powerful.
If you don't know the loci method, I strongly suggest you add that to your repertoire of memory techniques. Ditto with the peg system, which you can actually download / make an Anki deck for.
I am a little familiar with memory palaces, and I have used the peg system many years ago.
Maybe Anki is not the exact tool I need. I am mainly looking for a way to organize knowledge. If I take a lot of notes, they rarely get re-read. I would like a system where I get at something when I need it.
This is a verrry popular topic on HN the last while; searching for the above keywords should get you some interesting previous discussions. Here are a couple conversations I have handy:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25802277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27649667
... And, I don't open Anki very often because it worked. I memorised and internalised enough of the things I wanted to remember. As soon as I need to use it again, I will.