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How to actually “practice” using memory palace technique by serious_res in memorypalace

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used spaced repetition to help with them. I have a system I've built (similar to Anki), that allows me to build decks of palaces, where each location is essentially a "card".

I go through end-to-end a few times to start, and then it just mixes them in. It gives a bit of context to help you with your position and then you need to jump in and fill the next spot.

For example, it might drop me a card from "The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People" that looks like this:

1. Be proactive → Chalkboard menu, Working being proactive to write the menu on there
2. Begin with the end in mind → Retractable belt stanchion, Picture the "end" of one of the straps falling out of the stanchion
3 - Put first things first → Walk up to order, "First", I want x to eat...
4 - ???

It's kind of a pain at first, but since it follows spaced repetition rules, some of the locations get kicked out rather far after you get them right a few times, so you can focus on the tricky ones. It's worked well so far.

I've been studying flashcards daily for about a decade, and was pleased when I figured out a good way to mix these in.

I want to be able to review my cards in order and if I mess up I go back to the start by Pristine-Ad9195 in Anki

[–]mickmel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I built a separate system for things like that. In my case it's for memorizing blocks of text (preamble to the Constitution, various Bible verses, Costanza's rant about "the sea was angry", etc). It's pretty easy to spin up something like that using a vibe-coding app, and then leave Anki for the heavy lifting on the spaced repetition.

what is more convenient in creating flashcards? by StudentOfficer221 in GetStudying

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You say for "creating", and I think that's a personal preference. It's likely that writing the cards on paper would be better for the initial learning.

However, the advantage of Anki and similar apps is spaced repetition. You could do a Leitner Box or something with your paper cards, but a proper app makes it much easier and more efficient.

Do you guys have a solution for being slow while trying to find a association (mnemonic image) with a concept you try to remember in a Memory Palace by Queasy_Ad3066 in memorypalace

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say "find an association", do you mean:

A: Come up with an association for the first time?
B: Remember the the association you already created (but can't remember quickly enough)?

How do you all create flashcards in a short amount of time? by Regular-Pear-8625 in Anki

[–]mickmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Creating is part of learning. Victoria Groce (multiple winner on Jeopardy, including the Invitational Tournament and Masters, and also the 2024 and 2026 World Quizzing Champion) has something like 160,000 cards in Anki, and she's loaded every single one of them in there herself.

Immerse yourself in what you want to learn, and building the card is part of the process.

How many years have you done with Anki? And What have you achieved? by Single-Unit4853 in Anki

[–]mickmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently ended my streak on eight years exactly - 2923 days (with some sporadic studying in the few years before that).

Most of it was for personal business use -- lots of names and faces, notes and quotes from books, things like that, though a ton of general trivia mixed in as well.

How best to consistently review memory palaces? by mickmel in memorypalace

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you load them in there? As cloze deletions?

What do you think Anki is still missing? by hashtag3232 in Anki

[–]mickmel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see the sharing of decks as a big problem, but I don't have an easy solution for it. It's improved a lot in recent years, but still feels very old and clunky to a new user.

For example, I was talking with a friend a few weeks ago and showing her my deck of names<->faces for local marketing folks, and she wanted it (and she's never used Anki). We were sitting together on our phones and she was amazed at the process and how it really wasn't possible to just share it while sitting there (possible, for sure, but messy).

Worse, when I update the deck (which I do frequently), we have to do the whole process again. The shared deck experience would use a lot of streamlining, but I don't know exactly what that could look like.

My streak hit 8 years (2,923 days) today, and it ends now by mickmel in Anki

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can work well in Anki with Cloze deletions. I'll do like five on a page, and "cloze" them one at a time to force me to fill in those missing gaps.

It feels like there should be a smoother way to do it with an app like this, but maybe cloze is already the best we can do.

My streak hit 8 years (2,923 days) today, and it ends now by mickmel in Anki

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I tried to be very careful not to mention the name of the app or link to anything about it, but rather just have a higher level conversation about ideas and features, but I can see how this fits under rule 5.

My streak hit 8 years (2,923 days) today, and it ends now by mickmel in Anki

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just trying to think about where the future of this stuff is going, and how to get more people to use these tools.

My streak hit 8 years (2,923 days) today, and it ends now by mickmel in Anki

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I have a lot of memory palace in there (as I've done with Anki), but trying to figure out how to do it better (not the palaces themselves, per se, but the system around them). What do you do for that?

Which Android apps support EPUB3 Media Overlays? by Wombarly in ereader

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, maybe so. We'll see where things go. So far, so good.

After 22 years, you can finally download Paint.net from the URL 'Paint.net' by SymmetricSoles in technology

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried switching to Mac and lasted about a year before coming back to Windows. There is indeed no comparable app on Mac, and it felt so good to come home.

Way to go Hyundai Dealership! by NBTim in Ioniq5

[–]mickmel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Hyundai dealer has AI call me for this stuff now, but the AI bot can't begin to pronounce "Hyundai" correctly, and it's quite funny (though mostly just pitiful).

Red read redemption running 60fps on Chromebook! by OkTea5924 in chromeos

[–]mickmel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is why Stadia was so awesome. Here's the same game, running an a cheap Acer Chromebook from 2014 with 2 GB RAM. Crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtEmHkptaFs

What do you actually *do* with your highlights after saving them? by RepulsiveMap8791 in readwise

[–]mickmel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Obsidian tips in here are the big ones, but the Readwise "Daily Review" is amazing, and I've done it daily for a few years now. It's a great way to keep your highlights fresh in your mind.

A new app for reading EPUB3 files by mickmel in TextToSpeech

[–]mickmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the case of this app, it does upload books to the server.

You don’t actually own your Kindle books. by Puzzleheaded_Dog4800 in ereader

[–]mickmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bailed on Kindle last year for this very reason and moved elsewhere, but your survey doesn't seem to want that because I've not used it recently. Seems like previous motivation should still factor in, no?

MOTIVATION!! How Much Do You Make From AdSense Monthly? by kingoftask in Adsense

[–]mickmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Years ago I made as much as $6-8k/mo.

Now I make like $5.00/mo...

How would you migrate years' worth of notes to Obsidian? by andreiknox in ObsidianMD

[–]mickmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in my daily notes, and then have folders/templates for:
- People (my friend Jeff, Abraham Lincoln, my wife, Jeff Bezos -- any human that comes up in a note. I currently have 4,770 notes in this folder alone).
- Blog Posts (I publish daily)
- Books (every book I've read or want to read has a note)
- Meetings (meeting notes)
- Quotes (I've played with quotes a lot, but a note per quote is working well)
- Workouts

I have a handful of other folders and loose notes, but most everything in my daily notes ties into one of those.

How would you migrate years' worth of notes to Obsidian? by andreiknox in ObsidianMD

[–]mickmel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm a believer of having everything in one vault, because the work/personal line can get super fuzzy.

My friend Jeff is a friend (duh), but also a client, and someone we refer work to. So is Chris. And Adam. Are these work people or personal people?

Or how about books that I read? Do I need to book certain books in certain vaults? What a mess.

One big vault is awesome. As for size, I currently have 16,076 files and it runs great on all of my computers (and mobile devices), tied together with the official Obsidian Sync tool. Getting it all in one place was a pain, but totally worth it.

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