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Ask HN: How do you keep track/save your learnings?(so that you can revisit them)

4 points by mezod 10y ago

inetsee 10y ago
Use a spaced repetition flashcard program like Anki or Mnemosyne or one of the others (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flashcard_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flashcard_software) and use it on a regular basis, preferably every day.
- westurner 10y ago
  +1 for spaced repetition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition
herbst 10y ago
i dont, thats what google is for IMO
- mezod 10y ago
  I'm not talking about specific technical stuff, more like stuff that's worth having in mind and that we may forget, i.e relevant quotes, methodologies, ways of approaching problems, etc
CarolineW 10y ago
neurocroc is organising all his/her knowledge in a mind-map: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=neurocroc https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=neurocroc You can also look at all the things people have written here about Mind Maps: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mind%20map&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mind%20map&sort=byDate&prefix&...
iEchoic 10y ago
These are usually web links for me, so I drop them in Chrome bookmark folders. The nice thing about Chrome bookmark folders is that they give you both hierarchal navigation (for directed browsing), and search - just type keywords/thoughts into the omnibar that you want to recall and your bookmarks are prioritized in that list.
- mezod 10y ago
  yeah but then you have to skim through the whole bookmark again to find what you need right?
  - iEchoic 10y ago
    Yup. I find that the hardest part is finding the link, not finding the content in the link though.
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westurner 10y ago
- Vim Voom: `:Voom rest` , ':Voom markdown` - Jupyter notebooks - Sphinx docs: https://wrdrd.com/docs/consulting/research#research-tools https://wrdrd.com/docs/consulting/research#research-tools src: https://github.com/wrdrd/docs/blob/master/docs/consulting/research.rst https://github.com/wrdrd/docs/blob/master/docs/consulting/re... - Sphinx wiki (./Makefile): -- Src: https://github.com/westurner/wiki https://github.com/westurner/wiki -- Src: https://github.com/westurner/wiki/wiki https://github.com/westurner/wiki/wiki -- Web: https://westurner.org/wiki/workflow https://westurner.org/wiki/workflow
- mezod 10y ago
  interesting stuff, thanks for sharing!

4 points by mezod 10y ago

Use a spaced repetition flashcard program like Anki or Mnemosyne or one of the others (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flashcard_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flashcard_software) and use it on a regular basis, preferably every day.

westurner 10y ago
+1 for spaced repetition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition

herbst 10y ago

i dont, thats what google is for IMO

mezod 10y ago
I'm not talking about specific technical stuff, more like stuff that's worth having in mind and that we may forget, i.e relevant quotes, methodologies, ways of approaching problems, etc

CarolineW 10y ago

neurocroc is organising all his/her knowledge in a mind-map: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=neurocroc https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=neurocroc You can also look at all the things people have written here about Mind Maps: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mind%20map&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mind%20map&sort=byDate&prefix&...

iEchoic 10y ago

These are usually web links for me, so I drop them in Chrome bookmark folders. The nice thing about Chrome bookmark folders is that they give you both hierarchal navigation (for directed browsing), and search - just type keywords/thoughts into the omnibar that you want to recall and your bookmarks are prioritized in that list.

mezod 10y ago
yeah but then you have to skim through the whole bookmark again to find what you need right?
- iEchoic 10y ago
  Yup. I find that the hardest part is finding the link, not finding the content in the link though.

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westurner 10y ago

- Vim Voom: `:Voom rest` , ':Voom markdown` - Jupyter notebooks - Sphinx docs: https://wrdrd.com/docs/consulting/research#research-tools https://wrdrd.com/docs/consulting/research#research-tools src: https://github.com/wrdrd/docs/blob/master/docs/consulting/research.rst https://github.com/wrdrd/docs/blob/master/docs/consulting/re... - Sphinx wiki (./Makefile): -- Src: https://github.com/westurner/wiki https://github.com/westurner/wiki -- Src: https://github.com/westurner/wiki/wiki https://github.com/westurner/wiki/wiki -- Web: https://westurner.org/wiki/workflow https://westurner.org/wiki/workflow

mezod 10y ago
interesting stuff, thanks for sharing!