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Further to the parents comment, do you use a personal knowledge base? I keep a flat text file, but have been pondering whether it might be worth moving to somet

Further to the parents comment, do you use a personal knowledge base? I keep a flat text file, but have been pondering whether it might be worth moving to something a bit more structured.

yitchelle 8y ago
From practicality perspective, how do you use your personal knowledge base? Do you review it on a regular basis? I have thoughts of keeping a similar database, but I kept thinking "will I ever use the collected details in the future". When I first started in computers on the Atari 8bit in Australia, I would collect as many of its software as possible, due to its scarcity. Looking back on it, I would ever only used 1% of it. The rest would be sitting it on the floppies gathering dust. I fear that the database that I collect would end up in a similar situation.
- scandox 8y ago
  Some people just have an incredible memory. Enviable but not necessarily the brain's only killer app.
- hef19898 8y ago
  I don't use anything writen down myself. Most of the time I try to focus on basic principals and the connection of things to remember stuff. Downside is that the concrete data points I know on top of my head a) come without a definitve source (I try to work on that lately) and b) can be interpreted as anecdotal evidence (an issue I see lately with people not from my field and I have to find a solution for sometime).
- Naga 8y ago
  I've started using Anki for this. It's basically flash cards that are shown to you at increasing intervals in order to keep it fresh in your memory. It's made the HN front page a few times over the last year. https://apps.ankiweb.net/ https://apps.ankiweb.net/
heavenlyblue 8y ago
I am still thinking of building graph-like knowledge base for myself. Always end up with defining the interface and realising it may be a bit too general.

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Further to the parents comment, do you use a personal knowledge base? I keep a flat text file, but have been pondering whether it might be worth moving to somet

by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago

Further to the parents comment, do you use a personal knowledge base? I keep a flat text file, but have been pondering whether it might be worth moving to something a bit more structured.

yitchelle 8y ago
From practicality perspective, how do you use your personal knowledge base? Do you review it on a regular basis? I have thoughts of keeping a similar database, but I kept thinking "will I ever use the collected details in the future". When I first started in computers on the Atari 8bit in Australia, I would collect as many of its software as possible, due to its scarcity. Looking back on it, I would ever only used 1% of it. The rest would be sitting it on the floppies gathering dust. I fear that the database that I collect would end up in a similar situation.
- scandox 8y ago
  Some people just have an incredible memory. Enviable but not necessarily the brain's only killer app.
- hef19898 8y ago
  I don't use anything writen down myself. Most of the time I try to focus on basic principals and the connection of things to remember stuff. Downside is that the concrete data points I know on top of my head a) come without a definitve source (I try to work on that lately) and b) can be interpreted as anecdotal evidence (an issue I see lately with people not from my field and I have to find a solution for sometime).
- Naga 8y ago
  I've started using Anki for this. It's basically flash cards that are shown to you at increasing intervals in order to keep it fresh in your memory. It's made the HN front page a few times over the last year. https://apps.ankiweb.net/ https://apps.ankiweb.net/
heavenlyblue 8y ago
I am still thinking of building graph-like knowledge base for myself. Always end up with defining the interface and realising it may be a bit too general.