Plaintext vs diagrams or videos vary greatly by person. I for example cannot stand videos at all when it comes to learning - it is either too drawn out, or too

Plaintext vs diagrams or videos vary greatly by person. I for example cannot stand videos at all when it comes to learning - it is either too drawn out, or too distracting - and i actually prefer plaintext. On the other hand i have few friends who absolutely cannot stand plaintext and need a good video, or real life interaction to learn. The one thing in common in most posts is your 3rd point - build something that you want to build - that's the best way to stay motivated. On a subject of notetaking - i really like recursive approach to notes: * summarize the source * read the source(n-1) and your summary(n) * do a summary of your summary and repeat this process I do it few times, depending on complexity of the subject.