I've been trying out Anki for some of this. It's a digital flashcard tool, widely adopted by folks learning new languages or studying for med school. It combine

I've been trying out Anki for some of this. It's a digital flashcard tool, widely adopted by folks learning new languages or studying for med school. It combines three important learning concepts: 1. Repetition. As they say, "Practice, practice, practice" 2. Spacing. You need to let the concepts wander out of short term memory. 3. Forced recall. Once a concept is out of short term memory, you need to practice recalling it. The act of doing so is what reinforces long term memory. Anki doesn't help you understand things though, so I use it as part of a broader multi-step approach: 1. read stuff. books, journal articles, blog posts, etc. 2. re-read stuff. make sure i understand it well enough to extract information into good cards. 3. Anki 4 (optional) do something with it. Build a program, use the word in a sentence, or however you might apply it in daily life. This is, after all, the point of this whole exercise.