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I tried to write summaries of all the books I read and it made me retain and understand the key concepts a lot better. I just couldn't keep it up. My current t

I tried to write summaries of all the books I read and it made me retain and understand the key concepts a lot better. I just couldn't keep it up. My current trick is to use a product called Readwise. I highlight stuff I want to remember in Kindle, and it syncs with my Kindle and everyday emails me a random set of my highlights. It's a paid product but I pay for it and recommend it to everyone I know who reads. Was game changing for me.

philips 6y ago
I love readwise. Having the Pocket integration is super helpful as well. They also have a full json dump that I periodically put into my notes git repo for grepping.
ciarannolan 6y ago
There is something fundamental about my right to read whatever I please, in total privacy. Readwise violates that principle. [1] I've been thinking about writing a simple script to transform my highlights into Anki [2] cards to achieve the same thing but without sharing my reading habits and highlights with a private company. [1] https://readwise.io/privacy https://readwise.io/privacy [2] https://apps.ankiweb.net/ https://apps.ankiweb.net/
- guildmaster 6y ago
  This sounds like a great idea. Where are you on that?
  - ciarannolan 6y ago
    Still at the "thinking about it" stage :) Maybe I'll get started tonight...
    - hoodwink 6y ago
      This article has my Kindle highlights + Anki setup at the end: https://blog.readwise.io/remember-more-of-what-you-read-with-readwise/ https://blog.readwise.io/remember-more-of-what-you-read-with...
      - ciarannolan 6y ago
        I ended up throwing this together: https://pastebin.com/2fCKPsGr https://pastebin.com/2fCKPsGr It creates an Anki deck with one card per highlight. The "hint" side of each card shows the book title and the 5 most important words/phrases from the clipping (as determined by Rake [1]). It could also be pretty easily modified to do cloze deletion (fill in the blank) using the "most important" words as the "blanks" on the hint card. My thinking was that this would help sort of jog your memory of the highlight without just showing the whole thing immediately. I made a deck of several hundred cards and it seems to work great. Would love if someone tried it out too. [1] https://pypi.org/project/rake-nltk/ https://pypi.org/project/rake-nltk/

philips 6y ago

I love readwise. Having the Pocket integration is super helpful as well. They also have a full json dump that I periodically put into my notes git repo for grepping.

ciarannolan 6y ago

There is something fundamental about my right to read whatever I please, in total privacy. Readwise violates that principle. [1] I've been thinking about writing a simple script to transform my highlights into Anki [2] cards to achieve the same thing but without sharing my reading habits and highlights with a private company. [1] https://readwise.io/privacy https://readwise.io/privacy [2] https://apps.ankiweb.net/ https://apps.ankiweb.net/

guildmaster 6y ago
This sounds like a great idea. Where are you on that?
- ciarannolan 6y ago
  Still at the "thinking about it" stage :) Maybe I'll get started tonight...
  - hoodwink 6y ago
    This article has my Kindle highlights + Anki setup at the end: https://blog.readwise.io/remember-more-of-what-you-read-with-readwise/ https://blog.readwise.io/remember-more-of-what-you-read-with...
    - ciarannolan 6y ago
      I ended up throwing this together: https://pastebin.com/2fCKPsGr https://pastebin.com/2fCKPsGr It creates an Anki deck with one card per highlight. The "hint" side of each card shows the book title and the 5 most important words/phrases from the clipping (as determined by Rake [1]). It could also be pretty easily modified to do cloze deletion (fill in the blank) using the "most important" words as the "blanks" on the hint card. My thinking was that this would help sort of jog your memory of the highlight without just showing the whole thing immediately. I made a deck of several hundred cards and it seems to work great. Would love if someone tried it out too. [1] https://pypi.org/project/rake-nltk/ https://pypi.org/project/rake-nltk/