Interesting how everyone talks about supermemo and anki, but even the supermemo founder gives some tips for before you put it in there: http://super-memory.com

Interesting how everyone talks about supermemo and anki, but even the supermemo founder gives some tips for before you put it in there: http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm Rule 1 (and 2 and 3) state you have to understand it well before you can memorize it, otherwise it's a waste of time. The others are mnemonic techniques or ways you can split complex information into chunks.