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I do like Anki and am currently using it for a couple of different learning activities. I would suggest you create your own decks with images you find or creat

by tom_b 14y ago

I do like Anki and am currently using it for a couple of different learning activities. I would suggest you create your own decks with images you find or create yourself rather than downloading existing decks. Memorization is generally improved by this approach (see Higbee, Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It). I also like how Anki has spaced repetition built in nicely.

QuantumGuy 14y ago
Thanks for your feedback
stfu 14y ago
I am also a frequent user of Anki. The only problem I see is that its preferences (intervals, set length, etc) are at the first glance not that easy to figure out. Besides simplifying it a bit more, I see very little options to improve the standard Flashcard system. Plus what makes Anki awesome is the ability to use the cards on every OS, making it a ideal collaborative tool. But as mentioned by tom_b you need to create your own decks. There is very little use for most public decks unless you have the extreme lucky moment having to learn exactly the same as the author of the deck did. In fact this might be a more interesting place for innovation - the management of Anki cards. Not sure how the market situation looks but you could be offering cards for popular textbooks or create a marketplace for these in order to rise the quality. Not sure how the copyright situation looks like, but you could be entering also a more mainstream market - for example by offering a card deck for each issue of Mental Floss in order to learn at least a few interesting things each month.
ronyeh 14y ago
The only drawback is that Anki (at least on iOS) costs a lot. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ankimobile-flashcards/id373493387?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ankimobile-flashcards/id37349... If you can duplicate the benefit and make the UI simpler (e.g., simplify it down to two buttons: I got it right / wrong), and make it cheaper, you have an ok chance to do well.

by tom_b 14y ago

QuantumGuy 14y ago

Thanks for your feedback

stfu 14y ago

I am also a frequent user of Anki. The only problem I see is that its preferences (intervals, set length, etc) are at the first glance not that easy to figure out. Besides simplifying it a bit more, I see very little options to improve the standard Flashcard system. Plus what makes Anki awesome is the ability to use the cards on every OS, making it a ideal collaborative tool. But as mentioned by tom_b you need to create your own decks. There is very little use for most public decks unless you have the extreme lucky moment having to learn exactly the same as the author of the deck did. In fact this might be a more interesting place for innovation - the management of Anki cards. Not sure how the market situation looks but you could be offering cards for popular textbooks or create a marketplace for these in order to rise the quality. Not sure how the copyright situation looks like, but you could be entering also a more mainstream market - for example by offering a card deck for each issue of Mental Floss in order to learn at least a few interesting things each month.

ronyeh 14y ago

The only drawback is that Anki (at least on iOS) costs a lot. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ankimobile-flashcards/id373493387?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ankimobile-flashcards/id37349... If you can duplicate the benefit and make the UI simpler (e.g., simplify it down to two buttons: I got it right / wrong), and make it cheaper, you have an ok chance to do well.