HOW TO REMEMBER ANYTHING FOREVER-ISH
by nicky case · oct 2018








Intro · The Science · The Art · Get Started! · Credits try to recall ↑ then flip ↻ (cards left: [N]) did you remember this? nah, try again yup, onwards! done for now! keep scrolling
that's all, folks!
strength of memory → time → decay: sweet spot: timing of recall: timing of recalls: auto-optimize! On Day [N]... review Levels [N] (in that order) (and then loop back to Day 1!) Day [N] to review: Level review Level [N] add [N] new cards total: [N] cards! ([N] retired) next step next day next week next month [N] new cards a day recall [N]% of cards wrong RESET Q: type your answer here or pick one of these suggestions:
  • Anything interesting!
  • A language
  • Music
  • Coding
  • Personal
  • (other)
  • For people I love
  • For my own sake
  • For curiosity's sake
  • (other)
  • Leitner Box
  • Anki
  • TinyCards
  • (other)
  • In the morning
  • On my commute
  • In the evening
  • (other)
  • WHAT: WHY: DO ME! wallpaper a wallpaper for your desktop, a lock-screen wallpaper for your phone, a video, by my dear friend Chris Walker, on how to craft your very own Leitner Box!


    (And here's a similar tutorial, in IKEA form:)


    click to download PDF
    a link to download Anki! And here's a video tutorial on how to use it:

    a link to TinyCards! (i recommend checking out their geography decks) links to tutorials on crafting a Leitner Box [video] [pdf], the Anki app, and TinyCards! DOWNLOAD ALL CARDS DOWNLOADING... DONE! Check your Downloads folder.
    and the name of this game is...
    SPACED REPETITION
    Spaced Repetition = ____ + ____
    testing + time
    3 common but ineffective learning/teaching practices are...
    ...lectures, cramming, and re-reading
    In Greek Mythology, the goddess of ____ was the mother of the goddesses of ________
    Memory is the mother of Inspiration
    the best way to space out your recalls is...
    ...with increasing gaps!
    The pioneer of the experimental science of memory was...
    Hermann Ebbinghaus
    The Forgetting Curve (without any recalls) looks like...
    (note: it decays quickly, then slowly - "exponential decay")
    The Forgetting Curve (with well-spaced recalls) looks like...
    (note: the gaps between recalls increase in length)
    In the Leitner Box, we ______ the gap (# of days between reviews) for each Level
    double the gap
    The Leitner Box game:
    when you get a card right, you move it ______ .
    up one Level
    The Leitner Box game:
    when you get a card wrong, you move it ______ .
    back to Level 1!
    According to some random comic-game on the internet, my Spaced Repetition flashcards should be ______ , ______ , and ______ .
    small, connected & meaningful
    What's this?
    This organelle is called "mitochondria". Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. They're found in almost all eukaryotic (nucleus-having) organisms. The most widely-accepted hypothesis for the origin of mitochondria is Endosymbiotic Theory: around ~1.5 billion years ago, a prokaryotic (nucleus-lacking) cell that was "eaten" by another cell, somehow survived, and has continued to live inside them ever since.
    What's this?
    Mitochondria
    Mitochondria is the _______ of the cell
    powerhouse // bonus note: seriously though, we'd all be dead without 'em.
    Mitochondria is found in almost all ____ organisms.
    eukaryotic
    Eukaryotes are cells that...
    have a nucleus // bonus note: "eu"=good, "karyon"=kernel
    Prokaryotes are cells that...
    DON'T have a nucleus // bonus note: "pro"=before, "karyon"=kernel
    The most widely-accepted hypothesis for the origin of mitochondria is...
    Endosymbiotic Theory // bonus note: "endo"=inner, "sym"=together, "bio"=living
    According to Endosymbiotic Theory, mitochondria arose around ____ years ago
    ~1.5 billion years ago
    According to Endosymbiotic Theory, mitochondria first arose when...
    when a prokaryote was eaten by another cell
    cat
    (english)
    chat
    (french)
    then back to doing... ↻
    then back to learning... ↻
    WHAT do you want to learn?
    Anything interesting!
    WHY do you want to learn?
    For curiosity's sake
    HOW do you want to do Spaced Repetition?
    Leitner Box
    WHEN do you want to do Spaced Repetition?
    In the evening
    THE END