jMemorize

I really think there is no perfect one-style-fits-all algorithm for learning. That’s the reason there are a lot of customization options for your jMemorize learn sessions. They allow you to experiment with different techniques and to fiddle about until you find the learn settings that work perfectly for your situation. I tend to change my learn settings often, depending on my mood, my time and the topic that I’m trying to memorize. I recommend you to do the same.

Somebody (sorry, you didn’t leave your name) posted a very interesting text at the SourceForge project site about how he is using jMemorize to learn new languages. I think the text really stands as an nice example of how customizable jMemorize really is..

My setup has just over 1100 cards in two (currently) categories. I use the linear time method edited so the last three are all 14 days. My process has been to add new cards in the evening at home (language vocabulary cards) from my windows box into an IMPORT group, drill them a couple times, then reset them all and drag them to the right category under CURRENT. I copy the data
file with me at work, and during spare moments run through any expired cards (only expired items, don’t test unlearned). At the end of the day I run through unlearned (set these to expire after 12 hours, so they’ll be expired the next morning). Once cards get to the final deck I move them to a COMPLETED group to either test in reversed mode or just run through when I have no expired items.

Anyway, jMemorizes fits my style of learning perfectly, and I love that it’s java so I can use windows at home and Linux at work, with the same app.

You can find the complete post here.

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