Thanks so much - really helpful answer :) On Nov 16, 3:52 am, Michael Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, yes and no. Do stick to your guns and work on some every day, but > it's only overwhelming if you consider it so, and I'm not trying to be "zen" > here. The size of the backlog isn't relevant, really, as long as you do > some every day. If you do actually learn the facts, you can do 1 per day > and you'd eventually get through a deck of any size. > > For me, I find it a lot easier to maintain a constant workflow per day than > to worry about how many I have to do. > > I have a deck that started with something like 3300 new facts (it's a > language deck). I installed the plugin that shows me how many cards I have > scheduled for the next few days. I work on "new" cards and "forgetten" > cards (i.e., whatever mnemosyne schedules for me for the day) until I have a > schedule of 20 *for tomorrow*. I do my scheduled stuff then let it feed me > forgotten and new cards until the counter for tomorrow says "20". Sometimes > it's over 20, but never by much. > > This way I get a smattering of new stuff every few days as I work through > the backlog. Sometimes I NEVER get new cards; sometimes I get a lot; it > just depends. My 3300 is down to 3000, and although it may take me quite > a long time to get to the point that I'm JUST doing the schedule, I AM > getting through it. > > Mind you, I have no schedule that I need to have them done by; if you do > have an end-point then this changes the situation. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a good description of the spaced repetition algorithm > > on the Project Mnemonyse web site: > > >http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/principles.php > > > Since the algorithm works in units of days you need to use the program > > daily and complete all the scheduled cards otherwise you end up with > > an overwhelming backlog! > > > Charles > > > > Michael Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's based on calendar date, but otherwise you have the idea right; you > > > get > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%2Bun > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
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