Here's a trick I use: create an alternative Mnemosyne library (or deck, or whatever the set of all categories is called") - it can be completely empty, it doesn't matter, but so far as I can tell, while you have one library loaded, Mnemosyne doesn't keep track of the others (so the days basically don't progress).
I use this for Arabic vocabulary acquisition in a university class and find this to be more effective than just 'catching up' later as the catch up method skews my response by repeating some of the cards within a single session (i.e. within the same day): giving me a false sense of how well I know the card. As for focusing on most recent material, I use the categories for this, usually I have all categories selected, but when push comes to shove (ahem: exams), I shift my focus towards the most recently added categories. If you can afford the generality in the categories - you can even title them by add-date, allowing you to focus on material added in the last X days/ weeks/months etc. The only problem with the above is that categories are listed in a strange way such that number > 9 are listed after the leading number (e.g. for 12 chapters, they list as follows: 1, 10,11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and I've not found a means of selecting only certain categories (e.g. 4, 7, 9) without selecting all the ones in between. Indeed, enjoy the retreat! (&nd I can't believe you're doing 26 credits ~ that's actually insane). ~ Rax -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
