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Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

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Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#12

If you’d prefer to keep your learning notes in computable notebook like Mathematica then you may try my little side project: https://github.com/masteranza/ScienceNotebooks

Thanks for sharing your great work! I think your project will be helpful, as we also want our learners to be able to learn without any hesitation. I'll take it seriously!

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#13
post #8

To those interested in a more modern-looking Anki (minus the Notion as in the OP): I do suggest having a look at Mochi ( https://mochi.cards/ ). As someone new to spaced repetition ( https://ncase.me/remember/ ) it's been absolutely amazing and I can't praise their support highly enough for being so responsive! It's one of the better subscriptions I've opted for.

As I understand, Mochi is one of so many "Pretty Anki"s. Maybe it's better than Anki because it's Prettier. But, of course, compared to Note Garden, it's sloppy. It is very outdated in that you have to create cards one by one. The cards that are made even after doing the labor are just messed up cards that are not connected to each other.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#14

I hate creating notes on the computer. I wish e-ink devices would implement some good spaced repetition to their hand written notes apps. When I do use the computer for notes it's hard to beat Anki or org-drill.

"It's better to do this by hand than on a computer" was a common saying before software was sufficiently advanced. That word has always changed. And now is the time. The moment when the utility of doing digitally exceeds the utility of doing it manually.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#15

I downloaded it and installed it, but could not try as it requires a signup with email! 1. The feature set on paper is impressive, but there should be a way of trying out the limited features in offline mode, without requiring a mandatory sign-up. So consider adding a demo mode both in the downloaded and web version. 2. Is there a way to host data locally? 3. The Privacy policy & Terms of service take forever to load…

1. Originally, there was the function for trying it out without sign-up, but that function was removed. Our marketers didn't want that feature. I'm sorry.

2. It can't be. But you can use the app offline or by exporting & importing local data.

3. I'm sorry. I have nothing else to say but to reload. It's fine on our side.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#16

I've yet to try it, but this looks incredibly impressive compared to the other spaced repetition apps on the market, especially UI and features-wise. I also find it a great idea to merge notes and spaced repetition, a la RemNote. Out of curiosity, what spaced repetition algorithm is the app using? Did you create your own or did you use a pre-existing one?

There is a part about SM algorithm in the link I posted (https://learnobit.postach.io/post/to-everyone-who-showed-a-p...).

To recap, I'm currently using the traditional SM2. But there are ambitious plans to appoint new and innovative algorithms.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#17

Great to see a lot of people jump into the field There are alot of note app over three, but not much app to help people on learn/maintain knowledge.

Yes. However, the mainstream of knowledge management tools will be the Note Garden.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#18
I went from 'well it's OK' to 'I quite like this' to 'it's great!' in about 10 minutes.

Creating a new web account loads the tutorial page, but it's a little confusing at first how to add a node. Also, there are quite a few spelling and grammar errors on that page which will make an unfair negative impression. If you clean those up you will get more conversions.

Examples:

  It's my job to keep your complicated brain neat and tidy and remember **things** for a long time!

  Here's how you can **create** a neat Note Garden.

  2. Structure what you have learned and put **it** in order.
  
  I even take care of your knowledge so that you won't forget **it** for the rest of your life!

  (The road to being a great gardener** was **not easy, but we did it!)
Note also in the last example how the bold markdown surrounds the whitespace. I highlighted this manually (and carelessly) but clicking on a word also selects trailing spaces. You should probably strip the whitespace.

On the landing page 'Write Smartly' is correct English, but people rarely use the word this way - although it is technically correct it feels weird, and you don't want to create that feeling on a landing page. 'Write Smart' would be better.

Also, you wrote 'Law students - People who study for a long time that should not be forgotten'. I suggest 'Law students - People who need to study and retain knowledge for a long time.'

These are small language errors, but they would be very quickly noticed by your target audience.

Finally, the desktop sign-in with Google seems not to work - it opens a blank window and then closes again. Maybe it is just from server load right now.

Anyway I like it a lot and will consider using it regularly. I am more of a pencil-and-paper note person but this is one of the nicest digital notebooks I've found.

Re: Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one

#19
post #7

Is there a way to export and import the cards/notes with a reasonable format? (markdown or such)

As of now, there is the function to import / export from the app itself and the function to export to Anki (actually, these are not working now since the app was completely changed, it needs to be fixed). Anyway we will implement more import/export functions in the future and the ones you mentioned will be included.
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