From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlef Steuer Subject: Re: memory management in orgmode (supermemo) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:57:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20090921135756.058b3359@gaia> References: <4AB73ADF.8010600@quintanasegui.com> <20090921113100.GB21528@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MphXM-00074g-2h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:58:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MphXH-00072y-Do for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:58:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37518 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MphXH-00072s-25 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:58:27 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:43972) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MphXG-0001cz-B0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:58:26 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MphXB-0000Xo-PL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:58:21 +0200 Received: from gaia.unibw-hamburg.de ([139.11.181.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:58:21 +0200 Received: from steuer by gaia.unibw-hamburg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:58:21 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org There is flashcard.el http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FlashCard http://ichi2.net/flashcard/ which offers kind of supermemo. Not based on org, but maybe they can be coupled. detlef On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:31:00 -0500 Russell Adams wrote: > That article looks very interesting. Given the outline format and > scheduling in Org it would be conceptually simple to accomplish what > they describe. > > The portion that would require new code would be a "dispatcher" to > tally which items to view based on an aging property, and to update > that afterward. Though it could use the agenda, you still have to > calculate the next viewing period based on their projection of memory > duration using the number of views and the last viewed date. > > Is there someplace that the algorithm is fully documented? > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:35:43AM +0200, Pere Quintana Segu? wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a *very* happy org-mode user since a year ago. In fact, it became a > > sort of dual brain for me. Thanks for producing such a great piece of > > software. > > > > Today I read a Wired article about SuperMemo: > > http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak?currentPage=1 > > > > SuperMemo is a flashcard program that calculates the best time to show > > you a piece of information in order to optimise its retention. > > Apparently, the methodology is very useful to load lots of information > > into the brain. > > > > I think that memory is very important, because when the information is > > within the brain, it is much easier to make connections and see the > > whole picture. > > > > While reading the article, I thought that the supermemo algorithm should > > be implemented within org-mode. After all, all my information is in .org > > files. My *Org-Agenda* could show me, everyday, the items I should to > > check again in order to retain them in my brain. > > > > In fact, watching SuperMemo's screenshots, I saw that this program has > > many features that are similar to org-mode. For example, look at this: > > http://www.supermemo.com/help/images/thumb/9/9b/Contents_window.jpg/528px-Contents_window.jpg > > > > I'm not a programmer at all, therefore I cannot implement this myself. > > Do you know if somebody already started such a project? Are there any > > plans to do so? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pere Quintana > > > > -- > > http://pere.quintanasegui.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com > > PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ > > Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >