From lojban+bncCK30vq5WEOPloOoEGgRtaMzg@googlegroups.com Tue Feb 01 08:21:07 2011 Received: from mail-pz0-f61.google.com ([209.85.210.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PkIyT-00068r-DH; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:21:07 -0800 Received: by pzk9 with SMTP id 9sf2168663pzk.16 for ; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; bh=0OCGtl+ifH8h7lpT/uvcj9BzWRQZSCDMIxjc9EyKCbo=; b=WD6W6tN1zb31BweItOxHeeWE7KQfXYSY5m6Ab2nxOc6LXDWlLFe9G/DEyPqZiBZmR8 wzFyRbkjRsind7pVdcyzKILJPoF9TglRJBz0c6b0f21wLpXgC6E6A1BVsn1R8AGlWRWh aXpAdstiFPyvInAcUyMEKEHZCTHNtRKbZCUr8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; b=VYC1o+M2BAxmxwHVYzLZmTL42hCehKBj21+ce1pF07OWc+Wz/HFdNovPZr8GQWkyqM Z9gHCkWdwlAKUiYU0D4viQ/C8bnO+WHDgcg6wBHm7lSowhMIrZOcPtFSprL5Oyp7ebkU ZnWY0JG9nSHfZt+8rZY4PWiPz9Rmww4W0DXy0= Received: by 10.142.141.3 with SMTP id o3mr492785wfd.63.1296577251468; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:51 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.142.97.18 with SMTP id u18ls9498057wfb.2.p; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.200.2 with SMTP id x2mr1665059wff.26.1296577250056; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.200.2 with SMTP id x2mr1665056wff.26.1296577250028; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org (digitalkingdom.org [173.13.139.234]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f13si24862202wfo.0.2011.02.01.08.20.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.234; Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PkIyG-00068P-G6 for lojban@googlegroups.com; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:48 -0800 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:20:48 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Smart.fm going on subscription model. Message-ID: <20110201162048.GD8388@digitalkingdom.org> References: <3dd48a07-d552-4b3c-a617-41fb3bd499f3@f36g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <20110130163447.GP26224@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110130163447.GP26224@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 08:34:47AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > Anyways, I don't think this is a big loss. I initially used > > smart.fm and liked it, until I tried Anki, and learned how > > pathetic smart.fm is. You literally spend at least twice as much > > time to review the same amount of material, and you don't even > > remember it as well because the algorithm is so bad. Also, > > smart.fm is multiple choice, which is not nearly as good for > > memory as complete recall like in Anki. > > A lot of us enjoyed the multiple choice experience more, however; > it's much less subjective. I often find myself agonizing over > which "how well did you remember this?" button to push, which > slows everything down and makes it annoying and a bit frustrating. > > If it simply had "did you get this right?", and picked how long to > wait to quiz me again based on how long I took to answer, that > would be much better, for example. Doing the Android Anki today, I remembered one other thing that was unique to smart.fm: it was session based rather than day based. This meant that (1) you could set your own pace of study a bit better and (2) missing a day didn't add a huge amount of work the next day. I found that really nice. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.