Hi all!
Following on from my previous posts re: my website www.teachingyouhowtolearn.com, I've just posted the third of the key ideas guides - Getting Started With Anki. 

I've written this to be a Pareto Principle-style guide covering the essentials of getting started and the key things I wish I'd known since day one. 

I think a solid system for learning is essential for any EA and is an extremely powerful way to increase your leverage in you career & life, so would highly recommend following the guide and giving it a go :)

Let me know what you think!

Summary

• Anki is free for desktop & Android, $25 for iOS. I spend almost all of my Anki time on desktop.
• It’s very easy to pick up but there are some key things to do and avoid.
• Using anki is split into making and reviewing flashcards.
• You can create multiple decks. I recommend having decks for topics, all nested under a master deck.
  • Interleaving.
  • Allows overall new cards per day to be set via master deck (bottleneck).
• Cloze deletion is the best card type.
• Number of cards per day.
• Anki as a daily habit.
• Tips for starting strong.
  • Make your flashcards in plain text document (!!!).
  • Don’t make “orphan” cards.
  • Master deck with subdecks.
  • Make it clear what card is about.
  • Recognise cards that won’t be memorable and make supporting cards.
  • 20 rules of formulating knowledge, key ones:
    • First, Understand.
    • Start with big picture & build on the basics.
    • Simplify.
    • Use mnemonic techniques.
    • Optimise wording.