Med-School-Tips

I’m excited to announce the release of version 0.8.0 for gnosis. Finally this project is now evolving into the “all-in-one” knowledge system I’ve envisioned. This version allows for viewing of linked nodes of org-gnosis and their linked themata in a tabulated-list via the gnosis-dashboard with excellent performance. No more external browsers needed to view my collection. This means the org-gnosis-ui project should be considered deprecated. All functionalities can now be performed within Emacs. ...

What’s the most important thing for storing knowledge? I’d say proper organization of said knowledge, such as with decks for each subject and meaningful tags linking related concepts together across decks, making it easily searchable and accessible. As I started adding more and more notes into gnosis, I found myself wanting to adjust the review algorithm not only for decks but for tags as well. This led me to overhaul the underlying architecture and reimplement key concepts. ...

Gnosis (γνῶσις) is a spaced repetition system (SRS) implementation for note taking and self testing, for GNU Emacs. Gnosis does not use flashcard type learning, instead it uses a binary value to rate user input. Meaning you either know the right answer, or you do not, no rating of your own is involved. About On my last post, Spaced Repetition Software Gripes, I outlined a blueprint for what I consider to be the optimal design of an SRS, that caters to my personal preferences. ...

In this post I’m essentially publicizing my notes on spaced repetition software, and announcing that I’m working on gnosis, a spaced repetition learning extension/package for GNU Emacs. I should also note that I consider Spaced Repetition to be a cheat code for learning, that should be used by every student. ...