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Weeknote for 7/14/2024

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 Inspired by another listen to David Anderson’s book Kanban, I worked on making my evening schedule more consistent. The exploratory, knowledge-centered projects I’m involved with are more complex and variable than the manufacturing assembly lines addressed by The … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/7/2024

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🙂 I continued my mnemonic language setup with notes on the scope and characteristics of the language. Some key characteristics: The language is a mental one used for communicating with oneself, so its expression in English is a transliteration. … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/30/2024

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🙂 I outlined some preliminary topics for setting up my mnemonic language and wrote some notes on my rationale for the project. The key argument is that learning a consistent vocabulary and rule set for the system would keep … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/23/2024

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😌 My productivity finally climbed back to an almost normal level thanks to getting more sleep. Either that or my brain decided two months was a long enough break. It’s a relief to feel like my new old self … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/9/2024

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤓 I filled in my linguistics knowledge with Essentials of Linguistics and “Introduction to Lexicography for FieldWorks Language Explorer.” These helped me contemplate the features of my mnemonic language. Nature 🙂 I set up a tentative sequence for rotating … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/2/2024

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤔 I collected more miscellaneous ideas and resources for my memory system. I found out interpreters have a visual note-taking approach similar to sketchnotes to give them a basis for translating a speech, which I could use as another … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/26/2024

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤯 I had the epiphany that my memory system should be a language. Reading about the grammar of American Sign Language in the Gallaudet dictionary made me realize that memory techniques sort of have a grammar too as well … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/19/2024

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤓 I took my mnemonic wanderings in new directions—poetry and movement—while continuing my experiments with narrative. I finished listening to Memory, Memorization, and Memorizers, transcriptions of lectures by Marcel Jousse introducing his groundbreaking work from the 1930s on the … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/12/2024

Posted on May 27, 2024 by Andy

Learning 😎 I continued exploring ideas and collecting resources for my memory system. (1) I finished collecting PAO names for my number memorizing list, and the next step is collecting their associated actions, objects, and perhaps locations. (2) I experimented … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/5/2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Andy

Learning 😎 I continued taking memory palace photos, choosing number names, and exploring resources for creating more mnemonic tools. I picked up a pair of symbolism dictionaries by Steven Olderr to help me think about visualizing abstract concepts. For ideas … Continue reading →